Written questions

1,596 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Sep 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Phytophthora Austrocedri: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had on tackling the Phytophthora austrocedri pathogen outbreaks that threaten the UK's juniper crop; and if he will make a statement.

25 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Arthritis: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure arthritis services resume as soon as possible following the disruption resulting from the covid-19 outbreak.

24 Sep 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fertilisers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including in the Environment Bill a requirement for all solid manure and solid digestate spread to bare land other than that mana

24 Sep 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Anaerobic Digestion

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that the Environment Bill 2019-21 includes a requirement for slurry and digestate stores to be covered by 2027.

24 Sep 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fertilisers: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that the Environment Bill 2019-21 includes a requirement for slurries and digestates to be spread using low-emission equipment such as (a) trailing shoe, (b) trailing

23 Sep 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review the mandatory financial advice requirement for people wishing to transfer or convert a DB pension with a transfer value worth more than £30,000 through the pension freedoms regulation

22 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to ensure exam fairness in the 2020-21academic year.

21 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport

Railways: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring into public ownership (a) the UK railway network and (b) rolling stock companies.

21 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Money

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to give a public body the responsibility for tracking trends in the acceptance of cash by businesses.

21 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Money

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to implement a system to (a) measure, (b) analyse and (c) report how well the cash system performs for consumers.

18 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the average distance of a covid test site from home that people have been offered in each of the last four weeks.

14 Sep 2020 · Treasury

Centrica: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total sum of payments made to Centrica plc and its subsidiaries is under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

9 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Homes: Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of easing covid-19 visiting restrictions for care homes.

7 Sep 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Lavatories: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will update the guidance on the opening of toilets run by (a) local authorities, (b) hospitality businesses, and (c) motorway service station as covid-19 lockdown restricti

4 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he make it his policy to raise pharmacy staff wages in line with pay rises for other public sector workers.

3 Sep 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Bounce Back Loan Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that providers of Bounce Back Loans have the funds to grant the loans promptly.

2 Sep 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to end the export of plastic waste.

2 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commit to increasing funding by £6 billion to local authorities for the investment of cycling and walking infrastructure.

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport

Portugal: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to lift quarantine restrictions for people returning to the UK from Portugal.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health England: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the value is of funding for public health responsibilities which he plans to reallocate to bodies other than the National Institute for Health Protection as a result of the reorganisation of P

28 Aug 2020 · Home Office

Aviation: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passengers have entered the UK through airports from countries on which the UK has imposed quarantine restrictions since those restrictions were imposed, by country; and how many of those pas

28 Aug 2020 · Treasury

Hygiene: Products

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reducing the rate of VAT applied to soap and sanitising gel.

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Future Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many businesses have taken loans through the Future Fund scheme in each (a) nation and (b) region of the UK; and what proportion of the loaned money has gone to each (i) natio

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Bounce Back Loan Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many businesses have taken loans through the Bounce Back Loan scheme in each (a) nation and (b) region of the UK; and what proportion of the loaned money has gone to each (i)

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Natural Gas: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much Russian gas is imported into the UK; and what proportion of national gas consumption that represents.

28 Aug 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Blood Cancer

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend financial support through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to people with blood cancer who have been shielding during the covid-19 outbreak who (a) cannot work from home and (b) have been advis

28 Aug 2020 · Treasury

Minimum Wage

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to increase the minimum wage to the Living Wage Foundation's recommendation of £9.30 in the next Budget.

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a statutory owners and directors test in football.

28 Aug 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Supermarkets

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many supermarket workers have been infected with covid-19.

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will increase funding to local authorities to help support the provision of food waste bins.

Source: official written-questions record.