Olivia Blake

15 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport

Active Travel England and National Cycling and Walking Commissioner: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timescale is for establishing Active Travel England; what powers that inspectorate will have; what the appointment process is for the National Cycling and Walking Commissioner; and what parliamentary o

15 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending maintenance loans to distance learners.

7 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason his Department does not collect data on how many migrants have received bills for healthcare treatment in error during the covid-19 exemption period for charges.

7 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to allocate funding to deliver localised contact tracing for covid-19 to local authorities using central systems.

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Special Areas of Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he will take to integrate areas that are designated as special areas of conservation into the regulatory framework set out in the Environment Bill 2020.

28 Aug 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, under what circumstances he would use the powers set out in Clause 81 of the Environment Bill to weaken existing targets for the chemical status of water in the UK.

17 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

National Lottery Heritage Fund: Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of natural heritage organisations being ineligible for National Heritage Lottery funding on biodiversity and conservation.

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

Organic Farming

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to increase the amount of land which is organically farmed.

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

Pesticides

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of chemical pesticides.

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

Rivers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the number of free flowing rivers.

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

Special Areas of Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of strengthening protections for special areas of conservation in the UK.

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

Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to allocate funding to cover additional costs incurred by local authorities from 2023 as a result of the requirement to recycle additional materials.

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

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of any reduction by Ofgem in the smart metering programme allowances under the default tariff cap on the (a) pace o

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

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure that energy suppliers have adequate funding to support his Department’s ambition to install a smart meter in every (a) home and (b) small busines

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

Energy: Meters

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of Ofgem’s consultation entitled, Review of smart metering costs in the default tariff cap: May 2020 statutory consultation on the number

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

Air Pollution: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to establish a statutory target to meet World Health Organisation standards for fine particle air pollution by 2030.

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

Sewage: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK complies with its obligations on urban waste water standards; and what funding he has allocated to ensure urban waste water standards are

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

Water: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the quality of the 21 bathing waters in the UK that have been classified to be of poor quality.

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

Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of additional resources required to ensure that local authorities are able to make arrangements for recycling additional materials from 2023.

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

Fracking: Ground Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of increased shale gas exploitation on UK groundwater.

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

Special Areas of Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to increase the number of special areas of conservation in the UK.

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

Waste: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will implement a ban on the exportation of (a) plastic waste and (b) other types of UK waste.

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

Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what statutory powers require local authorities to implement the recommendations in nature recovery strategies.

13 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many migrants have received bills for healthcare treatment in error during the exemption period for charges due to the covid-19 outbreak.

8 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Neurology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings reported in the July 2020 article entitled, The emerging spectrum of COVID-19 neurology: clinical, radiological and laboratory findings by Ross W Patterson et al, pub

7 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what resources he has made available to primary care settings to help patients with long-term covid-19 related symptoms.

7 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding he is making available to research projects on the long term health effects of covid-19.

7 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Exercise

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the NICE guidance on chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis will be updated to remove graded exercise in response to the increasing numbers of patients with fatigue symptoms aft

7 Jul 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the recommendation on page 26 of the Committee on Climate Change's 2020 Progress Report to Parliament, published in June 2020, what plans he has to develop a plan to add

7 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Aviation and Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the recommendation on page 22 of the Committee on Climate Change's 2020 Progress Report to Parliament, published in June 2020, whether he plans to formally include international aviation and s