Written questions
1,279 written questions tabled, most recent first.
11 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will publish the outcomes of his Departments consultation entitled Fairer Food Labelling, which closed in May 2024.
11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Private Rented Housing: Evictions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to introduce a moratorium on Section 21 eviction notices until Parliamentary consideration of the Renters' Reform Bill is concluded.
11 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Department for International Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will re-establish the Department for International Development.
11 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Transport: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that disabled travellers are not discriminated against when using (a) aircraft, (b) trains and (c) ferries and cruise ships.
10 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Overseas Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that UK (a) defence equipment supplied to and (b) trade with Israel is not used to support the continued presence of I
10 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
International Criminal Court
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will make additional resources available to the ICC.
10 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israeli Settlements: Business
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking(a) legislative and (b) regulatory steps to prohibit UK (i) nationals, (ii) companies and (iii) financial i
10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Long Covid
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he expects ICBs to take to support people with long covid.
6 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parking: Private Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase regulation of private car park companies.
6 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Travel: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps she has taken to help end discrimination against disabled people when travelling abroad.
6 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to ask the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, what discussions she has had with fire and rescue services on the (a) adequacy of the Settlement Funding Assessment for 2024-25 and (b) potential impact
5 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce a new Food Bill for England in this Parliament.
5 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to establish a cross-government working group on food.
5 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce mandatory reporting by food and beverage companies on nutrition, health and sustainability metrics.
5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Healthy Start Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of uto-enroling eligible families to the Healthy Start scheme.
5 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Horticulture
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the horticulture sector.
5 Feb 2025 · Department for Education
School Meals: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will update the School Food Standards and introduce compliance monitoring to (a) reflect the latest evidence based dietary guidelines on sugar and fibre (b) remove the requirement to offer meat and a des
5 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Public Sector: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has plans to expand the Government Buying Standards across the wider public sector.
5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Infant Foods: Salt and Sugar
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to issue guidance to industry on steps to reduce (a) sugar and (b) salt in baby and toddler foods.
5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to introduce legislation on advertising restrictions for foods that are high in (a) fat, (b) sugar and (c) salt.
5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Palestinians
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 President Trump's remarks on the future of Gaza and the Palestinian people made on 4 February 20
5 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Affordable Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to invest in the Affordable Homes Programme after 2026.
5 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Affordable Housing and Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking steps to (a) revise the National Planning Policy Framework and (b) redefine affordable housing.
5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Cuba: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his US counterpart on removing Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list.
5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Cuba: USA
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his US counterparts on the case for an end to the economic blockade of Cuba.
5 Feb 2025 · Department for Education
Pupils: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report entitled Talking about School Transition, published by the University of Manchester in April 2020.
5 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Visas: Sponsorship
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for the Modern Slavery Act 2015 of the employer sponsorship model.
5 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Social Services: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to implement sector sponsorship for immigrant social care workers.
4 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the pension review will consider adequacy.
4 Feb 2025 · Department for Education
School Libraries: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of professional school librarians on pupils (a) learning and (b) outcomes.
Source: official written-questions record.