Tuesday, 16 April 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage the growth of rail freight.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment he has made of the (a) number and (b) extent of trials of animal feed in the UK and Canada;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will establish a hydrogen and fuel cell task-force within his Department to assess the future role of hydrogen...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to encourage commercial investment in deep science ventures; what incentives the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the (a) name and (b) location of surface coal mines in the UK that are producing coal for all...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the (a) names and (b) locations of surface coal mines in the UK that are scheduled to cease...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timeframe is for each active coal-fired power stations in the UK to stop producing electricity; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the planned closure of the GKN Aerospace at Kings Norton, Birmingham on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to encourage employers to offer flexible working schemes for all employees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to increase the production of wind energy in the North Sea.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps is he taking to ensure the Government is held accountable for the decisions and actions of Post Office...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether public money has been used to pay costs involved in the ongoing dispute with postmasters since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Lord Chancellor will determine the extent of any conflict of interest on the part of Tim Parker by reason...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the anticipated increased cost implications are for Post Office Limited in its dealing with serving Subpostmasters...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Post Office has never taken into profit from its suspense accounts any unreconciled sums recovered from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2019 to Question 240013, how much of the 2018/19 £200 million budget has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2018 to Question 179252, how many Green Deal loan appeals relating to the company...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much funding the Government has allocated to offshore wind in Scotland since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many post offices have closed in each of the last three years in (a) Ellesmere Port and Neston (b) North West...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Post Office Branches classified as having community status (a) have been closed, (b) are operated by a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Post Office branches under the Network Transformation Programme (a) have been converted and subsequently...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Post Office branches are receiving overscale payments, and what the value of those overscale payments is in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons his Department did not conduct a consultation on opening new Post Office branches under the terms of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the cost of the Post Office’s New Network Location Programme is, and how that programme is funded.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the New Network Location Programme on existing post office...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many New Network Locations have opened in each year of the New Network Location Programme, and how many are planned...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Pay Zone branches are planned to be converted into Post Office Locations in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many operators operate more than 10 locations in the Post Office Network in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) Northern...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with the Post Office on resolving the matter of sub-postmasters who are unable...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the status of the contract between the Post Office and Royal Mail; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the health and wellbeing of sub-postmasters who remain in their Post...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Written Statement of 25 January 2018, if he will publish the outcome and ancillary assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Oil and Gas Authority assessed whether the relevant operator required a guarantor when granting Third...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to promote manufacturing in the North.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) human rights and (b) environmental record of the UK-listed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 1 April 2009 to Question 237799 on Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, whether as a result of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2019 to Question 236358 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Defence, what use the US has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2019 to Question 236358 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Defence, which countries have made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has plans to make representations to his Iranian counterpart on the freedom of religion or belief for (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Kuwaiti counterpart on human rights violations in that country; and will he make a statement.
To ask the Attorney General, whether he has provided advice to the Prime Minister on whether the Government is able to trigger article 24 of the WTO General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce delays and (b) increase efficiency in operating theatres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) treatments and (b) support is provided by the NHS to (i) adults and (ii) children with Meares-Irlen Syndrome.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to encourage the NHS and GP practices to increase participation in commercial research.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has entered into with departmental staff in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many successful applications there have been for the Medical Training Initiative from applicants from the Occupied Palestinian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department taking so that Locum Doctors are not being used to fill permanent posts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has a policy to reduce the time older patients have to wait for a care plan in their homes so that they do not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help people who suffer from Cerebral palsy to equipment to aid walking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Person Based Resource Allocation formula on reducing health inequality in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequate provision of training on modern slavery to (a) clinical and (b) healthcare staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will detail payments made by third parties in each of the last three years in return for use of the NHS logo.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has deprioritised any Statutory Instruments in relation to the UK leaving the EU; and if he will publish the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps are being taken to address the humanitarian crisis which has followed the territorial defeat of Daesh.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to support the recovery (a) Mozambique and (b) other east coast African nations after the recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2019 to Question 239838 on Department for International Development: Secondment, how many of the 101...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has allocated to each educational project in Pakistan in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2019 to Question 234782 on Department for International Development: Secondment, what the length of...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to increase women’s equality throughout the world.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps she is taking to increase private sector involvement in delivering the global goals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of removing asbestos from school buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase the take-up of Music GCSE courses by pupils.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require the provision of further information for parents on the material being used to teach sex and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the total cost of administering SATS at (a) Key Stage 1 and (b) Key Stage 2.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support services are available in (a) Wales and (b) England for children aged under 16 who have had a parent sentenced to a period in custody.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will hold discussions with the devolved Administrations on the setting of fees for higher education courses after the UK has left the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) nationality and (b) country-of-birth data collected in the school census (i) has not been, (ii) is not and (iii) will not be processed for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has entered into with departmental staff in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to increase funding for special educational needs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of Ofsted excluding young carers from its 2019 Draft Inspection Framework on schools'...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the take up of the 30 hour childcare entitlement in West Sussex.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of independent nursery school places have been (a) created (b) lost in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to reduce re-offending rates among people with drug dependency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners serving sentences of six months or less who were identified as having a substance misuse need were released...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints have been received from victims of serious crime in the last three years that they have not been consulted about parole decisions in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds data on the number of prisoners who have had one or both parents sentenced to custody in the past.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the transparency of parole board hearings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the law in supporting victims in court.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals for a victims' law.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the role of employment and education in reducing rates of reoffending among young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when criminal legal aid remuneration rates were last raised in real terms for legal professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to announce proposals for the future of the probation system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 9 of the Prison Operator Competition Brochure, published by HM Prison & Probation Service in November 2018, if he will place...