Tuesday, 26 March 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the contracts between his Department and (a) Brittany Ferries and (b) DFDS for additional roll-on roll-off freight capacity will come into...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to provide more live information to bus users in rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many contracts were awarded by his Department without the formal oversight of its Procurement Assurance Board in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on non-freight traffic in Portsmouth of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the financial risks to his Department are if agreed projects carried out under the Eurotunnel obligations under the government settlement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions the Government has held with Eurotunnel on the appointment of external auditors, separate to Eurotunnel’s statutory auditors,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the volume of non-commercial traffic entering Portsmouth in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated to the promotion of cycling in (a) each borough in central London and (b) Portsmouth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many consultants his Department has hired since 2016; and at what cost to the taxpayer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of airport capacity outside the South East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of a second runway at Birmingham Airport on regional growth in the West Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 21 March 2019 to Question 909949, Official Report, what engagement his Department's officials had in the awarding of that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the number of global routes to smaller airports in Belfast and Cardiff and other essential hubs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on (a) scoping and (b) commissioning further feasibility work on whether the restoration of the Skipton to Colne link...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support Trading Standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase diversity on executive boards of UK businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps he has taken to help businesses to create more highly skilled jobs in (a) Solihull and (b) the West...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to promote youth entrepreneurship; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of re-classifying modelling platforms as employment agencies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure the continuity of funding for research projects with EU funding in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the timing of Ofgem's Targeted Charging Review on (a) the deployment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his oral contribution of 6 March 2019, Official Report, column 994, on the Swedish derogation, whether he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy why Contracts for Difference (CfD), for what reasons strike prices have been higher for dedicated biomass technologies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy if he will make it his policy to create parity under Contract for Difference allocation rounds two and three between...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial, if he will provide an update on the delivery of the Grangemouth Renewable Energy Plant which was awarded a Contract for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the value for money of the renewable heat incentive subsidy mechanism; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Committee on Climate Change’s Biomass in a Low Carbon Economy Report published in November...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential carbon and economic value generated by restricting the amount and type...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, information his Department holds on the fuel sources for district heating systems delivered under the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Governance Code for Public Appointments, whether he has had any discussions with Cabinet...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish all correspondence between Lord Deben and his Department on the use of renewable energy and electric...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to ensure clean growth from City Deals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what equality impact assessment has been undertaken on the franchising of 74 crown post offices to WHSmith announced in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to implement shared parental pay and paternity pay as a right for all employees from their first...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the oral contribution of 20 March 2019 of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the role of biomanufacturing in supporting the Government's Clean Growth...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many workers will receive an increase in wages as a result of the rise in the national living wage on 1 April 2019...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations the Government made at the 40th session of the UN Human Rights Council on the crisis in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many consultants his Department has hired since 2016; and at what cost to the taxpayer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the current political and security situation in Libya, and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Palestinian Authority on human rights in Gaza, and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2019 to Question 233007 on Ilois: Finance, on what dates were the visits organised by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress he has made in ensuring Israel's investigations into deaths at the Gaza border in 2018 are (a) independent, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the proposed reforms of the (a) National Reconciliation Law and (b) NGO Law in Guatemala; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Guardian's decision to use Kyiv rather than Kiev, whether his Department has plans to make the same change.
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what arrangements are in place for Spanish citizens working in Gibraltar after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what protections are being offered to EU frontier workers in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many consultants his Department has hired since 2016; and at what cost to the taxpayer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has assessed the effect on patients of differences in the way that demographic groups receive care for HIV.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the introduction of defibrillators into public buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the poor uptake of bariatric surgeries in the UK compared with other developed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government has any plans to review the RCGP Advanced Knowledge Test in relation to ME and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome to ensure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many unfilled nursing posts (a) there are in the NHS and (b) there were in the NHS in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on trends in the level of nursing vacancies in each year until 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses were employed using bank and locum staff in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications were (a) made and (b) successful to the NHS Low Income Scheme in (i) NHS North Lincolnshire CCG and (ii) England in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the most common reason is for an NHS Low Income Scheme application being unsuccessful.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the qualifying means test is for the NHS Low Income Scheme; and how that test is adjusted for inflation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many students applied to the NHS Low Income Scheme; and how many were successful in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of reducing the ratio of registered midwives to maternity support workers in midwifery...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the consequences of not conducting equality impact assessments in relation to ID checking within...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the March 2019 editorial in Archives of Disease in Childhood...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle anti-vaccine misinformation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the incidence of contaminated chicken being sold at supermarkets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the level of misdiagnosis by NHS employees and locums in hospital pathology departments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of trainee nurses in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the information available to women on (a) mesh implants, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of gestational diabetes and the risk of late stillbirth: a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of ring-fencing the Children’s Hospice Grant for children’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many girls in England have been given emergency contraception by school nurses in each of the last five years for which figures are...
