Written questions

2,823 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Feb 2022 · Treasury

Plastic Packaging Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is his policy for HMRC to regard feedstocks which are the output of (a) pyrolysis or (b) gasification as recycled for the purpose of the plastic packaging tax.

2 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the sustainability of (a) pyrolysis or (b) gasification as a means of processing thin plastic films.

2 Feb 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Incinerators: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it is his policy for the UK to maintain regulatory alignment with European Union Directive 2010/75/EU Art 3.40 in respect of the definition of (a) pyrolysis and (b) gasificatio

1 Feb 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support young people in Newport West constituency, who are out of work or unable to work, with the increase in the cost of living.

25 Jan 2022 · Wales Office

Warm Home Discount Scheme: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on extending the Warm Home Discount scheme.

25 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has any plans to extend the Warm Home Discount scheme.

25 Jan 2022 · Treasury

Inflation: Newport West

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of inflation on living standards in Newport West constituency.

24 Jan 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase funding for research into the prevention of dementia.

17 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tonga: Tsunami

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has discussed the recent tsunami in Tonga with her New Zealand counterpart.

17 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tonga: Volcanoes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what her latest assessment is of the humanitarian situation in Tonga.

17 Jan 2022 · Wales Office

Television Licences: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the impact of freezing the BBC licence fee until April 2024 on the people of (a) Newport West constituency and (b) Wales.

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

Television Licences: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether she discussed her proposals to freeze the BBC licence fee until April 2024 with the Welsh Government.

17 Jan 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Newport West

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 Newport West

13 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Republic of Ireland: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2022 to Question 97062 on Republic of Ireland: Foreign Relations, where that dinner took place; and how much it cost.

13 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nigeria: Orphans

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the situation of the children from the Du Merci orphanages in the context of the acquittal of Professor Tarfa, the founder of the Du Merci orp

13 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nigeria: Orphans

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made assessment of the (a) treatment of Mercy, Destiny, Emmanuel, Martha and Esther Tarfa who were transferred to an orphanage in Gaya in Kano State, Nigeria

12 Jan 2022 · Attorney General

10 Downing Street

To ask the Attorney General, when she first knew that the Prime Minister was present at the gathering in the Downing Street garden on 20 May 2020.

12 Jan 2022 · Attorney General

Prime Minister's Questions

To ask the Attorney General, whether she was involved in drafting the contents of the Prime Minister's oral answer of 12 January to the hon. Member for Vale of Clwyd.

12 Jan 2022 · Attorney General

Prime Minister: Prime Minister's Questions

To ask the Attorney General, whether she had discussions with the Prime Minister before his oral answer of 12 January to the hon. Member for Vale of Clwyd on the content of that answer.

12 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

South Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2022 to Question 94525 on South Sudan: Humanitarian Situation, what representations she has made to the African Union on what steps the i

12 Jan 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Common Travel Area

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits to the UK's foreign policy objectives of writing the Common Travel Area into domestic UK law.

12 Jan 2022 · Wales Office

Common Travel Area: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits to Wales of writing the Common Travel Area into domestic UK law.

12 Jan 2022 · Northern Ireland Office

Common Travel Area: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has discussed with Cabinet colleagues the potential merits of writing the Common Travel Area into domestic UK law.

12 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Common Travel Area

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to write the Common Travel Area into domestic UK law.

12 Jan 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent progress her Department has made on securing a free trade agreement with the United States.

12 Jan 2022 · Department for International Trade

Small Businesses: Newport West

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent steps she has taken to ensure that SMEs in Newport West constituency can benefit from free trade agreements.

12 Jan 2022 · Wales Office

Trade Agreements: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on how people in (a) Newport West constituency and (b) Wales can benefit from trade agreements signed by the Government.

12 Jan 2022 · Home Office

Fixed Penalties: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been issued penalties or received sanctions for breaching Coronavirus restrictions since April 2020.

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Shipping: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much of Innovate UK’s increased budget will be made available to support the maritime sector.

12 Jan 2022 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: UN Climate Conference 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to deliver on the declarations made at COP26, including (a) Operation Zero and (b) the Clydebank Declaration.

Source: official written-questions record.