Written questions
1,365 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 Jul 2021 · Cabinet Office
Lobbying: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Independent report entitled Findings of a Review into the Development and Use of Supply Chain Finance in Government, published on 22 July 2021, what
22 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Animal Experiments: Dogs
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps she has taken to reduce the use of dogs for research purposes.
22 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether she plans to (a) review and (b) decrease the use of (i) rats and (ii) other live animals in testing procedures.
22 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
National Centre for Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research.
22 Jul 2021 · Home Office
Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, following the UK's exit of the EU, whether she plans to review the regulatory requirements that necessitated the 24 per cent of regulatory testing on animals that was reported to have caused moderate
22 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Judiciary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to uphold and protect the independence of the judiciary.
22 Jul 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Climate Change: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the threats posed by the climate emergency following the extreme weather events in (a) the UK, (b) Germany and (c) China.
21 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Wildlife: Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing protections granted to wildlife classified in schedules 5 and 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
21 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Amphibians and Reptiles: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the health of (a) reptile and (b) amphibian populations in the UK.
21 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Conservation: Animals
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to enhance ecological protections for (a) pine martens, (b) red squirrels, (c) adders, (d) water voles and (e) slow worms.
21 Jul 2021 · Cabinet Office
Civil Service: Buildings
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2021 to question 30420 on on Public Bodies: Ventilation, what (a) budget has been made available for enforcement activities and (b) enfo
21 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which of his Department's non executive directors were appointed through open competition.
21 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which of her Department's non executive directors were appointed through open competition.
21 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which of his Department's non executive directors were appointed through open competition.
21 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to adult social care.
21 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Plants: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy not to implement proposals for additional labelling of plant imports in 2022.
21 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Plants: UK Internal Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to streamline the plant passport system.
21 Jul 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Furs: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans the Government has to ban imports of fur from (a) foxes, (b) minks and (c) coyotes.
21 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the covid-19 vaccine app will be changed to enable people of 17 years and 9 months to book a vaccine appointment.
20 Jul 2021 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Directors
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to preclude Secretaries of State from appointing (a) sitting elected representatives with party affiliation and (b) current special advisers
20 Jul 2021 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Disclosure of Information
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to require every Government Department to publish a quarterly register of interests that includes each member of their departmental board.
20 Jul 2021 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Directors
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to incorporate existing guidance on the appointment of departmental Non-Executive Directors into the Governance code on public appointments.
20 Jul 2021 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Directors
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to treat departmental Non-Executive Directors in a manner equivalent to other members of public boards; and whether that role will be regula
20 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Construction: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps is he taking to tackle rogue contractors and builders.
20 Jul 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which of his Department's non executive directors were appointed through open competition.
20 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Email
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he or any of the Ministers in his Department use personal email addresses to conduct Government business.
20 Jul 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Email
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she or any of the Ministers in her Department use personal email addresses to conduct Government business.
20 Jul 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Email
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he or any of the Ministers in his Department use personal email addresses to conduct Government business.
20 Jul 2021 · Department for Education
Educational Institutions: Putney
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any of his Ministers plan to visit (a) schools, (b) nurseries or (c) colleges in the Putney constituency in the next six months.
20 Jul 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Owner Occupation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to bring forward further legislative proposals to (a) ensure that freeholders identify onerous ground rent clauses to leaseholders and (b) hold freeholders a
Source: official written-questions record.