Written questions

274 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 May 2024 · Home Office

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of proscribing the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine as a terrorist group.

20 May 2024 · Home Office

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has plans to proscribe the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine as a terrorist group.

1 May 2024 · Home Office

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit annual report 2022, published on 25 April 2024, if he will make it his policy to initiate an investigation into the reasons for the rise in non

1 May 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Three: Vodafone Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the links between the Li family and the Chinese state on the proposed merger of Three Mobile with Vodafone.

1 May 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Three: Vodafone Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority into the proposed merger between Vodafone and Three Mobile.

1 May 2024 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to help support train companies to (a) buy rather than lease trains and (b) purchase UK-made trains.

1 May 2024 · Treasury

Public Sector: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to increase public sector pay in line with inflation.

30 Apr 2024 · Treasury

Financial Conduct Authority

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the workplace culture at the Financial Conduct Authority.

24 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure parity between (a) clinical and (b) recently insourced nonclinical staff in the one-off covid bonus payment.

24 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the number of rough sleepers in England.

24 Apr 2024 · Home Office

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had discussions with homelessness stakeholders on measures within the Criminal Justice Bill.

24 Apr 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to help encourage uptake in the use of hydrogen.

24 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing a separate nursing pay spine on trends in the level of pay progression within the nursing profession.

24 Apr 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Production

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to help increase domestic steel production.

24 Apr 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what comparative assessment she has made of trends in the levels of steel production between (a) the UK and (b) European Union Member States.

18 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Hearing Impairment: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of access to auditory-visual therapy for deaf children; and what steps she is taking to ensure sufficient access to that therapy as part of SEND su

19 Feb 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to promote (a) innovation and (b) research and development in (i) technology, (ii) green energy, (iii) healthcare and (iv) other key sectors of the e

19 Feb 2024 · Women and Equalities

Women: Education and Employment

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce barriers to (a) education and (b) employment for women and girls.

19 Feb 2024 · Women and Equalities

Women: Directors

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent progress her Department has made on promoting women's representation in leadership positions within (a) Government, (b) local government and (c) business.

19 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) support and (b) resources her Department provides to organisations to (i) address issues related to gender-based violence and (ii) support survivors.

19 Feb 2024 · Women and Equalities

Equal Pay

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to (a) tackle the gender pay gap and (b) promote equal pay for equal work.

19 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Probation: Bury South

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) support and (b) funding his Department provides to local probation services in Bury South constituency to help ensure effective rehabilitation of people leaving the criminal justice system.

19 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Bury South

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the backlog of court cases in Bury South constituency.

19 Feb 2024 · Department for Education

Job Creation and Skilled Workers: Bury South

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what fiscal steps she is taking to support (a) training programmes, (b) apprenticeships and (c) other efforts to promote (i) job creation and (ii) skills development in Bury South constituency.

19 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Regeneration: Bury South

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to support community-led regeneration projects in (a) areas facing economic deprivation and (b) other areas in Bury South constituency.

8 Feb 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Youth Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve access to youth services.

30 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinians: Textbooks

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had discussions with the Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on the findings of the report published by the Instit

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

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of flood defences.

18 Dec 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take steps to ensure that children with severe epilepsy are able to access cannabis-based medications through the NHS.

28 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Edenfield Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her planned timeframe is for a decision on whether there will be a public inquiry relating to the Edenfield Centre.

Source: official written-questions record.