Written questions
2,823 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on support for people in sectors worst affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps her Department has taken to (a) investigate and (b) rectify errors made in the payment of the state pension to retired women.
6 Jan 2021 · Women and Equalities
Equality: Training
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to support businesses to provide unconscious bias training to all employees.
6 Jan 2021 · Cabinet Office
Equality: Training
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has spent on unconscious bias training in each of the last 10 years.
6 Jan 2021 · Cabinet Office
Equality: Training
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to increase funding for unconscious bias training.
6 Jan 2021 · Women and Equalities
Equality: Training
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the devolved Administrations on the effectiveness of unconscious bias training.
6 Jan 2021 · Women and Equalities
Equality: Training
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of unconscious bias training.
6 Jan 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Wood-burning Stoves: Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of domestic wood burners on levels of particle pollution.
6 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sri Lanka: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Sri Lankan Government about the effect of that Government's compulsory cremation policy for all covid-19 deaths on the Muslim populati
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Independent Press Standards Organisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to replace IPSO with an independent regulator not funded by member publications.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Environment Protection: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the draft policy statement on environmental principles for public consultation.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Peat
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with stakeholders on the development of the England Peat Strategy.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Peatlands: Controlled Burning
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the scope of legislative proposals needed to end the burning of important peatland habitats.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Peat
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the England Peat Strategy.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Office for Environmental Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to publish a summary of the business case for the Office for Environmental Protection.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Office for Environmental Protection: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the day one operating capability for the Office for Environmental Protection will be least 50 full-time equivalent staff.
30 Dec 2020 · Women and Equalities
Females: Internet
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on tackling online abuse targeted at women.
30 Dec 2020 · Cabinet Office
Females: Coronavirus
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of women who have left the workforce as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Disability: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the effect on disabled people of the covid-19 outbreak.
30 Dec 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what date he last made representations to the Iranian Government on the detention of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
30 Dec 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Domestic Abuse: Refuges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that domestic abuse victims can access safe refuges.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste Disposal: Organised Crime
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 UK's ability to tackle organised waste crime.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tree Planting
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of progress on meeting the target of 11 million trees planted in England by 2022.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Ella Kissi-Debrah
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he last spoke to the family of the late Ella Kissi-Debrah.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has of the effect of global nature conservation on the outbreak of pandemics.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Environment Protection: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the economic recovery from the covid-19 outbreak aligns with the Government's long-term targets on climate and biodiversity.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation: International Cooperation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Development and Commonwealth Affairs on taking diplomatic steps to create a legally binding international extinctio
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
UN Climate Conference 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the Government's preparations for the COP26 meeting.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to provide financial support to wildlife trusts and nature reserves whose income has reduced as a result of the Tier 4 covid-19 restrictions in England.
30 Dec 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the effect of air quality on the severity of covid-19 symptoms.
Source: official written-questions record.