Written questions

648 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing flexible railway ticketing.

17 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of nurses.

17 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of nurses.

16 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to publish a response to the consultation in 2022 on public sector food and catering policy.

16 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nutrition: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce inequalities in dietary health.

16 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Children: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether levels of food insecurity will be a key metric of the Child Poverty Taskforce.

16 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to introduce auto-enrolment for the Healthy Start scheme.

16 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Soft Drinks: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to expand the Soft Drinks Industry Levy to milk based drinks.

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farmers: Income

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that farmers have a stable income.

11 Oct 2024 · House of Commons Commission

Parliament Square: Demonstrations

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the Commission's policy is on objecting to applications received by Westminster City Council for loudspeaker consent in Parliament Square when the Hou

11 Oct 2024 · House of Commons Commission

Parliament Square: Demonstrations

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether House officials made representations to Westminster City Council on the application for loudspeaker consent in Parliament Square on 30 October 2024

7 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

South America: Forests

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to provide assistance to (a) Ecuador, (b) Paraguay, (c) Peru and (d) Brazil following forest fires in those countries.

7 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

United Nations: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations at the United Nations on the potential merits of a UN convention on the rights of older persons.

7 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Children: Hygiene

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps through education settings to help reduce child hygiene poverty.

7 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing of a polluter pays levy on tobacco company to fund smoking cessation services; and if he will make it his policy to increase fun

7 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the consultation response entitled creating a smokefree generation and tackling youth vaping, published on 12 February 2024, whether he plans to implement the policies set out in

7 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with third sector organisations on the inclusion of policies on prevention in the proposed ten-year plan for health and social care.

7 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services and Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to include policies on prevention in the proposed ten-year plan for health and social care.

4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Land Banking

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help tackle landbanking.

4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Right to Buy for housing association tenants.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Standing Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of replacing the standing charge on household energy bills with a measure based on usage.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Price Caps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will meet with Ofgem to discuss the potential merits of reducing the energy price cap for winter 2024-25.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fish Farming: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the standard of welfare of farmed fish in the UK.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Disability: EU Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to transpose the European Accessibility Act into UK law.

4 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Taxation: International Cooperation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of agreeing a UN global tax convention.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available for claimants unable to complete her Department's forms.

4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Asia: Storms

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support countries affected by Typhoon Yagi.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: City of Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to support community pharmacies in City of Durham constituency.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neuroblastoma: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make difluoromethylornithine available on the NHS for children with high-risk neuroblastoma.

12 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Pensioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he his taking to ensure the adequacy of primary care provision for pensioners in (a) City of Durham constituency and (b) County Durham in winter 2024-25.

Source: official written-questions record.