Alex Sobel

16 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his department is taking to (a) protect and (b) expand public service media in the UK.

16 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Universities: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2020 to Question 21389 on Universities: Industrial Disputes, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the provisions of the Higher Education (Higher Amount) (En

16 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport

Buses: Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 27 February 2020 to Question 22047 on Buses: Hydrogen, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of his Department's technology blind policy in relation to investment in hydrogen b

16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the covid-19 outbreak, what steps he is taking to ensure NHS staff have adequate supplies of protective equipment.

16 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Voluntary Organisations: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether additional funding will be made available to the voluntary and community sector to help them support communities more effectively during the covid-19 outbreak.

16 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health: Sign Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide accessible information on covid-19 to sign language users within the deaf community.

16 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Driving

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make and estimate of the number of qualified Armed Forces drivers based (a) in the UK and (b) overseas his Department could make available to support logistics during the covid-19 outbreak.

16 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Zero Hours Contracts: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure zero-hours contract workers who contract covid-19 are not penalised through disciplinary measures by their employers.

10 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Waste Heat Recovery

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of waste heat capture to the decarbonisation of heat supply.

10 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heating: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to publish a cross-departmental strategy on the decarbonisation of heat supply before COP 26.

10 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heating: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the progress of each sector of the economy on the decarbonisation of heat supply; and whether that assessment will be used t

6 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nabiximols: Multiple Sclerosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Sativex for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.

6 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Cooperatives: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many co-operative businesses were started in Yorkshire and the Humber in each year since 2010.

6 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Cooperatives: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to encourage the development of co-operative businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber.

6 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support her Department plans to provide to (a) self-employed and (b) zero-hours workers that self-isolate as a result of covid-19.

6 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Muscular Dystrophy

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training on the fluctuating conditions of muscular dystrophy is provided to assessors of (a) personal independence payment, (b) universal credit and (c) employment support allowance.

6 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that funding from the public purse for Heathrow airport expansion is allocated in line with the recent judgment on that expansion.

6 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Muscular Dystrophy

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken help claimants with muscular dystrophy complete forms for (a) personal independence payment, (b) universal credit and (c) employment support allowance.

6 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport Holdings: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage Heathrow Airport Holdings to reduce its carbon emissions.

6 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the UK meets World Health Organisation 2030 targets for levels of fine particulate matter.

6 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Litter: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of litter in cities in Yorkshire and the Humber.

6 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Bees

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage agriculture that supports bee populations.

6 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage biodiversity in agriculture.

6 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bees: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) protect and (b) increase the bee population in Yorkshire and the Humber.

6 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bees

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the bee population in each year since 2010.

6 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to end the use of synthetic pesticides.

5 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with the media to inform the public of the health effects of covid-19.

5 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Businesses: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to provide (a) financial and (b) other support to businesses in relation to (i) sick leave and (ii) self isolation for employees as a result of

4 Mar 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have had their 30 hours free childcare funding suspended as a result of technical issues using the Government gateway system in 2020.

3 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Taskforce for Lung Health’s five year plan to improve respiratory health.