Tuesday, 19 June 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the Regional Air Connectivity Fund has been allocated by route in each financial year since 2013-14; and how much of such funding has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to extend the Public Service Obligation designated route between Newquay Airport and London Gatwick beyond its expiry in October 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what maximum time limit the Government is able to issue a Public Service Obligation air route for; and whether that time limit can be extended.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Airports National Policy Statement, published on 5 June 2018, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of additional domestic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the statement, this will include a highly valued scheduled night flight ban of six and a half hours between 11pm and 7am in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what means the Government plans to hold Heathrow Airport to account in the event that new air routes are not secured through the Airports National...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates (a) his Ministerial team and (b) officials of his Department have met with representatives of Heathrow Airport Limited as a result of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to prepare for setting up a UK aviation safety agency in the event that the UK cannot remain part of the European...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the (a) completion and (b) publication of the report of the Task and Finish Group on Taxi and PHV licensing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the terms of reference for Professor Stephen Glaister’s independent review of the implementation of the May 2018 rail timetable...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses directly affected by Network Rail’s decision to sell its commercial property business.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support businesses directly affected by the sale of Network Rail’s commercial property business.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 6953, on taxis: conditions of employment, if his Department will publish the names of (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the amendments to the May 2018 guidance in the WebTAG aviation module to include the benefits to non-UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on his Department spending more UK-wide expenditure outwith the Barnett formula in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to maintain rural bus routes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) cycling and (b) walking infrastructure projects in each of the last 20 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Network Rail on the sale of railway arches across the UK and the effect of such sales on local businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has discussed with the Leader of the House the date on which the final vote on the Airports National Policy Statement is planned to take place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the page 92 of the Government’s response to the Transport Committee’s report, Airports National Policy Statement,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the cost to the public purse in the event that the Airports National Policy Statement is approved by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the cost to the public purse in relation to Heathrow Airport Limited in the event that the Airports...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the value of the opportunity presented by the tidal lagoon proposal on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to support the development of tidal lagoon technologies as part of the UK energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what financial support his Department (a) offered and (b) granted to the international fur trade in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings have taken place between Ministers or officials of his Department and representatives of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Table 4 in the Director of Labour Market Enforcement’s 2018-19 Strategy, published on 9 May...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to streamline the (a) ethical and (b) legal approval processes for national datasets...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to prepare for a UK satellite program after the UK leaves the EU in the event that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken develop a UK scientific research programme after the UK leaves the EU in the event...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to prepare for setting up a UK atomic energy agency in the event that the UK cannot...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what financial support the Government is providing to small and medium-sized businesses in the renewables sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average efficiency is of the UK coal-fired power station fleet; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much electricity an average UK household consumed per annum in each year since 2010 for which information is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much coal is required to produce (a) one KWh of electricity in a UK coal-fired power station ( b) one tonne of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring all retailers to participate in the Consumer Ombudsman...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the safety record of Hitachi in relation to its nuclear power projects...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will undertake a public consultation on the use of funding from the public purse in support of a nuclear programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what criteria his Department plans to use to assess the value for money of financing arrangements for a new nuclear...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Oral Statement of 4 June 2018, on Nuclear Power, Official Report, column 76, if he will publish the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the value for money of (a) Wylfa Newydd nuclear project and (b) a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of agency workers who are on pay between assignment contracts in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential increase in the manufacturing of non-degradable plastics from an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what support his Department is providing to UK companies who export steel products to the US to help them apply for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of ending freedom of movement on the oil and gas industry...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of ending freedom of movement on the renewables industry...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of ending freedom of movement on carbon capture and storage...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made plans for the UK to participate in the North Seas Countries Offshore Grid Initiative after the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made plans for the UK to incorporate the Renewable Energy Directive into domestic law after the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what representations he has made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on implementing the Transferable Tax History...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it his policy to use energy policy to boost employment in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on the renewables industry of the UK exiting the single market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on the oil and gas industry of the UK exiting the single market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the single market on the carbon capture and storage industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many representations has he received from civil society organisations on the proposed Wylfa nuclear plant in Wales;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department has spent in each of the last 10 financial years on assessing carbon capture and storage as a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, on which dates (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department met representatives on the Hinkley C nuclear power...