Written questions
1,285 written questions tabled, most recent first.
4 Jun 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Inland Waterways: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Environmental Agency in enabling the Government to meet its commitments to making the UKs rivers, lakes and streams healthy by 2
4 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing Associations: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a right to buy scheme for housing association tenants in London.
4 Jun 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing Associations: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the affordability of housing association homes in London.
27 May 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Haiti: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the Government is providing to the Moise Administration in Haiti for constitutional reforms, including tackling gender disparities by creating a female political
20 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a Mental Health Bill will be introduced in the 2021-22 parliamentary session.
20 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to ensure that human rights are prioritised in his Department's (a) response to the covid-19 outbreak and (b) longer-term social care reforms.
18 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Autism and Learning Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) prevent people with learning disabilities and autism being inappropriately detained under the Mental Health Act 2007 and (b) ensure that adequate support is available
18 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that disabled people are able to live independently as part of their local communities.
17 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Lone Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure equity of treatment for lone parents in the administration of (a) child benefit payments, (b) national insurance contributions, (c) carers' allowance and (b) other soc
17 May 2021 · Women and Equalities
Lone Parents: Discrimination
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of levels of discrimination experienced by single parents; and what steps she is taking to tackle any such discrimination.
17 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Lone Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits exempting or limiting lone parents from work-related conditionality.
17 May 2021 · Department for Education
Visas: Married People
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of giving people on a spousal dependent visa access to student finance.
17 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to provide support for renters who are in arrears as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
13 May 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Employment Tribunals Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) single Employment Tribunal claims and (b) multiple claimant Employment Tribunal cases are outstanding; and in each case how many include a claim for (i) equal pay and (ii) pregnancy-related detriment
13 May 2021 · Women and Equalities
LGBT+ People: Homelessness
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to the 2018 LGBT+ Action Plan, whether the research carried out by her Department and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on LGBT+ homelessness, also includes research on (
23 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last made representations to the Government of Israel on the reports of ill-treatment of Palestinian minors and Palestinian human rights defenders in Israeli military
23 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling Act 2005
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when the Government plans to publish the findings of its review of the Gambling Act 2005.
23 Apr 2021 · Treasury
Alarms: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the possible merits of extending the zero VAT rating to personal safety alarms.
23 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Health and Safety: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that workplaces are implementing the recommendations from covid-19 risk assessments.
23 Apr 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Forests: Wykeham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what environmental impact assessment has been undertaken on the proposed closure of Forestry England’s Wykeham nursery in Yorkshire.
23 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold: Tribunals
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to take steps to make Leaseholder Tribunal services more accessible.
23 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold: Service Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a cap on increases in service charges for leaseholders.
22 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Modern Working Practices Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to implement the 53 recommendations of the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices.
22 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Anoosheh Ashoori
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what consular assistance has been provided to support British national, Anoosheh Ashoori, who has been detained in Iran since 2017; and whether he plans to grant Anoosheh Ash
22 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assistance his Department is providing to Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe since her sentence ended in March 2021; and for what reason a representative from the British Embassy
22 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to minimise the time taken to receive PCR covid-19 test results.
12 Apr 2021 · Department for Education
Children: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to support disabled children and their families in the recovery from covid-19.
12 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
China: Uyghurs
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps he has taken on ending the maltreatment of Uyghur Muslims in China.
12 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Juries: Parents
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department has issued to staff in the Jury Central Summoning Bureau in respect of deferral of jury service by (a) breastfeeding mothers and (b) people on maternity and other statutory parental l
12 Apr 2021 · Department for Education
Free School Meals: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department collects data on free school meals by ethnicity.
Source: official written-questions record.