Carla Lockhart

21 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Retail Trade: Home Shopping

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a scheme to provide financial support to small independent retailers to increase their online sales platform t

21 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the article published in Science of the Total Environment in June 2020, entitled, London's river of plastic: High levels of microplastics in the Thames water column,

21 Jul 2020 · Northern Ireland Office

Official Visits: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information he holds on the number of visits made to Northern Ireland by the (a) Prime Minister of the Irish Republic and (b) Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Irish Republic in each of the last t

21 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Physical Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to increase Government funding for physical education programmes in schools to help tackle (a) inactivity among children during the covid-19 lockdown and (b) childhood obesity.

21 Jul 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Postal Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that postal services are maintained in rural areas after the covid-19 outbreak.

21 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of providing free meals to armed forces personnel who have been mobilised during the covid-19 outbreak.

21 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Autism: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of lockdown on the wellbeing of people with autism; and what steps the Government plans to take to meet the needs of people with autism over the comi

21 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that covid-19 home antibody tests (a) are safe to use and (b) provide accurate results.

21 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on tackling obesity; and whether he plans to allocate additional funding to help tackle obesity in the devolved regions.

21 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Safety Barriers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve motorcyclist safety in relation to safety barriers installed on carriageways.

21 Jul 2020 · Treasury

Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional steps he is taking to reduce the tax gap in the next three years.

21 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Nigeria: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps the Government is taking to help protect Christians in Nigeria following the death of nine Christians in an attack by Fulani Militants in March 2020.

21 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Hong Kong: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help protect Hong Kong's Christian community from the effects of the new National Security Law.

21 Jul 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Indian counterpart on anti-conversion laws in India in relation to converting people from Hindu to Christianity.

3 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that people born with a cleft lip, cleft palate, or clubfoot are valued equally in society.

11 Jun 2020 · Northern Ireland Office

Abortion: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many meetings the Northern Ireland Office had with disability charities and organisations on the Abortion (Northern Ireland) (No 2) Regulations 2020 which allow abortion on the basis of disability up

11 Jun 2020 · Northern Ireland Office

Abortion: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Government consultation entitled, A new legal framework for abortion services in Northern Ireland, published 4 November 2019, what estimate he has made of the the number of submissi

11 Jun 2020 · Northern Ireland Office

Abortion: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the Government consultation, A new legal framework for abortion services in Northern Ireland, published 4 November 2019, what estimate he has made of the number of submissions from (a)

3 Jun 2020 · Northern Ireland Office

Educational Visits: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has taken steps to help secure financial support for (a) schools and (b) pupils and their families in Northern Ireland who face losing money for cancelled school trips as a result of the covid

22 May 2020 · Department for International Development

Bangladesh and India: Storms

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the Government is providing to people affected by super cyclone Amphan in Bangladesh and India.

19 May 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Products: Prices

Whether he plans to provide support to the devolved Administrations to help local (a) dairy and (b) beef producers that are facing reductions in farmgate prices.

18 May 2020 · Northern Ireland Office

Ulster Scots Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to the document entitled New Decade, New Approach, published on 9 January, what his timescale is for implementing the Council of Europe Framework Convention for National Minorities in resp

15 May 2020 · Northern Ireland Office

Pregnancy: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps his Department is taking to support pregnant women in Northern Ireland that wish to continue their pregnancy.

15 May 2020 · Treasury

Bounce Back Loan Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many bounce back loans have been approved by (a) Ulster Bank, (b) Danske Bank, (c) Bank of Ireland and (d) AIB since the start of the Bounce Bank Loan Scheme.

13 May 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support improved mental health amongst veterans in Northern Ireland.

12 May 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Mental Health

What steps the Government is taking to improve mental health and well-being support for armed forces personnel and their families.

11 May 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Bounce Back Loan Scheme: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timescale is for the accreditation of banks in Northern Ireland to enable those banks to provide Bounce Back loans to small businesses during the covid-19 outbreak.

6 May 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Meat: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with supermarkets in the UK to encourage the promotion and sale of meat produced on UK farms.

6 May 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beef: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to address falling beef prices for UK producers; and what steps he is taking to promote UK beef to international markets during the covid-19 out

6 May 2020 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that public transport vehicles are compatible with social distancing measures; and what support his Department will provide for required adaptations to achieve that