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the post-FIT consultation framework and the allocation of funding to onshore and solar power.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ensure that the National Grid remains part of the European Network of Transmission Operators...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made plans for the UK to remain part of EU-wide solidarity mechanisms in the event of an acute energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the UK will still be able to enter capacity market auctions after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department's policy is on allocating funds from the public purse to expand the UK's tidal energy capacity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department made of international trends in the use of nuclear technology to generate electricity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of regulation 41 of the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential for job losses as a result of the UK withdrawing from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the UK’s ability to launch a network of satellites equivalent to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government is providing funding for lawyers at Israeli military courts in the West Bank.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the validity of reports that the UAE is leading a military offensive on the port of Hodeidah.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to prevent an assault on Hodeidah port.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will respond to Early Day Motion 1258, on the 70th anniversary of the Nakba.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Bahraini counterpart on allegations of torture by Bahraini activist Najah Al Sheikh;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Bahraini counterpart on detention conditions and access to medical care for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Bahraini counterpart on the outcome of the trial which revoked the citizenship...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his German counterpart on compensation for Thalidomide victims from the German Government.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the EU Commission on the proposed amendment to the EU-Morocco Association...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to urge Iranian compliance with Security Council Resolution 2216.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to secure the immediate release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has identified the factors which are preventing the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his (a) South Korean and (b) Japanese counterparts on the outcome of the US-North Korea summit...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress the Government has made on the release of Libyan assets in the UK to compensate the UK victims of Gaddafi...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment has his department made of the factors which are preventing the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when officials of his Department last raised the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with their Iranian counterparts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking in upholding the Korean Armistice Agreement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Uzbekistan authorities on the respect of freedom of religion and respect for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Israel and (b) the Palestinian Authority on the possibility for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will take steps to support the Government of Germany in its efforts to use an international arrest warrant to detain a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much funding his Department allocated to the budget for the UK technical assistance programme to Bahrain for 2018-2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Bahraini counterpart on the arrest and enforced disappearance of (a) Zakiya Isa...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the government of Bahrain on the (a) trial and (b) sentence given in relation to Maher...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the compliance with international law of the trial of (a) Hajer Mansoor, (b) Sayed Nizar...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what actions the Government agreed to at the 2018 Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the oral evidence of the Permanent Secretary of HMRC of 23 May and 5 June 2018 to the Treasury Committee, whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress has been made on securing the return of Mr Tofla Ndele from the Democratic Republic of Congo to his family in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what steps is his Department taking to secure freedom of movement rights for UK citizens living in EU members states after the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on the level of division in society of a second referendum on the UK leaving...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, with reference to Article 2 (2) of the draft protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland of the draft agreement on the withdrawal of Great...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, if he will make an assessment of the prospects of securing an extension to Article 50 to provide more time to negotiate the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the oral evidence of the Permanent Secretary of HMRC of 23 May and 5 June 2018 to the Treasury Committee, whether he had...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who were diagnosed with diabetes in (a) Strangford constituency and (b) in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he make an assessment of the merits of recent Sky News Line 18 statistics which demonstrate an increase in early mortality in the North.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the (a) the number of hospital admissions for patients with cystic fibrosis and (b) average number of days a person...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the compatibility with the NHS constitution of the introduction of a Quality-Adjusted Life-Year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the evidential basis was which was used to inform the introduction of a £100,000 quality adjusted life year threshold into the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of children admitted to A&E for accidents aged (a) 0 up to 4 years, (b) 4...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase capacity in general practice in (a) Kent, (b) Medway and (c) Gillingham and Rainham constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has plans to improve the the provision of support available to unpaid carers; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his policy is on (a) supporting and (b) increasing the number of patients that are looked after in their own home.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the doctor-to-patient ratio is in hospitals in (a) England, (b) the South East and (c) Southampton.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason age is used as part of the definition of nearest relative under Section 26(3) of the Mental Health Act 1983.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the European Drug Report 2018, published by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction on 7 June 2018,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were waiting for a diagnostic test in NHS Trusts on 31 March in each year from 2011 to 2018 inclusive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance the NHS provides to (a) patients and (b) the families of deceased patients on the return of medical equipment that is no...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the number of nursing home beds there were in Nottinghamshire in 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the nurse-to-patient ratio is in hospitals in (a) England, (b) the South East and (c) Southampton.