Written questions

121 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Feb 2025 · Home Office

British National (Overseas): Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the safety of British Hong Kongers.

27 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Incontinence: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) information and (b) support available to men living with incontinence.

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Public Lavatories: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that sanitary disposal bins are placed in men's (a) public and (b) workplace toilets.

27 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Incontinence: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release of 28 November 2024 entitled, Secretary of State commits to first ever men’s health strategy, if that strategy will consider male incontinence.

27 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Public Lavatories: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to increase the provision of sanitary bins in male (a) public and (b) workplace toilets.

27 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Incontinence: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of urinary incontinence on men’s (a) physical and (b) mental health.

27 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what opportunities hon. Members will have to contribute to the review of the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance Guidance.

27 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance Guidance prevents UK involvement in human rights abuses.

21 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Chelsea Football Club: Sales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the amount of interest that has been raised from the Chelsea Football Club Fund for Ukraine since February 2022.

7 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Georgia: Political Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to provide support to Georgian democrats who were arrested by their government and have lost legal defence funding following the funding freeze by USAID.

7 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nigeria: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the use of sexual violence by extremist groups in the north east and north west of Nigeria.

7 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nigeria: Famine

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Nigerian counterpart on the risk of famine in (a) north west and (b) north east Nigeria.

27 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of Hong Kongers resident in the UK under the British National (Overseas) visa scheme by (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority.

20 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice

HM Prison Service: Crown Immunity

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of Crown immunity for HM Prison Service on the adequacy of the mitigation of systemic issues identified following deaths in prisons.

20 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support British citizens who have experienced trauma due to events in Gaza and Israel since October 2023.

20 Jan 2025 · Treasury

AstraZeneca: China

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she had discussions with her Chinese counterpart on the recent arrest of AstraZeneca's China executives as part of the UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue.

20 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Mandatory Provident Fund: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to make representations to her Chinese counterpart at the UK-China Pensions Symposium on unfreezing the mandatory provident fund savings of Hong Kongers who have moved to the UK under the British N

20 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Stock Market: China

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on the number of UK companies that have jointly listed on the (a) Shanghai and (b) Shenzhen stock exchange since 2019.

17 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to secure the medical evacuation of gravely (a) ill and (b) injured children in Gaza.

17 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Habiba Al Askari

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Israeli counterpart on the case of Habiba Al Askari.

14 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to improve access to mobile telecommunications in blackspots.

14 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Shein

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral evidence of 7 January 2025 given by Shein to the Business and Trade Select Committee, HC 370, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the compliance by Shein with sl

14 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Armenia and Azerbaijan: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Azerbaijan on territorial claims made by President Aliyev for territory within Armenia.

3 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with the BBC on maintaining a sustainable production department in Scotland.

17 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review the salary threshold for the visa sponsorship programme.

16 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Falun Gong

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect the Falun Gong community in China.

16 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Uyghurs

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Pakistani counterpart on the role of that country’s Islamic Council in the persecution of Uyghur Muslims.

16 Dec 2024 · Home Office

Asma al-Assad

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will remove Asma Assad's UK citizenship.

16 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Taiwan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the statement by the Chinese Embassy to the UK entitled Embassy Spokesperson on a Taiwan-related motion concocted by a handful of British MPs, published on

12 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

China: Water Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of recent incursions by the Coastguard of the People's Republic of China into the restricted wate

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