Written questions

1,365 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Occupied Territories: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his counterpart in Israel following reports of attacks on health workers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

30 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Israeli counterpart on recent reports of (a) attacks on Palestinian healthcare personnel and facilities and (b) demolitions of

30 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken steps to (a) implement policies and (b) provide funding to help support (i) sustainable development, (ii) peace and (iii) self-determination

29 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Report Stage and Third Reading of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill will take place.

28 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to meet Target 7 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework on working towards eliminating plastic pollution.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Peatlands: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help restore peat bogs; and what targets she has set for peat bog restoration.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horticulture: Peat

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her planned timeline is for the banning of all sales of horticultural peat.

27 Mar 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Peatlands: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her timeline is for the banning of the (a) extraction and (b) commercial trade of peat.

27 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of whether the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fulfils the criteria under the Terrorism Act 2006 for a terrorist organisation.

27 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the threat posed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to (a) the UK and its interests in the Middle East and (b) Iranians critical of the r

24 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Peters and Peters

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse has been of legal services provided by Peters and Peters for the Privileges Committee investigation of the Rt hon. Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

24 Mar 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Owner Occupation: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Government has taken recent steps to increase transparency on overseas ownership of UK property.

24 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing Associations: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing guidance to housing associations to cap rent increases for shared ownership properties at seven per cent.

24 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Private Rented Housing: Evictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress he has made on ending Section 21 evictions.

24 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Pakistan: Ahmadiyya

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she has made an assessment of the threat posed by potential hate preachers supporting the persecution of and attacks on the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in the UK; and whether her Department holds da

24 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

East Africa: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much humanitarian aid his Department has provided to help with food shortages in East Africa in the last year; and how much he plans to allocate in the next financial yea

24 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made with Cabinet colleagues of the threat posed by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to (a) the UK, (b) the UK's interests in the Middle East and (c) Ira

24 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Committee of Privileges: Legal Costs

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the value for money of funding the legal fees for the Rt hon. Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip for his involvement in the inquiry by the Privileges Committee into his conduc

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Tenants

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2022 to Question 46172 on Energy: Tenants, whether his Department is introducing regulations to require heat networks to pass on the benefit of the Energ

23 Mar 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change entitled Sixth Assessment Report, published on 20 March 2023;

23 Mar 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Conditions of Employment and Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal College of Nursing’s General Secretary on (a) pay and (b) conditions for nurses.

22 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Home Office: Media

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of the Government Communications Service Propriety Guidance on determining which news organisatio

22 Mar 2023 · Home Office

Home Office: Rwanda

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her Department decided which news organisations to invite to join her recent visit to Rwanda; and whether she made an assessment of the potential impact of the Government Communication Service Pro

21 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Emergencies: Planning

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the UK Government Resilience Framework, published on 19 December 2022, on what date the National Security Council sub-committee on resilience plans to hold its first meeting.

21 Mar 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Local Resilience Forums: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the UK Government Resilience Framework, published on 19 December 2022, whether he plans to increase funding for Local Resilience Forums.

21 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Emergencies: Planning

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the UK National Resilience Framework, published on 19 December 2022, when he plans to make the first annual statement to Parliament on civil contingencies risk and the UK Government’s performan

21 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Emergencies: Planning

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the UK Government Resilience Framework, published on 19 December 2022, what estimate he has made of when a new Head of Resilience will be appointed.

21 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Emergencies: Planning

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the UK Government Resilience Framework, published on 19 December 2022, what his planned timetable is for delivering the UK Resilience Academy.

21 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Emergencies: Warnings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to ensure that Emergency Alerts reach people who (a) are digitally excluded and (b) do not have smart phones.

17 Mar 2023 · Cabinet Office

Committee of Privileges

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the Government decided to publish Lord Pannick KC’s legal opinion on the Privileges Committee investigation into the Rt Hon Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip.

Source: official written-questions record.