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients have received homecare help under the NHS in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure the safety of (a) hospital and (b) ambulance staff on duty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many never events were recorded by NHS trusts in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were admitted to the A&E or Acute Trauma Wards of each London hospital for treatment for knife wounds in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support healthy ageing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of NHS medium secure learning disability services in East Lancashire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS Resolution responds to cases in an appropriate timeframe.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the implementation of Local Transformation Plans for child and adolescent mental health services;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much of the £1.25 billion allocated for the implementation of the Future in Mind strategy has been spent in each year of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether funding for the implementation of proposals relating to the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Green Paper will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timescale is for the publication of the report and recommendations of the Neonatal Critical Care Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Neonatal Critical Care review made in its review of evidence submitted to the Women and Children National Programme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) budget and (b) headcount staffing support was for (i) the National Maternity Review and (ii) the Neonatal Critical Care Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what meetings he has held with the (a) Chair and (b) other members of the NHS England Neonatal Critical Care Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding and provision by clinical commissioning groups of cough assist machines for people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to standardise the amount the Clinical Commisioning Groups pay providers for the provision of IVF treatment and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish against what the spending from the Future in Mind budget allocation in 2017-18 was.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June to Question 149663 on Mental Health Services, whether the £4.3 million underspend is planned to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June to Question 149663 on Mental Health Services, for what reasons there was a £4.3 million underspend.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much money his Department has spent on commissioning mental health services to treat patients in (a) prisons and (b) immigration...
What steps he is taking to support hospitals in special measures.
What steps he has taken to reduce inappropriate out-of-area placements for mental health services.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions her Department has had with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the UK aid budget has been spent on fragile states in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that after the full roll-out of universal credit no child loses their entitlement to free school meals as a result of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that the procedures for students with dyslexia taking external exams are compliant with the Equality Act 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department has made on the School Food Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information he holds on the reasons for the decline in the number of entries to Design and Technology GCSE since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Engineering UK's 2018 State of Engineering Report, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of students with a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to increase the take-up of Design and Technology GCSE alongside the EBacc; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what subject mix at age 16 he would recommend to support progression into an Engineering apprenticeship or T-Level post-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to revise the national curriculum to ensure that students are prepared for T-levels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education,what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of alternative provision for children with behavioural conditions aged (a) 0 up to 4 years...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has made contingency plans for a UK programme of overseas study opportunities for university students in the event that the UK is not able...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the employers in each region that was consulted by his Department on the introduction of T levels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of students studying at least one arts subject at GCSE also studied business at GCSE Level in each year since 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to tackle the increase in schoolchildren taking Xanax and fentanyl.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will integrate information on the need for stem cell donation among (a) BAME communities and (b) others into the formal curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2018 to Question 149986 on supply teachers, how many part-time teachers there have been in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) nursery, (b) primary and (c) secondary teachers there have been per thousand pupils in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2018 to Question 147899 on Ofsted, (a) what the budget was and (b) how many staff were employed by Ofsted in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking with the Department of Health and Social Care to improve outreach methods for parents and children in need of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of efficacy of untrained PhD students being employed by universities to teach undergraduates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received from (a) schools, (b) other organisations and (c) individuals on the continued funding problems in West Sussex...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the (a) Association of Employment and Learning Providers, (b) Association of Colleges and (c) EEF on the level of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Office for Students on the adequacy of the metrics for the Teaching Excellence Framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to review the adequacy of support for disabled students in its review of post-18 education and funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department has allocated to support child victims of abuse for children aged (a) 0 to 4 years, (b) 4 to 11 years and (c) 11 to 16...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the supply of Registered Intermediaries compared with the demand for them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will commission a review of hate crime legislation and its operation as recommended by the Law Commission in 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average length in months of custodial sentences for racially or religiously (a) aggravated offences and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department classifies prison officers as emergency workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29 May 2018 to Question 146055, what proportion of people detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 who have been referred...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to engage in full and meaningful consultation with trade unions representing HM Courts and Tribunals Service staff as part of his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the next steps in his review of privatised probation services; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2018 to Question 149637, if he will place in the Library the analysis that was carried out on the effect of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle the problem of mobile phones into prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the imposition of tariffs on steel imports.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what his policy is on exempting Japanese employees from visa quotas in any future UK-Japan trade agreement.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans the Government have to remove external tariffs on technical parts and components required for solar technology.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions he has had with Chancellor of the Exchequer on his Department spending more UK-wide expenditure outwith the Barnett formula...