Alex Sobel

21 Feb 2020 · Department for International Development

Developing Countries: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to increase access to vaccines in the global south.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for International Development

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Official Development Assistance her Department has allocated to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance in each year from 2010 to 2020.

21 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Beer: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of whether there is a link between the rate of beer duty and independent pub closures.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Public Houses: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the closure of independent pubs in Yorkshire and the Humber.

21 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Home Office: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure her Department does not contain institutional racism.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much money has been allocated to flood defences in Yorkshire and the Humber for each year until 2025.

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent flooding in Yorkshire.

21 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Antisemitism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time in days is between the report of an anti-Semitic hate crime and conviction of the offender.

21 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Immigration: Windrush Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect the human rights of migrants from the Windrush generation.

21 Feb 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the age profile was of (a) all NHS midwives and (b) those NHS midwives identified as nationals of an EU member state at the (i) most recent month for which figures are available and (ii) the e

21 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to introduce mandatory driving tests for US personnel coming to work on US bases before being permitted to drive on UK roads.

12 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Coal: Cumbria

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the environment of reopening Woodhouse colliery in Cumbria.

12 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Coal: Cumbria

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether she has plans in place to offset the carbon emissions resulting from the extraction of coal in the event that Woodhouse colliery in Cumbria reopens.

12 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fossil Fuels: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether she is taking steps to discourage fossil fuel extraction in the north of England; and if she will make a statement.

12 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Renewable Energy: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy what steps his Department is taking to encourage the expansion of the renewable energy industry in the north of England.

12 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

Buses: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to adopt the target of all buses in the UK being carbon-neutral by the mid-2020s.

12 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

Buses: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to increase subsidies to encourage bus companies to introduce carbon-neutral bus fleets.

12 Feb 2020 · Department for Transport

Buses: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of carbon-neutral buses in northern cities.

11 Feb 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Video Games

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will take steps to cap the amount of money players can spend on in-game purchases in video games.

11 Feb 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Children

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness amongst children of the risks of (a) in-game purchases and loot boxes in video games and (b) other forms of gambling.

11 Feb 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Video Games

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will take steps to (a) close the monetisation loophole in gambling legislation in regards to loot boxes and (b) empower the Gambling Commission to regulate l

11 Feb 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to prevent health complications caused by PM2.5 particles.

11 Feb 2020 · Women and Equalities

Period Poverty Taskforce

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether her Department plans to continue the work of the Period Poverty Taskforce.

10 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the February 2020 Joseph Rowntree Foundation report entitled UK Poverty 2019-2020 that 56 per cent of people living i

7 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time for a transfer under the Dublin III regulation procedure is from when a Member State accepts responsibility to the transfer from the UK to that Member State.

7 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she holds information on the average duration of the Dublin III Regulation procedure from the issuing of an outgoing request to the UK until the transfer to the member state responsible; and i

7 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inadmissibility decisions based on the concept of first country of asylum were made for each such country in 2019.

7 Feb 2020 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inadmissibility decisions based on the concept of safe third country were made by the UK in 2019; and which designated safe third country those decisions related to.

6 Feb 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Business: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to encourage private businesses to be more accessible to people with disabilities.

6 Feb 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Hate Crime: Chinese

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to tackle hate crime directed at the British-Chinese community.