Luke Pollard

24 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Defence

HMS Argyll: Decommissioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2022 to Question 106869 on HMS Argyll: Decommissioning, on what date HMS Argyll will be retired, incrementally as part of the Type 23 retirement program.

24 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Submarines

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2022 to Question 107718 on Submarines: Decommissioning, on what date Valiant will be decommissioned.

24 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Air Conditioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2022 to Question 99046 on Schools: Air Conditioning, how many of the additional 7,000 air purifiers to increase classroom ventilation, announced on 2 January 2022, will be a

21 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the provisions included in Paragraph 74 of the Electronic Communications Code, what assessment she has made of telecoms operators’ ability to (a) fly lines between BT p

21 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Optical Fibres

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on full fibre rollout of the provisions included in the Product Security & Telecommunications Infrastructure Bill to allow operators

21 Jan 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to amend the Electronic Communications Code to allow fixed line telecoms operators to install apparatus on poles erected before 2017 without the need for a new wayleave

19 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been affected by the underpayment of benefits after transitioning from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance in (a) Plymouth

19 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what responsibilities Ministers in her Department hold in respect of the operational control of the Royal Navy’s cross channel migration operation.

19 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Navy: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has plans to adopt hydrogen propulsion for the Royal Navy’s small vessel fleet to reduce carbon emissions.

19 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Nuclear Submarines

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of the decommissioned Royal Navy submarines that are stored at Devonport Dockyard will be the first to be recycled as part of his Department’s dismantling programme.

19 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new vessels will need to be (a) procured or (b) leased to provide sufficient cross-decking capacity to deliver his Department’s new responsibilities for the cross channel migration operation.

19 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Defence

UK Border Force: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has control, ownership and management of Border Force vessels as part of its operational control of the Royal Navy’s cross channel migration operation.

19 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Defence

HMS Spey and HMS Tamar

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the basing arrangements for HMS Spey and HMS Tamar in the Far East has changed from a base in Singapore to a service contract with BAE Systems not in Singapore.

19 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Multi-role Ocean Surveillance Ships: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ship that will replace HMS Scott will (a) be ordered and (b) enter service.

18 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Type 31 Frigates: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what period of time is planned to elapse between the final Type 23 frigate being removed from service and the first Type 31 frigate coming into service.

18 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Defence

HMS Argyll: Decommissioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to bring forward the decommissioning of HMS Argyll from 2023 to 2022.

17 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Business: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the £4.3 billion fraudulently claimed through covid-19 support payments which is yet to be recovered which comes from debt in (a) Plymouth, (b) Devon and (c) Cornwall.

17 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences for pump-action shotguns have been issued in England over the last 12 months.

6 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Plymouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the date by which every classroom in Plymouth will have upgraded ventilation to tackle covid-19 concerns.

6 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Air Conditioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the provision of an additional 7,000 air purifiers for increased classroom ventilation announced by his Department on 2 January 2022, whether independent and private schools will receive any o

6 Jan 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Air Conditioning

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his announcement of the provision of an additional 7,000 air purifiers for increase classroom ventilation on 2 January 2022, how many of those units will be allocated to schools in (a) Plymout

16 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what advice his Department has given to Teaching School Hubs on working with subject teacher associations such as the National Association of Teaches of Religious Education in making links with their local teac

16 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he made of the potential effect on levels of recruitment of the introduction of initial teacher training bursaries for religious education teachers when developing that policy; and if he will make

16 Dec 2021 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations his Department has received on the introduction of initial teacher training bursaries for religious education teachers; and if he will make a statement.

16 Dec 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Dawlish

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Great Western Railway and Hitachi on the failure of IET trains at Dawlish after coming into contact with waves; and if he will make a statement.

16 Dec 2021 · Department for Transport

Great Western Railway

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has requested operating reductions in costs or routes from Great Western Railway.

16 Dec 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Penzance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans (a) his Department or (b) the franchise operator has to end the Night Riviera sleeper service from London Paddington to Penzance via Plymouth.

13 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Amazon: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the new contract with Amazon to deliver covid-19 lateral flow tests includes a requirement for Amazon to pay UK taxes on the contract value.

8 Dec 2021 · Home Office

Hate Crime: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to classify attacks based on incel misogyny as hate crimes triggering longer sentences.

2 Dec 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel from each service have been discharged because of their HIV status in each of the last ten years.