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the oral evidence of the Permanent Secretary of HMRC of 23 May and 5 June 2018 to the Treasury Committee, whether he had seen...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2018 to Question 147333 on Affordable Housing: Construction, and with reference to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) support and (b) guidance his Department provides to local authorities on parental leave for local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of housing fires in England and Wales involved properties constructed using Modern Methods of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which other government departments were (a) consulted on and (b) involved in developing his Department’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 May 2018 to Question 146873, on victim support schemes, which other government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to set a target for building 300,000 homes a year as part of the National Planning Policy Framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much it is planned for the London Borough of Havering to receive as part of the additional £30 million...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to ensure that lending alternatives equivalent to those currently provided by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been built on land that was previously green belt land in each of the last eight years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what conclusions he has drawn as a result of his call for evidence of 12 April 2017 on park home regulation and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timescale is for designing and establishing the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time is that the (a) Astute and (b) Trafalgar class of submarines are able to spend at sea.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Astute Submarines have been taken out of service as a result of leaks in the hold.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing greater transparency on the deployments of British soldiers embedded with partner...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training was provided for Tornado crew members in the operation and control of the GQ 5000 parachute prior to the collision of two Tornado aircraft...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the Government has to commemorate armed forces personnel who served during the Suez Canal crisis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the tender for Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet solid support ships includes the provision of Phalanx close-range guns and other weaponry; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether bids from (a) EU and (b) non-EU bidders for the RFA Solid Support Ship contract will have to demonstrate compliance with EU state aid rules.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made on the Royal Navy's Dreadnought submarine programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to recruit (a) more engineers and (b) intelligence specialists in the armed forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions he has met with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many F35B aircraft are scheduled to have been delivered to the UK by 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of converting pre-2023 delivered F-35B aircraft from the Northrop Grumman to Raytheon supplied...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost per unit is for each F-35 Gen III Helmet Mounted Display System and helmet.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the oral evidence of the Permanent Secretary of HMRC of 23 May and 5 June 2018 to the Treasury Committee, whether he had seen prior to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral contribution of 11 June 2018, Official Report, column 581, what the evidential basis is for 70 per cent of service personnel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of universal credit on households' making provision for themselves through the purchase...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support his Department provides applicants for universal credit subject to the three month timescale to meet the habitual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department paid out to Capita for personal independence payment assessments which were overturned on appeal in 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the number of young people who are saving for a pension.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on his Department spending more UK-wide expenditure outwith the Barnett...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has she made of the effect of open-plan Jobcentre Plus office space on compliance with data protection requirements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department records incidences of data breaches as a result of information being sent to the wrong recipient.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, who is liable for data breaches the occur in relation to personal independence payment health assessments which are carried out by Atos for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the (a) suicide rate and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the International Agreement on Humane Trapping Standards that permits imports of fur caught in padded leghold traps...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Chancellor of the Exchequer on his Department spending more UK-wide expenditure outwith the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the European Commission is considering a provisional extension or provisional application of the current protocol to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the devolved administrations on UK fishing policy after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Windrush generation arrival records were included in the national archive; what arrival dates they covered; and which ports of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for his Department to respond to it's consultation on the draft Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill; and what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for his Department to respond to it's consultation on the draft Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill; and what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for his Department to respond to it's consultation on the draft Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill; and what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for his Department to respond to it's consultation on the draft Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill; and what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for his Department to respond to it's consultation on the draft Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill; and what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for his Department to respond to it's consultation on the draft Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill; and what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many confirmed victims of modern slavery following a positive conclusive grounds decision have not been granted discretionary leave to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will list in descending ranked order the 100 Parliamentary constituencies with the largest increases in incidences of reported crimes...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EU citizens who have been resident in the UK for five years or more but have not been in employment or in receipt of benefits are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to break the link between commercial squatting and metal theft.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average wait time has been for a person who has lost their UK residency permit abroad to receive a replacement over the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on his Department spending more UK-wide expenditure outwith the Barnett formula in...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether additional resources will be allocated to the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman as a result of the increase level of caseload from...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to lay before Parliament the reports of the Boundary Commissions for (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland before...