Written questions
2,491 written questions tabled, most recent first.
1 Feb 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Seas and Oceans: Carbon Capture and Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a blue carbon strategy for the UK.
28 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ivory Act 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to implement the Ivory Act 2018.
28 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the net zero strategy will be published; and whether it will include the emissions reductions required to meet the UK’s 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution of reducing em
28 Jan 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 inspections his Department conducted on (a) British fishing boats and (b) overseas fishing boats in (i) each month in 2020 and (ii) January 2021.
28 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Met Office: Computers
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of employment and investment in the South West of the Met Office locating part of its new super-computer overseas.
28 Jan 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Met Office: Computers
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had discussions with the Met Office on its plan to locate part of its new super-computer abroad.
28 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Fisheries
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on extending the pre-arrival negative covid-19 tests requirement to crews of foreign fishing boats la
28 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Coronavirus: Fisheries
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to require crews of foreign fishing boats landing their catches in English ports to show negative covid-19 tests.
27 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of prioritising early years providers for the covid-19 vaccine.
27 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fisheries: UK Trade with EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement on the economic viability of the UK's distant water fleet.
26 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Pre-school Education: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to provide asymptomatic testing in early years settings, in line with the current roll-out in primary schools.
26 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, where early years providers are on the schedule for the roll-out of covid-19 vaccines.
25 Jan 2021 · Prime Minister
G7: Cornwall
To ask the Prime Minister, whether he plans to appoint a Minister to oversee preparations for the G7 Summit in Cornwall in June 2021.
25 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
G7: Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to require that (a) heads of government and (b) other people attending the G7 summit in June 2021 produce a negative covid-19 test before entering the UK.
25 Jan 2021 · Cabinet Office
G7: Cornwall
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to communicate to (a) overseas Governments, (b) Commonwealth Governments and (c) international media in respect of covid-19 precautions before they attend the G7 summit in Cornwall in June 20
25 Jan 2021 · Cabinet Office
G7: Cornwall
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much additional funding he has allocated to (a) Cornwall County Council, (b) Devon and Cornwall Police and (c) the NHS in Cornwall in response to the decision to host
25 Jan 2021 · Cabinet Office
G7: Cornwall
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the education of school children in St Ives of the decision to host the G7 summit in Cornwall in June 2021.
25 Jan 2021 · Cabinet Office
G7: Cornwall
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of hosting the G7 summit in Cornwall in June 2021 on travel (a) to, (b) from and (c) within the South West during that
25 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment SAGE has made of the potential effect on covid-19 transmission rates of the UK hosting the G7 summit in Cornwall in June 2021; and if he will make a statement.
25 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Adoption Support Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to improve access to the Child’s Adoption Fund since his speech for National Adoption Week on 14 October 2020.
25 Jan 2021 · Department for Education
Adoption: Bureaucracy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to reduce bureaucracy in the adoption system, since his speech for National Adoption Week on 14 October 2020.
25 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fisheries
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2021 to Question 138067 on Fisheries, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Trade and Co-operation Agreement’s content on fishing on the
25 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Subsidies
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assumptions his Department has used on the level of rents for agricultural land as Basic Payment Scheme payments are phased out.
25 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Hunting: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs, whether hunting is considered as exercise under the covid-19 lockdown restrictions announced in January 2021.
22 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Gun Sports: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what exemptions to the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown restrictions are in place for rough shooting.
19 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Key Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support key workers living with and providing care for extremely clinically vulnerable people who are shielding during the covid-19 outbreak who are required to physicall
18 Jan 2021 · Home Office
Criminal Records: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the criminal records that were deleted by her Department relate to people in (a) Plymouth, (b) Devon, (c) Cornwall and (d) the South West.
15 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allow individual NHS trusts to publish data on how many covid-19 vaccinations they have conducted.
15 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fisheries: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the (a) number, (b) geographical breakdown of callers and (c) issues of concern relating to calls made to his Department’s Brexit helplines on (i) fishing, (ii) Catc
15 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fisheries: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities will be eligible to apply for support from the £100 million fisheries support fund.
Source: official written-questions record.