Alex Sobel

7 Mar 2018 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Music

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to encourage collaboration in the music industry between the UK and the EU.

7 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of public ownership for East Coast Mainline in the event that the franchise ends early.

1 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Defence

Catterick Garrison: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure services forces accommodation is completed (a) on time and (b) within budget at the planned super garrison at Catterick.

1 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Defence

USA: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the governance arrangements are for United States Visiting Force bases in the UK.

1 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Defence

USA: RAF Fylingdales

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many US (a) military personnel, (b) contractors and (c)civilians are stationed at RAF Fylingdales.

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

Air Pollution: Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to make funding available for local authorities to monitor particulate matter PM2.5 and PM10.

28 Feb 2018 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has plans to stop HMRC promoting an 0843 premium rate customer service number on its website instead of the local rate 0300 number.

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Video Conferencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has commissioned on the potential effects of virtual court hearings on vulnerable defendants.

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has undertaken into the cost effectiveness of legal aid for early legal help.

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, What steps his Department is taking to ensure that the review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 receives input from a wide range of stakeholders.

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Community Rehabilitation Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to make additional extra payments to privatised probation companies following the £342 revision in 2017.

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Community Rehabilitation Companies: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that private probation companies have adequate staffing levels.

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has he made of reoffending levels since the part-privatisation of probation.

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Community Rehabilitation Companies: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of privatised probation companies.

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of sentences below three months in reducing reoffending.

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the number of (a) prisoners and (b) staff on levels of violence in prisons.

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Overcrowding

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce overcrowding in prisons.

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of mental health services provision in prisons.

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of violence and self-harm in prisons.

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to increase the number of private prisons.

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of prison conditions.

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has he made of the effectiveness of outsourcing maintenance works in prisons.

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has he made of the effect of planned reductions in his Department’s total budget on (a) reoffending levels and (b) access to justice.

26 Feb 2018 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Students: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what guidance his Department provides to postgraduate funding bodies which have no standard policy on paid sick leave for PhD students.

26 Feb 2018 · Department for Education

Universities Superannuation Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions his Department has had with the University and College Union as a result of its decision to undertake strike action over changes to staff pension schemes.

26 Feb 2018 · Home Office

Drugs: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the implications are for the Government's drugs policy of the decision to grant new licences to pharmaceutical companies to grow and process medicinal cannabis for exportation to other countries.

26 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Medical Council: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) review the funding process for the General Medical Council whereby doctors have to pay a fee to register with the organisation and (b) consider making the organisation taxpayer-funde

26 Feb 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of adopting World Health Organisation-recommended limits on the emission of particulate matter (a) PM2.5 and (b) P

21 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Leeds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the additional NHS funding announced in Autumn Budget 2017 will be spent in (a) Leeds North West constituency and (b) Leeds.

20 Feb 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce accident and emergency waiting times.