Written answers

Thursday, 15 February 2018

  • Home Office

    • Slavery

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps the Government has taken to raise public awareness of modern slavery and human trafficking.

  • HM Treasury

    • Sanctions: Democratic Republic of Congo

      To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) individuals, (b) corporations and (c) other entities had assets frozen (i) in the UK, (ii) in the British Overseas Territories and (c) by...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Pupils: Bullying

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent steps her Department has taken to tackle the bullying of LGBTQ children in schools.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Capita

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many contracts his Department holds with Capita; and what the value of those contracts is.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Modern Working Practices Review

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) self employed workers, (2) employees on zero hours contracts, and (3) part-time employees, they expect to benefit from new protections brought forward...

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    • Tobacco

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether UK overseas posts have facilitated meetings on tobacco control legislation between the tobacco industry and foreign government ministers or officials since...

    • Intelligence Services

      To ask Her Majesty's Government with which countries the UK has no intelligence sharing agreements.

  • Attorney General

    • Crown Prosecution Service

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to review the performance of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

  • Department for International Development

    • Nepal: Overseas Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what their development priorities are for Nepal over the next five years; and what support they intend to provide for reforestation and sustainable forestry.

    • Nepal: Overseas Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much humanitarian aid, including earthquake relief and reconstruction, they have provided to Nepal in each of the last five years; and what impact, if any,...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total amount spent on overseas aid, including UK aid administered by the EU, between 2010 and 2017.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Veterans

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Armed Forces veterans there are in the UK in total, including those not in receipt of a pension or payment under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme; and...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Environment Protection

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how their 25-year environmental planning and implementation policies will be coordinated to involve all relevant Government departments and agencies.

    • River Itchen

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take, through the appropriate agencies, to safeguard the unique Special Area of Conservation and Site of Special Scientific Interest of...

      Sheep Meat: UK Trade with EU

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held, in conjunction where appropriate with the devolved administrations, with representatives of the UK's sheep farming industry about...

      Fish: UK Trade with EU

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many tonnes of fish caught by other member states of the EU in the period 2013 to 2015 were acquired by the UK.

      Animals: Overseas Trade

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any ban or strict controls on the export of live animals after Brexit will be matched by the same controls on import of live animals.

      Ritual Slaughter

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proportion of meat (1) sold as Halal which has not been slaughtered in accordance with Halal requirements, and (2) not sold...

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