What steps he is taking to help protect the mental health of NHS staff.
What recent progress has been made on the treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis.
What steps he is taking to support children living with alcohol-dependent parents.
What recent assessment he has made of the effect on the NHS of the UK leaving the EU; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department is providing to Malawi as a result of cyclone Idai.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department is providing to Mozambique as a result of cyclone Idai.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what emergency assistance her Department is providing to Zimbabwe as a result of cyclone Idai.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which international partners will take part in the review of books included in the Palestinian Authority's curriculum.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many consultants her Department has hired since 2016; and at what cost to the taxpayer.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the level of humanitarian need in the Chimanimani area of Zimbabwe following Cyclone Idai.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to efforts to reopen roads and bridges between (a) Bulawayo, (b) Harare, and (c) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make representations at the UN on (a) the increasing level of malnutrition among (i) young children and (ii) other people...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the UK’s aid spending on Yemen is allocated directly to Yemeni NGOs.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to support women’s peacebuilding projects in Yemen.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to provide financial support to the International Financing Facility for Education.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to encourage the Government of Turkey to improve (a) working conditions, (b) safety standards and...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department has provided to Sri Lankan authorities to provide medical treatment for people affected by poor water...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish time series data on the number of apprenticeship starts in the NHS in each month since June 2010; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the number of degree apprenticeships available in Nottinghamshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the financial viability of rural schools in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to ensure an adequate long-term funding settlement for schools in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2019 to Question 229154 on Department of Education: Public Expenditure, what programmes other than delivering new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken to help businesses create more apprenticeships in (a) Solihull and (b) the West Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that modified versions of GCSE and A Level exams are available for young people with a visual impairment; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to increase the take-up of STEM subjects for pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of secondary school places that will be required in Romford in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to publish updated sex education guidelines; and what steps is his Department is taking to ensure that those guidelines...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department (a) has taken since September 2015 and (b) plans to take up to 2030 to achieve sustainable development goal four, target...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of care and support offered to care leavers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of care leavers that have (a) been homeless, (b) had diagnosed mental health needs, and (c) entered the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the (a) homeless and (b) prison populations that are care leavers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of care leavers aged 16-24 that are not in education, employment or training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of post-18 care and support provided to young people with special educational needs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of legislation relating to the unauthorised absence of students from school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to reports that Egremont Primary School in Wallasey will be making 18 members of staff redundant, what assessment he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total cost to the public purse has been of converting local authority schools to academy schools in Wirral since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the information gathered by the annual Destinations of Leavers of Higher Education survey; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department provides to schools on the liability of (a) school governors, (b) teachers, (c) head teachers and (d) other school staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) average waiting time and (b) longest wait between the Employment Tribunal receiving an employment tribunal application and the date of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Rent Repayment Orders have been made by each of the five regional First-Tier residential property tribunals under (a) section 44, (b) section...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the value is of the contract between HM Courts and Tribunals Service and Netmaster Solutions Ltd to operate the Crown Court Digital Case System;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many consultants his Department has hired since 2016; and what the cost of that hiring was to the public purse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to answer Question 227964 tabled by the right hon. Member for North Norfolk on 4 March 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Legal Aid Agency makes of the ability to pay of people it takes enforcement action against to recover debt.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to allocate additional resources to reduce the waiting time for a tribunal hearing for employment and support allowance in Ipswich.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps his Department is taking to increase the level of UK exports of goods and services to China.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Barnett Formula be applied to calculate the share of the Stronger Towns Funding to be allocated to Wales,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Housing on the 4th March, Official Report Volume 655,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of UK provision of housing-with-care for older people compared...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of March 2019 research by Generation Rent which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the findings of the 2018 research by Buffel, Phillipson, Scharf entitled, Ageing in urban...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question 214560 on Buildings: Insulation, whether videos of the further...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the Government plans to publish the outcome of its consultation entitled Planning reform: supporting the high...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether mixed-age couples will continue to be able to claim council tax support under the default scheme when changes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria the proposals for One Yorkshire devolution failed to meet.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish his Department's analysis of the case presented to Ministers for One Yorkshire devolution by local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2019 to Question 225436 on Armed Forces: Compensation, what criteria the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using new and developing technologies to support the UK’s defence capability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many additional training flights are planned to be undertaken from RAF Valley, Ynys Mon as a result of the closure of (a) RAF Linton-on-Ouse, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff within his Department are seconded to the Department for Exiting the European Union and working on duties not related to matters of defence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the underlying factors were behind the Single Source Regulations Office recommendation for a rise in the baseline profit rate for single source...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2019 to Question 221023, who pays for the remaining cost of those services of the Ministry of Defence Police; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments has considered applications from former senior Army officers to take up...