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.