Alex Sobel

29 Mar 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Down's Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that there are employment opportunities for people with Down's Syndrome.

29 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Students: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of the proposal for differential fees for different university courses.

29 Mar 2018 · Treasury

Welfare Tax Credits

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to simplify the process of applying for tax credits for (a) self employed people and (b) those with portfolio careers.

29 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the effect on the mental health of 18-year old asylum seekers of their transfer from social care to the National Asylum Support System.

29 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government plans to make a decision on the roll-out of the 26-30 railcard.

29 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage private sector landlords to provide longer-term contracts.

29 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies on counter extremism of the report from the organisation Hope Not Hate, The state of hate 2018, published in March 2018.

29 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Road Signs and Markings

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on increasing the size of the welcome to England signs on the English Border with Scotland.

29 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Defence

CarillionAmey

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the financial sustainability of CarillianAmey.

28 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

USA: Unmanned Air Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the US administration on the maintenance of the presidential policy guidance on use of drone strikes issued under President Obama; and if he will

28 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Migrants: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what step her Department is taking support (a) child and (b) young adult migrants on arrival in the UK.

28 Mar 2018 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he discussed the cases of UK citizens facing execution in Saudi Arabia during his recent meetings with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.

28 Mar 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Working Conditions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of trends in the level businesses terminating employment contracts temporarily during building work in those businesses.

28 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government's press release, Sentences for animal cruelty to increase tenfold to five years, published on 30 September 2017, what progress his Department has made

28 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many residents in Service Family Accommodation are paying (a) reduced and (b) no rent as a result of the standard of accommodation in each of the last three years.

23 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Counter-terrorism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to commission an independent review of the Prevent strategy.

23 Mar 2018 · Home Office

Asylum: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allocate funding for volunteering opportunities for people seeking asylum in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) the UK.

23 Mar 2018 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that all employers with over 250 employees report their gender pay gap statistics by 4 April 2018.

23 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making disability equality training a requirement for all (a) taxi and (b) private hire vehicle drivers.

23 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that disabled people are represented on his Department's working group on taxi and private hire licensing.

19 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Hate Crime: Travellers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps he has taken to improve the recording of hate crimes against Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities (a) in Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) throughout England; a

19 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Foot and Mouth Disease: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has in place to prevent a potential outbreak of foot and mouth disease among livestock.

19 Mar 2018 · Department for Exiting the European Union

Musicians: Free Movement of People

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with the European Union counterparts on the retention of free movement for British musicians working throughout Europe after the UK leaves the EU.

19 Mar 2018 · Department for Education

Pupil Referral Units: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of (a) support and (b) funding for staff employed at Pupil Referral Units.

19 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of smoking cessations as a result of the introduction of regulations on the minimum size of tobacco and cigarette packs in 2017.

19 Mar 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints (a) ATOS and (b) Capita received from blind and partially sighted applicants in respect of personal independence payments assessments in 2016-17.

19 Mar 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what disability-specific training is provided to personal independence payment assessors to enable them to assess blind and partially sighted applicants.

19 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Eating Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to reduce the average waiting time for treatment for an eating disorder.

19 Mar 2018 · Department for International Development

Syria: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on steps to establish medical evacuations and increased humanitarian assistanc

19 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Roads: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has commissioned research on solar panel roadways and associated technology; and if he will make a statement.