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions did the Adjutant General meet with representatives from Capita Plc between December 2009 and July 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Point Class Ro-Ro ferries the Ministry of Defence has available and at what readiness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on using Point Class ferries to manage pressures at UK ports after the UK leaves...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what circumstances deductions are made from a claimant's universal credit payment in order to contribute to her Department's administration...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants have moved to Universal Credit from legacy benefits to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of claimants who will move to universal credit from legacy benefits (a) in total and (b) through...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures are in place to help universal credit claimants with the repayment of debt.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in households affected by the two-child limit on welfare payments are in (a) Romford and (b) the borough of Havering.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of trends in the level of employment since June 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average duration of a phone call to the universal credit helpline was in (a) each of the last three months and (b) 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the pilot scheme to help homeless ex-offenders conducted by the Norfolk Community Foundation and Norfolk’s former High Sheriff in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of universal credit claimants affected by the benefit cap who will face over payment recovery action...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to introduce a dedicated universal credit hotline for Members and their staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact assessment her Department has undertaken on the recent reform of pension credit; and if she will publish that impact assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with representatives from the voluntary and charitable sector on the financial effect of the collapse of Working...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much is owed to sub-contractors providing Health and Work Programme services as a result of the collapse of Working Links (Employment) Ltd.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) widows, (b) widowers and (c) bereaved civil partners have been refused the (a) lower rate of Bereavement Support Payment and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) publicise forthcoming changes to pension credit for mixed-age couples and (b) encourage people to make a claim...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) conducting tribunal cases on personal independence payments and (b) providing legal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much charcoal for domestic barbecues the UK (a) produces and (b) burns in each year since 2010; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to provide companion dogs with the same protections as assistance dogs under the Dangerous Dogs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect fly-grazed horses; and what support his Department provides to local authorities to help...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) maintain and (b) increase animal welfare standards in battery hen farms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions the UK has opposed the restriction of a chemical by (a) another Member State and (b) the European...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times the UK has objected to a substance being named as a substance of very high concern by the European Chemicals...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2019 to Question 223140 on Home Office: Staff, whether a (a) Counter Terrorist Check, (b) Security...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of guns in England and Wales; and how many of those guns are lawfully owned.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2019 to Question 230817 on Seasonal Workers: Cornwall, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) reports of child sexual exploitation have been received and (b) successful prosecutions have taken place for child sexual...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that street preachers do not disseminate extremist material from proscribed terror groups.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on police numbers in the West Midlands of the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2019 to Question 231997, how many of the 77 potential victims of trafficking that were detained were not...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2019 to Question 231999 on Detention Centres: Training, which (a) organisation provides the training to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2019 to Question 232000 on UK Visas and Immigration: Training, how many hours are required to complete...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he last reviewed the application form for Leave to Remain under the five-year partner route.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the guidance given to his Department's decision-makers on refusal of an asylum claim on the basis of religion.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refusals of asylum claims have included quotations from religious texts in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment his Department has made of potential links between serious violence, in particular knife crime, and school exclusions.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with his French counterpart on plans that country has for a centralised biometric database when...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to estimate the number of people in the UK who are entitled to British citizenship but have not yet been...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many M1N1 application forms have been submitted in each of the last three years; and what proportion were (a) refused and (b) withdrawn.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many apprenticeship starts there have been in each Government department by gender since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many apprenticeship finishes there have been in each Government Department by gender since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans his Department has to review the way Government shares information with the devolved administrations.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the 2019 NAO report on Progress of the 2016-2021 National Cyber Security Programme, for what reasons fewer than 80 per cent of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to increase economic productivity in the West Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of a tourist tax by local authorities on trends in the level of tourism.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans his Department has to ban car insurers from imposing compulsory change of address fees on their policy holders.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a regulator with sole responsibility for cash infrastructure to ensure continued access to physical...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Government is taking to (a) minimise the effect of IT outages on consumers’ ability to pay for goods and services and (b) ensure that...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department plans to publish the findings from its call for evidence on cash and digital payments; and what steps he is taking to progress that work.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations his Department has made to the EU on behalf of Bermuda on its inclusion on the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has provided assistance to Bermuda to help it fulfil its commitment to comply with required good governance criterion on substance...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will compensate investors for losses at London Capital and Finance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 100 of the Government's Civil Society Strategy, published in August 2018, what steps his Department has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to page 52 of the August 2018 Civil Society Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to explore with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with social media platforms on removing scam modelling agencies from their listings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure the safety of children and young people online.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number of applications that UK Community Foundations has received for its onward...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of social media on young people’s mental health; and what plans...