Written questions

James McMurdock

4,201 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

International Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require courts to abide by domestic law over (a) policies promoted by UN agencies and (b) non-legally binding in

10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Global Compact for Migration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Global Compact for Migration on (a) demands for NHS services and (b) the provision of healthcare for migrants.

10 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Global Compact for Migration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the UN Global Compact for Migration.

10 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Global Compact for Migration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration on (a) UK immigration laws and (b) legal challenges to border control poli

7 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve end-of-life care in the community.

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the reasons behind the increase in food bank usage, as reported in the Family Resources Survey 2022-23.

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Families: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the proportion of families who received state support in the 2022-23 financial year.

7 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Pensions: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the tax relief ceiling on private pensions.

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Food Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support pensioners with (a) the cost of household bills and (b) food insecurity.

7 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with partners in the Global South to help ensure that Official Development Assistance spending aligns with their development priorities.

7 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ukraine: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the £236.75 million allocated to Ukraine in the Official Development Assistance Programme was designated for (a) humanitarian aid and (b) economic developm

7 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ethiopia: Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which initiatives have been supported by the £216 million funding to Ethiopia through the Official Development Assistance Programme in 2024-25.

7 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the level of Vehicle Excise Duty retained by local authorities to be directly allocated to local road maintenance.

7 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will launch a pilot scheme with local authorities on increasing the level of Vehicle Excise Duty retained by such authorities to be directly allocated to local road maintenance.

7 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the proportion of Vehicle Excise Duty revenue (a) raised in and (b) allocated to maintain roads in Essex; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing that p

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional ring-fenced funding for road safety improvements in Essex.

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to increase levels of funding for casualty reduction schemes.

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the time taken to allocate Local Highways Panel funding for the 2025-26 financial year on road safety improvements in Essex.

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with Essex County Council on achieving its Vision Zero target by 2040; and whether she plans to make additional funding available for local casualty reduction schemes.

6 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time was between application to the Employment Tribunal and hearing in each of the last three years.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Social Media: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to commission research on the potential correlation between trends in children's media literacy levels and their susceptibility to social media harms.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Social Media: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve education in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools on media literacy to increase awareness amongst young people of social media harms.