Written questions
2,217 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury
Gambling
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prohibiting the marketing, distribution or sale of binary options to retail clients.
19 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Uganda: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Government of Uganda on military incursions in the Ugandan Parliament, including during the 19 December 2017 debate on the presidential age
19 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury
Cryptocurrencies
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assesment he has made of the potential risks to the UK economy and markets posed by Bitcoin and other digital currencies.
19 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Offences against Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidelines his Department set for schools on reporting people who injure children to the Police.
19 Dec 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Schools: Injuries
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many injuries were reported involving inappropriate clothing or jewellery worn by staff in schools in the last 12 months.
18 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Galileo System
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made on establishing a new security accord with the EU to ensure continued access to the Galileo Satellite system’s encrypted services after the UK leaves the
18 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Galileo System
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to ensure that UK firms with contracts on the Galileo Satellite program can retain them after the UK leaves the EU.
18 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
European Space Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the relationship between the UK and the European Space Agency will be after the UK leaves the EU.
18 Dec 2017 · Department of Health
Respiratory Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to establish a taskforce for lung health; and if he will make a statement.
14 Dec 2017 · Department of Health
Breast Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for (a) workforce planning and (b) investment to ensure there is diagnostic capacity for breast cancer in the NHS.
14 Dec 2017 · Department of Health
Breast Cancer: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for the NHS to prescribe (a) tamoxifen to reduce the risk of breast cancer for those with a family history of the disease and (b) bisphosphonates to reduce the risk of secondary breast cancer in
14 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Papua: Freedom of Association
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Indonesian counterpart on the right to freedom of association for members of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua in that country.
14 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to learn lessons from the devolved Administrations on improving the energy-efficiency of buildings.
14 Dec 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that new buildings are constructed to such a standard that they will not require energy-efficiency upgrades before 2050.
14 Dec 2017 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the Government's policy is on net neutrality.
14 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the additional cost of meeting emissions reduction targets without the widespread roll-out of energy efficiency measures for buildings.
14 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to increase the roll-out of energy efficiency measures for non-fuel poor households.
14 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Heating: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how the Government plans to communicate with the public the potential changes required to reduce emissions associated with heating buildings in line with the UK’s emissions reduct
13 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Papua: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Departments policies of the research on pathways to peace in West Papua by the Politics of Papua Project at the University of War
12 Dec 2017 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service family accommodation properties as part of a sub-letting programme to civilians have been allocated to (a) civil servants (b) reservists and (c) any other civilian group by group in each of the l
12 Dec 2017 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, of the 106 service family accommodation properties, how many are currently allocated to people who are not civil servants or reservists and to whom those properties are allocated.
11 Dec 2017 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Chechnya: LGBT People
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department provides development assistance to human rights organisations helping LGBT people in Chechnya; and if he will make a statement.
6 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to ensure that all homes meet efficiency band C by 2035?
6 Dec 2017 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many tenants of Service Family Accommodation properties allocated under a civilian licence are (a) civil servants and (b) reservists.
6 Dec 2017 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Coal Fired Power Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will rule out co-firing and conversion as an abatement option in the coal phaseout.
6 Dec 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Industry: Natural Resources
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the pledge in the Industrial Strategy to protect and enhance all aspects of Natural Capital will also apply to Natural Capital in other countries that will be potentially affec
6 Dec 2017 · Department for Education
Student Loans Company: Complaints
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of complaints to the Student Loan Company have been dealt with in the advertised timescale in the last 12 months.
6 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury
Self-assessment
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department undertook a consultation on the use of the Post Office to pay self assessment tax bills ahead of the decision to remove that service on 15 December 2017.
6 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury
Self-assessment
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people paid their self-assessment tax demand at a branch of the Post Office in the last 12 months.
6 Dec 2017 · HM Treasury
Universal Credit
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the potential effect of the the roll-out of universal credit on levels of household income.
Source: official written-questions record.