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) social media companies and (b) online news platforms ban and remove...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the source of funding is for the £10 million brand refresh for the National Citizen Service; and whether he can...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what her planned timeframe is for the next British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review their policy on rail electrification as a result of the report by the Railway Industry Association RIA Electrification Cost...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what investigations they have undertaken into the safety of the proposed 1,000 megawatt direct current cables due to be installed in the rail running tunnels...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of consumer protection legislation governing the sale of both new and used private goods online.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to make UK share registers more transparent.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to permit Demand Side Response measures to be taken into account when assessing bids under the Capacity Market scheme, if and when...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to persuade the government of Bahrain to (1) end capital punishment and to reprieve those awaiting execution, (2) release journalists...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what practical results have been achieved from their expenditure of £6 million on technical aid to strengthen the Rule of Law and to secure justice reform in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish their response to the open letter sent to the Prime Minister on 8 March by Peace in Kurdistan; and if not, why not.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 6 March (HL14022), what steps they will take to protect the right of Palestinian communities to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 6 March (HL14024), what measures are in place to protect Palestinian students from attacks by...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel about the practice of trying Palestinian young offenders, engaged in acts of provocation, in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Crown Prosecution Service were first made aware of the omission in the report by Sir Richard Henriques, An Independent Review of the Metropolitan Police...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was spent on NHS agency staff in the last ten years for which records are available.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many NHS staff were killed at work in each of the last ten years for which records are available; and what were the reasons for those deaths.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the E111 European Health Insurance Card will be valid after 29 March in the event of (1) their present exit plan being agreed, (2) a...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of individuals who were identified as entitled to income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) but who were...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of individuals who were identified as entitled to income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) but who were...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of individuals who were identified as entitled to income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) but who were...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure childcare costs are affordable in the UK.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to undertake a review of the cost of childcare and how it can be reduced for all parents.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to updating the Education (Pupil Registration) Regulations 2006 to enable officers of local authorities to inspect and take...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made with the commitment in the Educational Excellence Everywhere White Paper (Cm 9320), published in March 2016, that "we will...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which reviews were announced in the Educational Excellence Everywhere White Paper (Cm 9320), published in March 2016; and what work has been undertaken...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the effects of imprisonment for short sentences of less than six months on family relationships.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the UK’s revised World Trade Organization tariff schedule relating to agricultural imports will come into effect.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the publication of the Buildings Research Establishment interim report, Fire performance of cladding materials research - experimental methodology and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the test establishments that tested glass reinforced plastic composite fire doors about contributing to the remediation plan...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to announce the results of the consultation on the Integrated Communities Strategy green paper, in particular the review of the Life in the UK...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what initiatives they plan to implement to unite communities across the UK post-Brexit.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of individuals who were identified as entitled to income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) but who were...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration has been given to developing a cross-governmental healthy air for children action plan as part of a national framework to protect children and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to secure agreements with EU countries to work on reducing levels of air pollution after Brexit.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action, if any, they are taking to save the shrill carder bee from extinction.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what trade protections will be in place on (1) egg, and (2) egg product, imports from countries outside the EU in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) arrests, and (2) convictions, for importing child sex dolls there have been in the financial years (a) 2016–17, (b) 2017–18, and (c)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the Right to Rent Consultative Panel has met since the publication of the report by the Chief Inspector on Borders and Immigration on the right...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 7 March (HL Deb, col 711), whether they will ask the Attorney General to invite the views of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their projected forecast for the number of (1) refugees, and (2) asylum seekers they expect to accept in each of the next five years; and whether they...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether refugees will be afforded the same rights as now if the UK withdraws from the EU.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the fees charged by GPs to provide medical information to support a firearms licence application.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many holders of UK passports also hold passports issued by other countries.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the open letter of 25 June 2018 from nine British and French voluntary organisations, about the UK–France joint action plan on...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to assess the financial benefits to UK taxpayers that have resulted from the Green Review of public sector procurement, published in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 11 March (HL13966), of which part of the internal discussions on avoiding a hard border...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 13 March (HL13776), how they will ensure that both Houses of Parliament and their relevant select committees are...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 6 March (HL13927), in how many cases there has been a failure by the claimant to pay the High Income Child Benefit...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the long-term impact on future generations is accounted for in their policy-making processes.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they plan to take to ensure that the reduction in the availability of cash does not act to the detriment of the most disadvantaged in society.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve data transparency amongst large tech companies in order to support competition in the digital services sector.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made to date in implementing their Loneliness Strategy, A connected society: a strategy for tackling loneliness, published on 15 October 2018.
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