Written questions

2,823 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department (a) conducts monitoring of and (b) has commissioned research on the (i) presence of (A) PFAS, (B) microplastics, (C) bisphenols and (D) other chemicals in treate

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to (a) include additional delivery objectives in the UK REACH work programme for 2023-24 and (b) allocate new resources for delivery of the programme.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the completion status of each (a) key delivery objective and (b) activity in the UK REACH work programme for 2022-23.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the UK REACH work programme for 2023-24.

19 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Public Houses

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of pubs that have been (a) demolished, (b) converted and (c) sold in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many illegal vaping products were in Yorkshire in each of the last five years.

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many illegal vaping products were in Buckinghamshire in each of the last five years.

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many illegal vaping products were in Devon in each of the last five years.

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many illegal vaping products were in Cornwall in each of the last five years.

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many illegal vaping products were in Leicestershire in each of the last five years.

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Cumbria

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many illegal vaping products were in Cumbria in each of the last five years.

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many illegal vaping products were in Bedfordshire in each of the last five years.

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Warwickshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many illegal vaping products were in Warwickshire in each of the last five years.

19 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many illegal vaping products were in Staffordshire in each of the last five years.

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what was the cost to the public purse of her Department (a) installing and (b) maintaining air quality monitors in each year since 2010; and what her Department plans to spend on (i) i

19 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July to Question 194204 on Air Pollution: Monitoring, what the locations are each of the additional monitors which (a) have been installed since December 2

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Plastics

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much her Department has spent on plastic (a) pens, (b) cups and (c) bags for promotion and marketing in each of the last five years.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Plastics

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much her Department has spent on plastic (a) pens (b) cups and (c) bags for promotion and marketing in each of the last five years.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Plastics

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her department has spent on plastic (a) pens, (b) cups, and (c) bags for promotion and marketing in each of the last five years.

18 Sep 2023 · Wales Office

Mark Drakeford

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, when he last met the First Minister of Wales.

18 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Southern African Development Community

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has plans to visit the Southern African Development Community.

18 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Churches

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Pakistani counterparts on the burning of churches in Jaranwala.

18 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ethiopia: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to take steps to ask for the renewal of the remit for the Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia at the 78th session of the United Nations General As

18 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Mortgages: Newport West

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of increases in mortgage interest rates on homeowners in Newport West.

18 Sep 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Newport West

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she has taken to help (a) lower energy costs and (b) improve energy security for (i) households and (ii) businesses in Newport West constituency.

15 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

The Elders

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has held recent discussions with members of The Elders on foreign and development policy.

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress her Department has made on the Antimicrobial Resistance National Action Plan.

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal and Plant Health Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she last met with the Chief Executive of the Animal and Plant Health Agency.

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Office for Environmental Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Office for Environmental Protection.

15 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sick Leave: Stress

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many total working days were staff absent due to work-related stress in (a) her Department, (b) the Environment Agency and (c) Natural England in each year from 2010 to 2023.

Source: official written-questions record.