Written questions
1,840 written questions tabled, most recent first.
29 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Hedges and Ditches: Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will reinstate capital grants for hedgerow work.
23 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Laboratories
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to support dental laboratories; and whether he plans to use a review of NHS Dentistry contracts to protect them.
23 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to support dental laboratories to achieve next day manufacture of dental appliances in Devon.
23 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support dental laboratories affected by rising energy costs in Devon.
23 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to support the manufacture of dental appliances in Devon.
23 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support NHS dental laboratories in Devon.
23 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dentistry: Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department to tackle shortages of NHS dentists in Devon.
23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Council Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing financial borrowing rules for local authorities for council house building.
23 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
ME/CFS: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support people with ME in Devon.
23 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Long Covid: Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support people with long covid in Devon.
23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Absent Voting
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the report by the Electoral Commission entitled Report on the 2024 UK Parliamentary general election and the May 2024 elections, what steps her Department is ta
22 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Empty Property: Business Premises
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to allow more empty premises to be used.
22 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Affordable Housing: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to deliver more affordable homes annually in rural areas.
22 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pesticides: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of placing a levy for the cost of disposing pesticide products.
22 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pesticides: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of placing a levy on pesticides.
21 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish the homelessness strategy.
21 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Private Rented Housing: Rents
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to prohibit landlords from requiring more than one month's rent in advance.
21 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it his policy to introduce a requirement that a minimum proportion of large developments should be social rented housing.
21 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Laboratories
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes in the budget on dental laboratories; and if he will take steps to ensure that the dental contract reflects actual costs for den
21 Jan 2025 · Women and Equalities
Employment: Pregnancy
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help (a) support women in the workplace and (b) help tackle (i) pregnancy and (ii) maternity discrimination.
21 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Epilepsy: Cannabis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to a legal prescription for pharmaceutical cannabis-based epilepsy treatments.
21 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Ceasefires
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international counterparts to secure the permanence of the current temporary ceasefire in Gaza.
21 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Devolution
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the National Park Authorities on the English Devolution White Paper.
20 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Products: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce mandatory labelling on animal products.
20 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support the building of social housing in Devon.
20 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how she plans to roll out additional funding for social homes announced in the Autumn Budget 2024.
16 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to oblige generative AI developers to disclose detailed information on creative works used in AI training.
16 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parish and Town Councils
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to devolve further powers to (a) town and (b) parish councils.
16 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to correspondence of 19 November 2024 from the hon. Member for Newton Abbott on his constituent Hall. A.
16 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Dartmoor
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to (a) consult and (b) integrate Dartmoor National Park Authority into future local government reorganisation around Devon.
Source: official written-questions record.