Written questions
2,823 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Air Pollution
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on what schemes the £3.8 billion allocated to mitigating air pollution is being spent; when each element of that funding is planned to be spent; and what funding has been disbursed to
30 Sep 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Newport West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families with children are affected by the benefit cap in Newport West constituency.
30 Sep 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits: Newport West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families are affected by the two-child limit on social security benefits in Newport West constituency.
24 Sep 2020 · Treasury
Working Tax Credit: Newport West
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families with children have received the £20 per week uplift in working tax credit basic element payments in Newport West in each month since it was introduced.
24 Sep 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Newport West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families with children received the £20 per week uplift in Universal Credit standard allowance payments, announced on 20 March 2020, in Newport West in each month since it was introduced.
22 Sep 2020 · Prime Minister
Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief
To ask the Prime Minister, what plans he has to appoint a Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief.
17 Sep 2020 · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Veterans: Mental Health
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to improve mental health support for veterans in (a) Newport West, (b) Wales and c) the UK.
16 Sep 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Statutory Sick Pay: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the economic effect of self-isolation on people who are (a) reliant on and (b) ineligible for statutory sick pay.
16 Sep 2020 · Treasury
Poverty: Newport West
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to tackle poverty in Newport West constituency.
16 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of morale in the armed forces.
14 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Yemen: Baha'i Faith
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what reports he has received on the situation of the Baha'i' community in north Yemen; and if he will make a statement.
14 Sep 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Yemen: Baha'i Faith
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has received reports of a court hearing in Sana’a, Yemen on 22 August 2020 in which six Baha'i's who were pardoned and released from custody were declared fugitive
7 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Justice
Marriage: Humanism
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government will seek to change the terms of reference for the Law Commission's review of marriages in response to the High Court judgement in R (Harrison and others) v Secretary of State for Justice [
1 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Coronavirus
What assessment he has made of the effect on the NHS of the long-term health consequences of covid-19.
28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish the proposed vaccine strategy.
28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Influenza: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to maximise the take up of the influenza vaccine in 2020.
28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to prepare for a potential second wave of covid-19 during winter 2020-21.
28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on his Department's ability to meet immunisation targets.
28 Aug 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Mozambique: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Mozambique.
28 Aug 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Mozambique: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Mozambique.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for International Trade
Trade Agreements: Australia
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the potential for a trade deal with Australia being completed by 31 December 2020.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for International Trade
Trade Agreements: New Zealand
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the likelihood of a trade deal with New Zealand being completed by 31 December 2020.
28 Aug 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
New Zealand: Foreign Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his New Zealand counterpart.
28 Aug 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Zimbabwe: Humanitarian Situation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement.
28 Aug 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Maira Shahbaz
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to hold discussions with his Pakistani counterpart to raise concerns on the recent ruling of Lahore High Court in Pakistan in favour of a man who kidnapped a
28 Aug 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Zimbabwe: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Zimbabwe.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Television Licences: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what additional resources the Government plans to allocate to the BBC to help the free TV licence for people aged over 75 in (a) Newport West constituency, (b) Wales and (c) the UK.
28 Aug 2020 · Home Office
Visas: Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to extend the health and care visa to include roles in disability charities and hospices that are not direct NHS sub-contractors.
28 Aug 2020 · Home Office
Visas: Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to extend the health and care visa to include all jobs requiring a HCPC registered physiotherapist.
28 Aug 2020 · Home Office
Visas: Health Professions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to extend eligibility for the health and care visa to include physiotherapy and rehabilitation staff earning the equivalent of the NHS Bands 3 and 4 pay scales to help the UK meet p
Source: official written-questions record.