Written questions
641 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Milk
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) banning the use of Bovaer and (b) allowing the use of Kelp in milk products.
16 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish data on welfare claimants by (a) nationality and (b) immigration status.
9 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Meat: Ritual Slaughter
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that halal products are clearly marked on food labelling.
5 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Uniforms
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of sourcing military uniforms from China.
2 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of raising the bus cap to £3 on pensioners.
26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold: Ground Rent
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ground rent costs on the ability of long-term leaseholders to sell their leased properties.
25 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the agreement with Mauritius on the British Indian Ocean Territory on global security.
21 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Asylum: Hotels
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Border Security and Asylum to the Urgent Question on Asylum Seekers: Hotel Accommodation of 20 November 2024, Official Report, column 279, w
20 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Leasehold: Ground Rent
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ground rent costs on the ability of long-term leaseholders to sell their leased properties.
20 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Springer Nature: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of reports that Springer Nature has restricted access to academic articles in China on (a) human rights, (b) democracy and (c) other politically
20 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Innovation and Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help protect the integrity of global research from authoritarian regimes.
20 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Genomics: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) Genomics England, (c) UK Biobank and (d) NIHR BioResource on (i) BGI Group, (ii) MGI Tech and (iii) other state-linked genomics compa
20 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Genomics: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will exclude (a) BGI Group, (b) MGI Tech and (c) other state-linked genomics companies blacklisted by the United States from public sector health bodies.
11 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Audiology: Paediatrics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 10931 on Audiology: Paediatrics, what recent assessment his Department has made of whether all providers of audiology services for children wil
11 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Audiology: Paediatrics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2024 to Question 10930 on Audiology: Paediatrics, how many children have been (a) recalled for reassessment and (b) needed onward referral to clinical services
8 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of a 25 pence per week increase for state pension claimants.
1 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bourne Wood: Parking
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to encourage Forestry England to introducing disabled parking spaces in the Bourne Woods car park, Surrey.
1 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Immigration Controls: Pakistan
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department taking steps to prevent (a) members of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan and (b) others involved in violent incidents against Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan from entering the UK.
28 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Council Tax: Students
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential (a) merits of removing students from council tax and (b) impact of removing students from council tax on routine (i) serv
23 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Audiology: Paediatrics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many paediatric audiology departments there are in England; and how many of those meet the UK Accreditation Services Improving Quality in Physiological Services Accreditation standards.
23 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Audiology: Paediatrics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress has been made by the NHS England National Paediatric Hearing Improvement Programme; and what the findings were of its review of data for new-born babies.
23 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy not to provide Official Development Assistance to countries that have a higher (a) gross domestic product and (b) purchasing parity power than t
23 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
India: Diplomatic Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for the UK's diplomatic relationship with India of reports of India holding talks on a strategic partnership with Russia.
22 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Roads: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require drivers to report cat killings under Section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
4 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office
Waste Management: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department holds data on the number of days of strike action by council waste and recycling workers in each of the last three financial years.
4 Oct 2024 · 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 an assessment of the potential impact of the Renter's Rights Bill on tackling unaffordable requests for rent in advance.
11 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Pensioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to take legislative steps to ensure that pensioners are not impacted by annual retirement property price increases.
5 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Plants: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the adequacy of EU export regulations for preventing the importation of diseased plants into the UK.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that local authorities have (a) fair and (b) timely procedures for processing EHCPs.
30 Aug 2024 · Treasury
Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to increase business rates.
Source: official written-questions record.