Written questions

82 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Civil Disorder: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of violent disorder cases were heard by (a) district judges and (b) lay magistrates in August.

2 Sep 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Great British Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to provide trade unions with a role on the board of GB Energy.

2 Sep 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Gas Fired Power Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his policy is on the potential creation of new unabated gas power plants.

2 Sep 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Refineries: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he consulted (a) Unite the Union, (b) GMB and (c) other trade unions on the potential closure of oil and gas refineries in the North Sea.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Mission Control for Clean Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Chris Stark to lead Mission Control to deliver clean power by 2030, published on 9 July 2024, what resources his Department has alloc

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electric Cables

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will commission the ESO to make an estimate of the additional number of kilometres of transmission network that will be added to the electricity grid.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Gas Fired Power Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to extend the lifetime of existing unabated gas power stations.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Refineries: Grangemouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have met with the owners of the Grangemouth oil refinery.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Gas Fired Power Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether new unabated gas power stations will be required to maintain energy security.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Great British Energy: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the new chair of Great British Energy was appointed through open competition; what his remuneration is; and what provisions have been put in place to prevent potential conflicts of in

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to consult local residents prior to the approval of (a) solar farms and (b) onshore wind farms.

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Great British Energy: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Chair of Great British Energy was appointed through open competition; what his remuneration is; and whether he has registered his business interests and shareholdings.

10 Jan 2022 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Skilled Workers and Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to invest in technology and skills relevant to the armed forces throughout the UK.

15 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what impact assessments his Department has undertaken on the effect of the Government's proposed changes to planning on the preservation of Green Belt.

15 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the preservation of the Green Belt of increased housing targets in the Government's proposed changes to planning.

15 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Green Belt: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that agricultural land on Green Belts is being preserved for agricultural purposes.

15 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Development: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of construction developments in the Ivers on (a) biodiversity and (b) local wildlife welfare.

15 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Chilterns

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of potential merits of expanding the Chilterns Area of National Beauty to include the areas of Colne Valley Regional Park and Burnham Beeches.

15 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Green Belt: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of special environmental protection for agricultural land in the Green Belt.

26 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Vocational Guidance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to to encourage students to take up (a) nursing apprenticeships and (b) other vital vocational apprenticeships following the covid-19 outbreak.

26 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to recognise the work of nursing apprentices in tackling the covid-19 outbreak.

8 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect of school closures on children with limited or no broadband connectivity in Buckinghamshire.

8 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Primary Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that primary schools, identified as a lower transmission risk, can reopen to all children as soon as possible.

8 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the primary focus of Government school policy is the interests of parents and pupils during the national lockdown.

16 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has made for the roll out of the covid-19 vaccine in Buckinghamshire; and what the timetable is for that roll out.

14 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to introduce (a) programmes for people to retrain as qualified HGV drivers and (b) other schemes to tackle the shortage of those drivers.

14 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport

Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that (a) the UK has access to sufficient shipping capacity and (b) capacity is not being withheld to manipulate shipping costs.

14 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport

Port of Felixstowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to clear the backlog of containers at the port of Felixstowe.

14 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Port of Felixstowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to clear the backlog of containers being used to store PPE at the Port of Felixstowe and remove that PPE to warehouse storage and free the containers to be retur

23 Nov 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Development: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to protect (a) Beaconsfield and (b) similarly located constituencies from encroachment and urban sprawl.

Source: official written-questions record.