Alex Sobel

6 Jul 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the merits of the single technology appraisal process for evaluating gene therapies for rare diseases.

3 Jul 2018 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits: Cameras

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans for the roll-out of speed cameras that use satellites to measure average speed over long distances.

3 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that it meet its targets for the time taken to make decisions on applications for asylum.

3 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to allow asylum seekers waiting for a decision to have access to free ESOL classes.

3 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the merits of permitting people seeking asylum, and their adult dependants, to work in any occupation after 6 months of waiting for a decision on their claim

3 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to improve the provision of information for people seeking asylum; and if he will make a statement.

3 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Antarctic: Marine Protected Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if his Department will advocate the creation of the Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary at an international level.

3 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Antarctic: Marine Protected Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary for tackling climate change.

3 Jul 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Rendition and Torture

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will commission an independent public inquiry into UK complicity in torture and rendition between 2003 and 2010.

3 Jul 2018 · Home Office

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to make UK immigration processes clear and accessible.

27 Jun 2018 · Home Office

Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of commissioning a comprehensive independent review of the Government's approach to drugs policy.

27 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government has taken to implement the recommendations of the 2013 Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequat

27 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government plans to take to tackle discrimination in the private rented sector.

27 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government have taken to tackle discrimination in the private rented sector in the last five years.

27 Jun 2018 · Department for Education

Physical Education: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the range of individual sports included in the GCSE PE activity list.

19 Jun 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Aspen cards issued to asylum seekers have failed to work since their introduction in 2017.

18 Jun 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a 4 per cent increase in funding for the NHS funding.

12 Jun 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tree Felling

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trees have been felled alongside rail lines since June 2017.

12 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison leavers in West Yorkshire were staying in detention centres awaiting hostel beds during April 2018.

12 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Approved Premises: West Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the number of beds available in probation hostels in West Yorkshire.

12 Jun 2018 · Department for International Development

Yemen: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions her Department has had with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on the provision of humanitarian assistance, and in particular food, to

12 Jun 2018 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether migrants working on a tier 2 Skilled worker visa are able to include strike or industrial action as exceptions to the limit of 20 days of unpaid leave from work.

12 Jun 2018 · Department for Education

Personal Care Services: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timetable is for the professional apprenticeship standard for beauty therapy to be published.

12 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to use its consultation on the future of food, farming and the environment to reduce the use of toxic pesticides in British farming practice.

12 Jun 2018 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Doctors

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests for a visa by overseas doctors have been rejected since January 2017.

12 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to decrease water wastage.

12 Jun 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Insects: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the health of wild pollinating insects in Yorkshire and the Humber.

12 Jun 2018 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether migrants who are working on tier 2 visas can exclude strike or industrial action from the 20-day limit on unpaid leave from work.

12 Jun 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the number of job vacancies in his Department is.

12 Jun 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Re-employment

Can the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff made redundant by his Department between January and March 2017 have been reemployed by his Department on (a) permanent, (b) agency or (c) contractor contracts.