Written questions

572 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on tackling avian influenza outbreaks in England.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bluetongue Disease: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help (a) farmers and (b) animal-related industries to reduce the likelihood of bluetongue virus spreading.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 4.105 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October, if he will maintain spending on flood resilience over the next five years.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Weather: Power Failures

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero and (b) energy companies on resilience capability in the event of instances of power cuts d

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Dredging

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of dredging on flood mitigation.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Re: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Flood Re scheme to businesses.

26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Storms: Bellwin Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on activating the Bellwin Scheme in response to (a) Storm Bert and (b) other storms.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Weather: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Ministry of Defence on the potential merits of using the Armed Forces during extreme weather events.

15 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Vegetarian Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the speech made by the Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs at the Vegetarian Society event on 13 November 2024.

12 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: Small Businesses

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increases in employer National Insurance contributions on small businesses in Epping Forest constituency.

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of e-scooter use on the number of road related incidents in the last 12 months.

11 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Avian Influenza: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on tackling cases of avian influenza in Yorkshire.

11 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bluetongue Disease: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress his Department has made on tackling cases of bluetongue virus.

5 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Farmers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of Universal Credit for farmers.

5 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture and Floods: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on (a) farming and (b) flood funding for the remainder of this Parliament.

5 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Animal and Plant Health Agency: Weybridge

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including the potential risks associated with not fully rebuilding the Animal Plant and Health Agency Headquarters in Weybridge in the National Risk Regis

5 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Import Controls: Port of Dover

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November to Question 11902 on Import Controls: Port of Dover, when checks on animals at Border Control Posts will begin.

4 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Blood Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage GPs to proactively discuss (a) prostate cancer risk and (b) the option to have a prostate-specific antigen test with (i) Black men aged 45 and over and (ii) men

30 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Import Controls: Port of Dover

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capability to do random physical (a) animal and (b) plant checks on site in the Port of Dover.

30 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Inland Border Facilities: Ashford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure vehicles sent to the Border Control Post at Sevington (a) go there directly and (b) do not unload their contents en route.

30 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Inland Border Facilities: Ashford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the compliance of (a) people and (b) vehicles told to go to the Border Control Post at Sevington for checks.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to maintain the Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Retail Trade: Epping Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help support high street businesses in Epping Forest.

28 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to provide humanitarian assistance in Sudan.

28 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Shipping: Red Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help ensure access to shipping routes in the Red Sea.

28 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Food Insecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve global food security.

28 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support councils to reduce social housing waiting lists.

23 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Primary Care: Epping Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to primary care in Epping Forest constituency.

23 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Epping Forest

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of GP surgeries in Epping Forest constituency.

23 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Meat: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much illegal meat coming into the UK was seized in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.

Source: official written-questions record.