Written questions

1,365 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Vicky Bowman

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with its counterparts in the Myanmar Government on the arrest of Vicky Bowman, the UK's former ambassador to Myanmar, and her husband.

20 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Vicky Bowman

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking with the international community to help ensure the release of Vicky Bowman, the UK's former ambassador to Myanmar, and her husband.

7 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Construction: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has plans to amend planning regulations on the impact of building (a) works and (b) noise on local neighbourhoods.

7 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Blackmore Bond: Insolvency

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had the Financial Conduct Authority on the collapse of Blackmore Bond.

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

High Rise Flats: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with mortgage lenders that refuse to lend on properties in blocks without an External Wall Survey assessment; and if he will make a statement.

6 Sep 2022 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to increase Government funding for early years providers.

5 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heat Networks

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of households that receive their heating from heat network systems in the latest period for which data is available.

5 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Heat Networks

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support households that receive heating from heat networks.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Tenants

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to apply the energy price cap to residential blocks of flats being classified as non-domestic buildings because they use a communal boiler.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Radio Frequency Identification: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy that reusable security tags are used rather than RFID tags; and for what reason there was a change made from reusable tags to RFID tags.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Horizon Europe

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he will make it his policy for the UK to re-join Horizon Europe.

2 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Endometriosis: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to amend the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines for endometriosis on (a) pain management, (b) mental health and (c) endometriosis outside the pelvic

2 Sep 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israeli Settlements: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the construction of the E1 Israeli settlement.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons it is her policy that there should be a managed migration of legacy benefits to Universal Credit.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Consumers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to ensure that people are able to add funds to their energy top up cards without being required to purchase additional items at top up points.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

First Time Buyers: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to support first time buyers in London.

2 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Financial Services and Markets Bill

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he make will make it his policy to pause the Financial Services and Markets Bill.

2 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Pensions: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment the Government has carried out on the impact of Solvency II reforms on pensions.

2 Sep 2022 · Treasury

Financial Services: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to help ensure the independence of financial services regulators.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bakery Products: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require retailers to display ingredients lists for bakery products t

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cereal Products: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a mandatory minimum percentage of unrefined grain ingredients in products marketed using the word wholegrain.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bakery Products: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the Real Bread Campaign's proposals to necessitate the display of ingredients lists for products that are sold unwrapped.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Rented Housing: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the renters reform bill is suitable for the student housing market.

2 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to help create a more effective working relationship with the French Government to reduce deaths and injury resulting from illegal channel crossings.

2 Sep 2022 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to create a more effective working relationship with the French Government to reduce illegal channel crossings.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment the Government has made of the impact of the current Education Bill on local communities’ democratic input to the (a) governance and (b) curriculum of their local state schools.

2 Sep 2022 · Department for Education

Church Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Education Bill on church schools.

18 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

First Time Buyers: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional financial support to first-time house buyers in London.

18 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Learning Disability: Day Care Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people with learning disabilities have access to day services.

8 Jul 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer to the Question from the hon. Member for Sheffield South East at Prime Minister's Questions on 6 July 2022, Official Report, column 873, when Ukrainian r

Source: official written-questions record.