Written questions

2,491 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Catches: Dolphins

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support he will make available to Plymouth fishing fleets to implement new measures to reduce porpoise and dolphin bycatch.

11 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Catches: Marine Environment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to section 1(4) of the Fisheries Act 2020, what funding he has allocated from the public purse to deliver the (a) ecosystem objective on sensitive species bycatch and (b

11 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Catches: Marine Environment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the ecosystem objective under section 1(4) of the Fisheries Act 2020, what target is in place to minimise and eliminate bycatch of (i) porpoises, (ii) dolphins, (iii) whale

11 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Catches: Marine Environment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of bycatch on populations of (a) porpoises, (b) dolphins, (c) whales and (d) other sensitive species.

11 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Catches: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, at what stage of development is the Catch App catch monitoring system.

11 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Vessels: Marine Environment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many EU vessels are permitted to fish in UK waters with fly-shooting fishing gear.

11 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Vessels: Marine Environment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many UK vessels are permitted to fish using fly-shooting fishing gear.

11 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Vessels: Marine Environment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of fishing with fly-shooting fishing gear in UK waters.

11 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Quotas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of non-quota stocks were caught by EU vessels in England’s exclusive economic zone waters by species in each year between 2000 and 2020.

11 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Quotas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of non-quota stocks, by species, were caught by EU fishing vessels in England’s territorial waters in each year between 2000 to 2020.

11 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many hours of at sea surveillance for fisheries protection was deployed in English waters in January and February 2021; and what did the sea surveillance cost.

11 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Catches: Territorial Waters

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many tonnes of fish were caught in England’s EEZ waters by EU vessels in (a) January and (b) February 2021.

11 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Seafood

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many trucks carrying fresh seafood products to the EU left Great Britain in each month from January 2020 to February 2021.

10 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reintroducing the Job Retention Bonus; and when he plans to publish guidance on retention incentives.

10 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what healthcare rights are available to UK residents holidaying in European countries after the end of the transition period.

10 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Freeports: Plymouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on the practicalities of discharging Port State Control responsibilities within Plymouth Freeport.

10 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Freeports: Plymouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the Plymouth Freeport on existing (a) road, (b) rail and (c) ports infrastructure.

10 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Devonport Dockyard

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the Plymouth Freeport on the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s training facility in HMNB Devonport.

10 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Discharges

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review the Royal Navy’s policy on retrospective medical discharge to ensure Royal Navy veterans are not disadvantaged due to their service, in line with the Armed Forces Covenant compared to service in

10 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Discharges

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment the Royal Navy has made of the potential merits of adopting elements of the Royal Air Force’s medical discharge policy in relation to autism and Asperger’s.

10 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Discharges

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a single tri-service policy in relation to medical discharge.

10 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Overseas Territories: Convention on Biological Diversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether British Overseas Territories Governments are planned to be represented in the wider UK delegation to COP15 in China.

10 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Overseas Territories: UN Climate Conference 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether British Overseas Territories Governments are planned to be represented in the wider UK delegation to COP26.

10 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Defence

Falkland Islands: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to offset the carbon emissions from British military activity on the Falkland Islands.

10 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Fisheries: South Atlantic Ocean

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Chinese Government in respect of Chinese over-fishing of fish stocks in the South Atlantic.

10 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Overseas Territories: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many of the UK’s Overseas Territories have introduced a Net Zero target in line with UK Government policy.

10 Mar 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Overseas Territories: UN Climate Conference 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last met with representatives of British Overseas Territories to discuss COP26.

9 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Vessels: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many at sea inspections his Department conducted on (a) British and (b) overseas fishing boats in each month in 2020.

9 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes: Biofuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to include the growing of bioenergy feedstocks such as woodland and energy crops as recognised activities for farmers and landowners under the Environment

4 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Landfill Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to change the landfill tax of flat glass from the lower rate to the standard rate.

Source: official written-questions record.