Written questions
215 written questions tabled, most recent first.
27 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Reserve Forces: Retirement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2025 to Question 32722 on Reserve Forces: Retirement, whether the review will consider readmitting former reservists if the age of retirement is changed.
27 Feb 2025 · Northern Ireland Office
Northern Ireland Public Sector Transformation Board
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department are members of the Transformation Fund advisory board; and how many and what proportion of meetings they have attended.
26 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food and Livestock: Ashford (Kent)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many vehicles containing (a) live animals and (b) food products failed to attend a further inspection at Sevington in the last 12 months.
21 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Reserve Forces: Retirement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the mandatory retirement age for reservists.
21 Feb 2025 · Northern Ireland Office
Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has received representations on the feasibility of proposals for the Dáil to sit in Northern Ireland; and whether he has made an assessment of the compatibility of those proposals with the Bel
21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Airports
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is required for an airport to be designated as a level 3 airport.
13 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Northern Ireland Executive: Foreign Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the development of its international relations strategy.
21 Jan 2025 · Northern Ireland Office
Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the First and deputy First Minister on the continuing vacancy in the office of the Commissioner of Public Appointments for Northern Ireland.
20 Jan 2025 · Northern Ireland Office
UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Safeguarding the Union command paper, published on 31 January 2024.
20 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Foot and Mouth Disease: Germany
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions Ministers in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in the Northern Ireland Executive
15 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Foot and Mouth Disease: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled, Government introduces import ban of cattle, pigs and sheep from Germany to protect farmers after Foot and Mouth case, publish
13 Jan 2025 · Northern Ireland Office
Independent Review of the Windsor Framework
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the Independent Review of the Windsor Framework will consider the (a) operation and (b) output of the Northern Ireland Assembly Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee.
10 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Cybersecurity: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which Northern Irish companies received funding from the £1.8m for regional cyber skills projects.
10 Jan 2025 · Department for Education
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she had discussions with the Minister of Education in Northern Ireland on Clause 56 of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
6 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Defence
War Widow(er)s Recognition Payment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on the War Widow(er)s Recognition Payment scheme; how many applicants have received payments; and what the (a) branch of service and (b) regiment of such recipients is.
17 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Northern Ireland Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the regulation of Northern Ireland Water.
16 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Consumer Goods: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with online sales platforms on guidance on implementation of the General Product Safety Regulation.
9 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
EU External Trade: South America
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the trade agreement between the EU and Mercusor on (a) food producers and (b) farmers in Northern Ireland.
5 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Welfare: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many prosecutions there have been under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019.
3 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Midwives: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of Professor Mary Renfrew's report entitled Enabling Safe Quality Midwifery Services and Care In Northern Ireland, publish
2 Dec 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her policy is on future funding arrangements for the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.
2 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Freehold and Leasehold: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on legislation on (a) leasehold and (b) freehold affecting properties in Northern Ireland.
26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Military Aid: Storms
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any Military Aid to the Civil Authorities requests have been made as a result of storm Bert.
13 Nov 2024 · Northern Ireland Office
Northern Ireland Office: Domestic Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2024 to Question 13304 on Northern Ireland Office: Domestic Visits, what steps he is taking to ensure the process is followed.
12 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will have discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on (a) establishing a watchdog to regulate the cost of charging electric vehicles and (b) encouraging electric vehicle use.
8 Nov 2024 · Northern Ireland Office
Northern Ireland Office: Domestic Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his policy is on notifying an hon. Member before visiting their constituency.
31 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Airports: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a breakdown of funding for passengers with reduced mobility services at United Kingdom airports provided by her Department.
28 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2024 to Question 10393 on NHS, whether the Health Minister in each devolved Administration is a working level contact.
21 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government issues rallying cry to the nation to help fix NHS, published on 21 October 2024, whether he plans to have discussions with the d
21 Oct 2024 · Northern Ireland Office
Drugs: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps the Government are taking to ensure the continued supply of medicines to Northern Ireland, in the context of the implementation of the Windsor Framework.
Source: official written-questions record.