Written questions

572 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Panama Canal

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of water levels in the Panama Canal on the passage of food supplies by shipping.

16 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Panama Canal

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of water levels in the Panama Canal on international food security.

16 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Panama Canal

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of trends in water levels in the Panama Canal on international trade.

16 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Food Insecurity

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made a recent assessment of the scale of food shortages in Sudan.

16 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Yemen: Food Insecurity

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made a recent assessment of the scale of food shortages in Yemen.

16 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Food Insecurity

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made a recent assessment of the scale of food shortages in Gaza.

16 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Piracy: Red Sea

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the disruption to shipping in the Red Sea on global transfer of (a) fertiliser and (b) energy.

16 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Shipping: Black Sea

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the disruption to shipping from Ukraine via the Black Sea on the volume of exports of (a) fertiliser and (b) energy.

16 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Shipping: Black Sea

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the disruption to shipping from Ukraine via the Black Sea on food supplies to the developing world.

16 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Piracy: Red Sea

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made a recent assessment of the impact of the disruption to shipping in the Red Sea on food supplies to the developing world.

16 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Shipping: Black Sea

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made a recent estimate of the volume of food and grain being shipped out of Ukraine via the Black Sea.

16 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Piracy: Red Sea

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the disruption to shipping in the Red Sea on international food security.

16 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Shipping: Red Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made a recent assessment of the impact of the disruption to shipping in the Red Sea on international trade.

8 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ethiopia: Food Insecurity

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of food shortages in Ethiopia.

8 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horses: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to stop the export of horses to Europe for slaughter.

8 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve food security.

8 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent fatal road accidents in (a) rural and (b) urban areas.

8 Feb 2024 · Treasury

Public Houses: Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to help support community pubs.

8 Feb 2024 · Treasury

Beer: Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to help support the brewery industry.

8 Feb 2024 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry and Tourism: Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to support the hospitality and tourism sectors.

5 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for (a) urgent and (b) non-urgent referrals of patients from General Practice to hospitals in (i) Cumbria and (ii) England.

1 Feb 2024 · Women and Equalities

Guide Dogs: Business Premises

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to help tackle refusal of entry of guide dogs into business establishments.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

African Swine Fever

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of risk posed to the UK by the spread of African Swine Fever.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

African Swine Fever: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help prevent the spread of African Swine Fever to the UK.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Meat Products: Smuggling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to detect the illegal carrying of meat products into the UK.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Hospices: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department is taking steps to support hospices with energy costs.

1 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps her Department has taken to support hospices.

1 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Agriculture: Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support land-based education.

31 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal and Plant Health Agency: Weybridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of funding a redevelopment of the Animal Plant and Health Agency Headquarters in Weybridge.

31 Jan 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Border Target Operating Model on biosecurity.

Source: official written-questions record.