Ruth Jones

12 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Canal and River Trust: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on the (a) health, (b) wellbeing, (c) environmental and (d) levelling up benefits of healthy and accessible waterways of the level

12 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Canal and River Trust: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Written Statement of 10 July 2023 on Future funding for the Canal and River Trust, HCWS924, what the certain conditions are that have to be met for a new long ter

12 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Canal and River Trust: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much grant funding was awarded to the Canal and River Trust in each year from 2011/12..

12 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Canal and River Trust: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what grant funding she plans to give the Canal and River Trust in each year from 2023/24 to 2026/27.

12 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Canal and River Trust: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, If she will publish the submissions made by representative bodies with her Department engaged during the review of the Canal and River Trust grant.

6 Jul 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

New Businesses: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to support the creation of new businesses in Newport West constituency.

6 Jul 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Re-employment: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of fire and rehire practices on the labour market in (a) Newport West constituency and (b) Wales.

6 Jul 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade: Southern African Development Community

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps she has taken to increase trade with countries in the Southern African Development Community.

6 Jul 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Minimum Wage: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent estimate she has made of the level of compliance with the national minimum wage in (a) Newport West constituency and (b) Wales.

20 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will meet a delegation from the chemical recycling industry.

20 Jun 2023 · Treasury

Plastic Packaging Tax: Public Consultation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to publish the consultation on mass balance and calculating recycled content within the Plastic Packaging Tax before 20 July 2023.

14 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Somaliland: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the government of Somaliland.

14 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Zimbabwe

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

14 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

South Africa: Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Southern African Development Community on the hunger crisis in Southern Africa.

14 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

East Africa: Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the African Union on the hunger crisis in East Africa.

14 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Zimbabwe: Commonwealth

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of Zimbabwe's readmittance to the Commonwealth.

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Biofuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to encourage the use of (a) Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil and (b) other biofuels on non-electrified parts of the railway network.

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Biofuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential for (a) Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil and (b) other biofuels to decarbonise railways pending full electrification.

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport

Freight: Biofuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to help the road haulage industry to transition to net-zero through adopting (a) Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil and (b) other biofuels.

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of length of time it will take for battery technology to become sufficiently advanced to power Heavy Goods Vehicles.

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport

Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a comparative assessment of the merits of the UK’s Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation and that deployed in the Republic of Ireland.

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of divergence of UK and EU chemicals safety regimes on (a) the chemicals value chain and (b) downstream product manufact

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what resources her Department provides to (a) its chemicals division and (b) the Health and Safety Executive for implementing UK REACH; and what assessment she has made of the adequacy

13 Jun 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 establish an alternative model of registration for UK REACH; and what steps she plans to take to ensure that companies provide high quality submissions.

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chemicals: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to consult with relevant external stakeholders on her Department’s proposals for replacing retained EU law on chemicals.

13 Jun 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what account development of policy on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances will take of the environmental principles policy statement before duty commences on 1 November 2023.

7 Jun 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

South Africa: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the level of political influence that the Chinese government has in the SADC Region of Southern Africa.

22 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on reducing air pollution in Bedfordshire in each of the last five years.

22 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Warwickshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on reducing air pollution in Warwickshire in each of the last five years.

22 May 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department has spent on reducing air pollution in Lincolnshire in each of the last five years.