Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2022 to Question 33729 on Cats and Dogs: Imports, if he will take steps to help animal rescue and rehoming organisations develop processes that meet biosecurity standards to allow those organisations to import cats and dogs from Romania whilst the ban on commercial imports remains in place.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government is taking steps to (a) help reduce (i) supermarket and (ii) other retail food waste and (b) provide an outlet so that food that would otherwise go to waste is made available to (A) food banks and (B) other means to help people in need.
Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the impact of the removal of the red diesel fuel entitlement and rising costs of fuel on small businesses; and if he will make it his policy to reinstate the entitlement for landscaping contractors.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to give special dispensation to animal rescue charities for the commercial import of cats and dogs from (a) Belarus, (b) Poland, (c) Romania and (d) Ukraine where those charities guarantee full compliance with all health and legal requirements.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the power that he gained under the Health and Care Act 2022 will come into force; when secondary legislation will be laid in the event that regulations are needed to implement that power; and if he will make a statement.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the import of hunting trophies, as set out in the Department’s Action Plan for Animal Welfare, in the absence of an Animals Abroad Bill in the Queen’s Speech; and if he will make a statement.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on banning the import of foie gras as set out in his Department’s Action Plan for Animal Welfare.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there has been a statistically significant improvement in motorcycle casualty rates and numbers on UK public highways since the introduction of the swerve test conducted at 50 km/h in April 2009.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if there has been an (a) increase or (b) decrease in the number of individuals achieving a full motorcycle licence since the introduction of the new testing regime in April 2009.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there has been an increase or decrease in the number of crashes during the motorcycle rider test since the introduction of the new testing regime in April 2009.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if there has been an (a) increase or (b) decrease in the time and cost to the user to complete the motorcycle test since the introduction of the new testing regime in April 2009.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead of 3 August 2021 on problems encountered at Watford General Hospital and the lack of local health care, reference case number MP70952.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when she will publish the Gambling Review White Paper.
Mike Penning: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claims were excluded or rejected from the Government covid-19 furlough scheme; and if he will summarise the reasons for exclusion.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to announce PE and sport premium funding for schools for 2022-23; and if he will make a statement.
Mike Penning: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to reply to correspondence from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead of 4th October 2021 case number MP71787 on the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on disabled people.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to reduce the number of reservists in the armed forces.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead of 4 October 2021 on accidental intravenous administration of covid-19 vaccines, case reference MP71789.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead of 18 November 2021 on the availability of VAP1 show purchase for haemodialysis patents.
Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead of 15 November 2021 on the sustainability of re-enablement care, reference case number MP72511.