Ian Byrne

6 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Heating: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Clean Air Strategy published on 14 January 2019, whether the Government is on track to meet its target of reducing particulate emissions from wood and coal burnin

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

Wood-burning Stoves

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to trends in the level of the cost of heating homes, what assessment he has made of likelihood of an increase in the uptake of log burning technology to heat househ

6 Jan 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heating: Health Hazards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact on human respiratory health of (a) log burning stoves and (b) pellet boilers.

6 Jan 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Shellfish: Delivery Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the inclusion of decapod crustaceans in the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022, if she will make an estimate of the number of instances of crabs and lobsters being (

6 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 8 December 2022 to Question 103036 on Cost of Living Payments: Medical Equipment, if he will increase the Disability Cost of Living Payment.

6 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 8 December 2022 to Question 103036 on Cost of Living Payments: Medical Equipment, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the £150 Disability Cost of L

6 Jan 2023 · Department for Work and Pensions

Cost of Living Payments: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made on the adequacy of the Cost of Living Payments for disabled people who have higher energy usage and are not on means tested benefits.

20 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by The Traveller Movement entitled The last acceptable form of racism, published in September 2017, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for his

19 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Travellers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure accessible and culturally sensitive suicide prevention support is available to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.

19 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Travellers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what provisions his Department has in place to help increase the accessibility of Women's Health Services to people from Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller backgrounds.

19 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Travellers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the accessibility and availability of GP appointments for people from Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities.

19 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Prisons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of physical and mental health neglect of minority ethnic people in prison.

19 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Travellers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of recent trends in rates of (a) mortality and (b) long-term illness in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.

15 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Surveys

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2022 to Question 104474 on Health Services: Travellers, whether his Department is taking steps to help improve engagement with the GP Patient Survey for people

15 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Surveys

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2022 to Question 104474 on Health Services: Travellers, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the GP patient survey is accessible to people with l

15 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Surveys

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2022 to Question 104474 on Health Services: Travellers, if he will make a comparative assessment of the level of engagement with the GP Patient Survey by (a) G

14 Dec 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Drinking Water: E. coli and MRSA

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to take to ensure drinking water is not contaminated by antibiotic-resistant strains of E. coli and staphylococcus aureus.

14 Dec 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Antibiotics: Drug Resistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on a cross-government approach to tackling antibiotic resistant diseases.

14 Dec 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock: Antibiotics

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage farmers to reduce the use of antibiotics on livestock; and if she will bring forward legislative proposals to tackle routine overuse of antibiotic

13 Dec 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Veterinary Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Nature Watch's report entitled Canine Fertility Clinics in the UK, published in October 2022, whether her Department plans to respond to that report on the adequacy o

13 Dec 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Liverpool

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help pensioners in Liverpool, West Derby constituency to (a) have access to information about their eligibility for and (b) access Pension Credit.

13 Dec 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Liverpool

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of pensioners in (a) Liverpool and (b) Liverpool, West Derby constituency who are entitled to Pension Credit and are not claiming it.

13 Dec 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to increase public awareness on eligibility for and access to Pension Credit.

8 Dec 2022 · Cabinet Office

Covid-19 Inquiry: Travellers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities are fully represented in the Government's UK covid-19 public inquiry.

8 Dec 2022 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to analysis by Child Poverty Action Group, published in June 2022, what steps he is taking to help ensure that all children defined as living in poverty are guaranteed access to healthy meals at

7 Dec 2022 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Weather

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any cross-departmental (a) meetings and (b) other discussions on the UK's preparedness for cold weather during winter 2022-23 have taken place in the last six months.

7 Dec 2022 · Cabinet Office

Weather: Death

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Office for National Statistics will release (a) provisional figures for excess winter mortality in England and Wales for 2022 to 2022 and (b) final figures for excess winter mortality in England and Wal

6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Travellers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that his Department's data collection records the experiences of people from Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller backgrounds.

6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for the implications of his policies of the Marie Curie’s Better End of Life Report of 17 November 2022, entitled Mind the gaps: understanding and improving out-of-hours care for

6 Dec 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of access to 24/7 palliative care telephone advice lines for people with a terminal illness and their carers in terms of wellbeing and reducing