Alicia Kearns

2 May 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kosovo: Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress the Government has made o the driving license exchange between the UK and Republic of Kosovo.

2 May 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing mandated community benefit criteria for new solar developments.

20 Apr 2023 · Treasury

Taxation: Data Protection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what protective measures are in tax information exchange agreements to safeguard the financial data of UK-based diasporas at risk of transnational repression.

20 Apr 2023 · Treasury

Taxation: China and Hong Kong

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times tax information has been exchanged with (a) the People’s Republic of China and (b) Hong Kong under (i) Common Reporting Standard and (ii) Exchange of Information on Request agreements in the past year

20 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Life Sciences: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure that private Chinese companies operating in the life sciences sector are adhering to UK ethical standards.

20 Apr 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Genetics: Foreign Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what regulatory framework is in place for foreign parties that access and utilise human genetic resources when operating in the UK.

17 Apr 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Land Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the new land use framework will be published.

17 Apr 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the steps taken by the US Government to sanction (a) GCL-Poly, (b) Longi Solar, (c) Hongyuan New Material

29 Mar 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Life Sciences: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will publish a breakdown of the investments allocated to each of the four recipient companies of the Government’s Life Sciences Innovation Manufacturing Fund grants by proportion

27 Mar 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Republika Srpska: Diplomatic Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of reports that Republika Srpska will end diplomatic relations with the US and UK.

7 Mar 2023 · Women and Equalities

Conversion Therapy

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to complete pre-legislative scrutiny on the bill to ban conversion therapy in this parliamentary term.

2 Mar 2023 · Department for Transport

Bypasses: Melton Mowbray

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues on the Melton Mowbray Distributor Road scheme.

1 Mar 2023 · Women and Equalities

Conversion Therapy

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Government will begin pre-legislative scrutiny for the proposed ban on conversion therapy.

21 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Help to Grow Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many businesses have (a) signed up to and (b) completed the Help to Grow: Management Course; and what proportion of those businesses have an annual turnover of (i) £0 - £499,999, (ii) £500,000 - £9

21 Feb 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Help to Grow Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many businesses have (a) signed up for and (b) completed the Help to Grow: Management training; and what proportion of those businesses employ (i) five to 19 employees, (ii) 20 to 49 employees, (ii

16 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Serbia: Wagner Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2023 to Question 119063 on Serbia: Wagner Group, whether his Department has taken recent steps to assess whether the Wagner Group has ope

16 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Investment Security Unit: Parliamentary Scrutiny

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has taken steps to ensure that (a) reviews and (b) interventions made by the Investment Security Unit under the National Security and Investment Act are subject to parl

16 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Flusso: Shanghai Sierchi Enterprise Management Partnership

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to take steps to review the takeover of semiconductor start-up Flusso by Shanghai Sierchi Enterprise Management Partnership.

16 Jan 2023 · Department for International Trade

Arms Trade: Serbia

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the UK has sold weapons or defensive arms to Serbia in the last three years; and whether the UK plans to sell weapons or defensive arms to Serbia in the next two years.

9 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Republika Srpska: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has received evidence of the Russian Federation offering (a) financial, (b) arms, (c) manpower and (d) other support for Republika Srpska's secession f

9 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Republika Srpska

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has received evidence of the Republika Srpska region of Bosnia and Herzegovina providing (a) financial support (b) arms (c) manpower and (d) other equi

9 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Serbia: Wagner Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had formal discussions with representatives of the Serbian Government on the opening of a Wagner Group branch in Belgrade, Serbia in December 2022.

9 Jan 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Balkans: Wagner Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether the paramilitary Wagner Group is currently operating in (a) Kosovo and (b) Bosnia and Herzegovina.

12 Dec 2022 · Attorney General

Crown Prosecution Service

To ask the Attorney General, what the average time is for the Crown Prosecution Service to bring charges once a suspect has confessed a crime to the police.

12 Dec 2022 · Attorney General

Prosecutions: Standards

To ask the Attorney General, what data her Department holds on the average length of time between (a) a suspect admitting committing an offence to the police and (b) that suspect being prosecuted for that offence.

29 Nov 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Meat

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will supply generators to Ukraine's meat industry to ensure continued supplies of meat despite damage to the Ukrainian energy grid.

29 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Early Retirement

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of public pension rules on early retirement rates of health professionals from the NHS.

24 Nov 2022 · Women and Equalities

Conversion Therapy

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban Conversion Therapy.

21 Nov 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve dementia care in rural areas.

8 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Wind Power: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to make it easier to secure planning permission for new onshore wind turbines.