Written questions

169 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to publish a strategy for the promotion of a circular economy.

4 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Textiles: Recycling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) VAT reductions, (b) tax breaks and (c) other financial incentives for businesses engaged in (i) upcycling and (ii) the sustainable production of textiles

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Textiles: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has targets for the (a) recycling and (b) reuse of textiles.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has targets for the elimination of post-consumer plastic waste.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Textiles: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he plans to take to reduce the amount of post-consumer textiles discarded annually.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote a circular economy.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

National Grid: Community Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when the Community Benefits guidance for electricity transmission network infrastructure will be published.

4 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Public Appointments: Parental Leave

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on (a) maternity and (b) paternity leave for public appointments.

30 Aug 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people aged 65 and over have been hospitalised for illnesses caused by cold weather in each of the last five years.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Health: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the Winter Fuel Payment on the demand for health care.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit and Winter Fuel Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of pensioners not in receipt of Pension Credit living in (a) relative and (b) absolute poverty; and what estimate she has made of the number of additional

18 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to allow county councils to take control of their local bus services.

18 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department plans to spend on flood defences in each of the next three financial years.

18 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to increase access to NHS dentists in (a) Lowestoft and (b) Beccles.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many exemptions to the two-child benefit limit due to rape have been (a) requested and (b) granted since that exemption was introduced.

17 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Semaglutide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the geographic disparities in the prescription of semiglutides for patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.

17 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Semaglutide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of prescribing semiglutides on the NHS for patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Lowestoft

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the (a) hon. Member for Lowestoft and (b) Coastal Partnership East on flood protection at (i) Pakefield Cliffs and (ii) Lowestoft town.

17 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Lowestoft

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a cost estimate of the potential economic damage of a future flooding event in Lowestoft.

Source: official written-questions record.