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions she has had with Ministers in HM Treasury on the timescale for responses to its consultation on VAT, Air Passenger Duty...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates (a) his Ministerial team and (b) officials of his Department have met with representatives of Heathrow Airport Limited as a result of the...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value of fur was which was (a) imported into the UK and (b) re-exported from the UK in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the value of fur imported into the UK from each of the five countries from which we import most fur in each of the last five...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value of fur re-exports to the UK's five largest destinations by value of such exports was in each of the last five years for which figures are...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings have taken place between Ministers or officials of his Department and representatives of the International Fur Traders Association from 2010...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent progress has been made on abolishing VAT on sanitary products.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions has he had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the relative fiscal multiplier of the trident weapons programme compared to other (a)...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many representations has he received from (a) business organisations and (b) trade unions on changes to the Scottish Government block grant since 2010;...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much UK-wide expenditure outwith the Barnett formula has been spent in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Northern Ireland, (d) Wales and (e) London.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what specific plans he has to tackle the rise of debt for young people which take account of the relatively higher level of debt than in previous generations.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate (a) his Department and (b) the Financial Conduct Authority has made of the number of people that were miss-sold PPI and separately (i)...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what initial estimate he made of the number of people who will be required to pay tax liabilities to HMRC as a result of the disguised remuneration 2019...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who will be directly affected by changes to IR35.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has a contract with Bounty to distribute child benefit forms to new parents on NHS wards.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral evidence of the Permanent Secretary of HMRC of 23 May and 5 June 2018 to the Treasury Committee, whether he had seen prior to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2018 to Question 150598 and in view of an impending announcement on safe standing, if his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his Department's green paper on internet safety strategy, published in October 2017, when his Department...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to address the concerns about the lack of financial controls and the risk of fraud and financial errors with regard to HS2 raised by the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what major changes were incorporated in the Framework Document between the Secretary of State for Transport and HS2 dated May 2018 compared with the previous...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what private sector funding options are available to funding the capital costs of HS2, given the scale of the project and the uncertainty of its cost estimates.
To ask Her Majesty's Government why HS2 had six Land & Property Directors in a five year period; and which of them were qualified chartered surveyors.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to break up the Northern Rail franchise into smaller geographical areas; and if so, when.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of journeys on Northern Rail are undertaken by passengers using a (1) season ticket, (2) monthly travel card, and (3) weekly travel card.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to take steps to ensure no future allocation of lower airspace takes place until a policy on the allocation of lower airspace has been agreed and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are providing to the government and people of Guatemala following the Fuego volcano eruption.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister raised concerns over press freedoms in Turkey with the President of Turkey during his visit to the UK on 13 to 15 May.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Iran to secure the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe; and whether they have issued a formal diplomatic...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to support efforts to end conflict in South Sudan.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the killing of Palestinian volunteer paramedic Razan al-Najjar by Israeli forces on 1 June; and what assessment they have made of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total number of deaths as a result of the civil war in Syria since 2011.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential effect of the counter-sanctions law, signed by the President of the Russian Federation on 4 June, on (1)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce a system for reporting adverse reactions to psychiatric and psychological treatments similar to the Yellow Card Scheme for...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations, if any, they are making to the new government of Sierra Leone regarding the Safe Abortion Act 2015 which has been passed by the Parliament of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to support the peace-keeping activities of the EU currently managed by the European Development Fund.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to opt into any future successor to the Cotonou Agreement.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether teachers who deliver support in Literacy Hubs are required to hold qualifications in special educational needs.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to introduce legislation to ban the practice of alleged domestic abusers cross-examining their alleged victims in the family courts.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group's report, Any Lawful Impediment; and whether they intend to legally recognise...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were prosecuted under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 in each year since it came into force; and what were their (1) nationalities, (2) ages, and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they make available to UK businesses investing in Turkey; and whether they will publish any such advice.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what training programmes are delivered by the British army and Joint Forces Command to (1) the Israeli Defence Force in Israel and (2) security forces in the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, following completion of pre-legislative scrutiny by the House of Commons Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the draft Animal Welfare...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings they have had with animal welfare organisations campaigning for five-year sentences for animal cruelty, including Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, since...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the findings of the report Preparing Brexit: How ready is Whitehall? by the Institute for Government.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what efforts they are making to secure substantial amendments to Panama's Corporation Law 32 following the publication of Overcoming the Shadow Economy by the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made towards setting up the infrastructure at ports necessary for when the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what assessment he has made of the damage caused to Millbank House by flooding in 2016 and 2018; what costs have been incurred; and what steps he intends to take...
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