Zarah Sultana

20 Apr 2021 · Women and Equalities

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she has taken to incorporate the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women into domestic law.

19 Apr 2021 · Cabinet Office

Weddings: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to proposals under Step 3 in Covid-19: Guidance for wedding and civil partnership receptions and celebrations, whether restaurants will be considered covid

16 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2021 to Question 159370, what financial support has been made available to privately-run medical and dental clinics.

16 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish (a) a list of aid programmes that the UK funds in Syria and (b) the proposed reduction in UK aid to those programmes in 2021.

16 Apr 2021 · Home Office

Syria: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing Syrian refugees who have been stripped of their residency permits in the EU with residency in the UK.

16 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Denmark: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Danish counterparts on the issue of stripping 189 Syrian refugees of residency permits in Denmark.

16 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of uprating the UK's 2021 offer of £205 million in aid to programmes in Syria to £400 million as alloca

15 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of reducing the Official Development Assistance budget on (a) current and future research projects funded under ODA programme

15 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Amazon: Delivery Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made representations to Amazon UK on (a) the death of a 21-year-old Amazon driver on 17 February 2021 and (b) the potential merits of reassessing delivery targets f

15 Apr 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Child Maintenance Service in the last 12 months, what proportion of (a) complaints to that Service have resulted in further action and (b) non-resident parents are compliant with t

14 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Prison Reform Trust’s report, No life, no freedom, no future, published December 2020, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of repealing IPP sentences.

14 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bahrain: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with (a) Ali Mushaima, son of Bahraini political opposition leader, Hassan Mushaima, and (b) other UK-based members of t

14 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Pre-sentence Reports: Carers and Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to recommendation 8 of the 2019 Farmer Review for Women, what progress has been made on making written Pre-Sentence Reports mandatory for all women and male primary carers before a custodial senten

14 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the 2019 Farmer Review for Women, what progress has been made on the introduction of a Personal Circumstances File for women in contact with the criminal justice system.

14 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Importance of Strengthening Female Offenders' Family and other Relationships to Prevent Reoffending and Reduce Intergenerational Crime Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on implementing the recommendations of the 2019 Farmer Review For Women.

13 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Parents: Bereavement Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to extend parental bereavement leave to include pregnancy losses before 24 weeks.

13 Apr 2021 · Home Office

Au Pairs: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing au pairs to travel to the UK under short term study visas.

13 Apr 2021 · Women and Equalities

Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government plans to re-examine the findings of the report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, published March 2021, in response to feedback on that report's conclusions on inequality.

13 Apr 2021 · Women and Equalities

Ethnic Groups: Human Rights

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what plans the Government has to implement the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Human Rights report entitled Black people, racism and human rights, published in November 2020.

13 Apr 2021 · Treasury

Business: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government has taken to support businesses that are unable to purchase essential materials from the EU.

13 Apr 2021 · Treasury

Business: Overseas Trade

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what measures the Government has put in place to support businesses that have experienced a decline in (a) exports and (b) imports between December 2020 and March 2021.

13 Apr 2021 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the implementation of changes to the loan charge, what estimate he has made of the number of people that are (a) falling into debt and (b) declaring bankruptcy as a result of those changes; and wha

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Education

Children: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to (a) implement the recommendations of the Children Society's report entitled The Good Childhood Report 2020 and (b) widen the scope of the education recovery package announced in February 202

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will assess the potential merits of implementing a deposit return scheme that includes containers of all sizes earlier than 2023.

12 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurofibromatosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to (a) improve care for people affected by Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1) and (b) raise awareness of NF1 since the publication of the UK Rare Diseases Framework.

12 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing a minimum standard of mental healthcare and support for (a) pregnant women and (b) mothers of young infants.

12 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the need for perinatal mental health services with reference to the covid-19 outbreak.

12 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Cameroon: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to promote the (a) human rights and (b) civil liberties of the English-speaking minority in South Cameroon.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he will include an open consultation as part of the initial teacher training market review.

12 Apr 2021 · Cabinet Office

Ministerial and Other Maternity Allowances Bill

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which transgender charities the Government consulted with prior to the removal of gender neutral language from the Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Bill.