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) undertake a review of the compensation afforded to people affected by Equitable Life and (b) issue guidance on recourse available to people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether decisions to grant planning consent are expected to adhere to the mitigation hierarchy when considering...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the financial cost to vendors of residential property transactions failing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of council homes meet the decent homes standard in each local authority in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support digital innovation across local government; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to tackle unfair practices in the private parking industry; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to encourage developers to build adaptable houses that can become homes for life.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has entered into with Departmental staff in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant of the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has plans to continue to participate in EU defence policy, as a signatory to EU Council agreements after the UK has left the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the reporting by HMS Montrose of North Korea's evasion of sanctions, whether he plans to increase the number of patrols in the East...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps the Government is taking to safeguard Ukrainian defence and security.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people identifying as having a primary condition of epilepsy have been awarded personal independence payment (a) after mandatory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people who have benefited from pensions auto-enrolment are (a) women and (b) men.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to index the value of the UK state pension for British pensioners who live in Commonwealth countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2019 to Question 237797 on Work Capability Assessments, what proportion of SC12 and SC13 targets were met by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the roll-out of universal credit on prisoners who are at risk of losing rental accommodation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the announcement that personal independence payment claimants with severe or progressive conditions requiring high level...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department has issued to mortgage lenders to help them to assess a claimant's payments under in universal credit in order to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-disclosure agreements her Department has entered into with departmental staff in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has set a minimum number of people it will migrate to Universal Credit before concluding its pilot of the managed migration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to implement the recommendation of the Social Security Advisory Committee to test and evaluate dummy runs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of (a) men and (b) women receiving a state pension under the old pension rate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the difference is between her Department's Quality Team and Auditors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many social fund loan cases have been moved from the social fund computer system to debt manager since 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has deprioritised any Statutory Instruments in relation to the UK leaving the EU; and if she will publish the criteria...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Import of Products, Animals, Food and Feed System will enable horses to be traced post import.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many Higher Tier Countryside Stewardship agreements Natural England plans to support in 2019; and how that figure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward proposals to ban (a) starting stalls and (b) other forms of dangerous equipment in horse racing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has entered into with departmental staff in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2019 to Question 234783 on Department for International Development: Secondment, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's policy is on the netting of hedgerows.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many cats were attacked by dogs in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many energy from waste facilities provide energy for the national grid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what advice his Department has issued to local authorities on choosing a commercial waste management partner.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many energy from waste facilities both feed energy into the National Grid and use heat produced to warm local public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many energy from waste facilities both feed energy into the National Grid and use heat produced to warm local public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many energy from waste facilities both feed energy into the National Grid and use heat produced to warm local public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps is he taking to ensure that all European regulations on gases are being continued after the UK leaves the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of which local authorities have been most successful in collecting electronic and electrical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans the Government has in place to support vulnerable people in the event food prices rise significantly...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many local authorities are successful in meeting Government targets for recycling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what level of investment his Department is making in new research on the better management of local authority waste management.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has plans to publish a strategy for recycling waste.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Environment Agency’s ability to carry out the management of salmon stocks as a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the Environment Agency ability to carry out all its statutory duties in relation to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has entered into with departmental staff in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what ministerial vacancies exist; and when each one became vacant.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans he has to increase trade between the UK and China.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 Mar 2019 to Question 226700 on Extended Services, what steps the Government is taking to ensure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2019 to Question 234783 on Department for International Development: Secondment, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government's white paper on online harms, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Government's White Paper on online harm, what plans he has to introduce an definition of what...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the realisation of the potential benefits of fusion energy for the UK economy.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Brexit uncertainty on the levels of stockpiling by factories.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the Industrial Strategy Council has met.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risks and benefits of greenhouse gas removal technology; and what plans they have, if any, to increase funding of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Jaguar Land Rover’s decision to shut down production short-term due to Brexit.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the UK’s energy mix by 2030 will be delivered by (1) marine renewable energy, and (2) solar energy; and what steps they (a) have...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the response by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on Yemen on 1 April (HL Deb, cols 59–65), in which years the UK participated in coalition...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proceedings of the 30th Arab League Summit, held in Tunis on 31 March; and what action, if any, they intend to take as a...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the purpose of the Russian military presence now in Venezuela, which reportedly includes special forces and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Chinese authorities’ treatment of Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang region; whether they raised this issue...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that the Sudanese Armed and Air Forces have increased their military presence in South Kordofan since January.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces have been deployed to the Nuba Mountains; and what steps they have taken, if...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they have taken, if any, as part of their global campaign on media freedom to address the disappearance and murder of the Washington...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Saudi Arabia about the continued solitary confinement of female campaigner Nassima Al-Sadah, and about the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the grounds for their abstention from the vote on the motion endorsing the Report of the detailed findings of the independent international Commission of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they will make to the government of Israel about reports of the continued demolition of homes and animal shelters by Israel in Area C of the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel following the killing of Mohammad Ali Dar Adwan in Qalandiya refugee camp by Israeli forces and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have raised with the government of China (1) the jailing of political protestors, (2) restrictions on free speech, (3) the abduction of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that the new national anthem law in China, which applies at the high-speed rail terminus in Hong Kong, and which has...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 3 April (HL14802), what (1) steps they have taken, and (2) representations they have made, to the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the humanitarian conditions for British children living in refugee camps in Syria or in territory that was formerly part of the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the progress of (1) material, and (2) social, reconstruction in Iraq.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what contribution they intend to make, if any, to the reconstruction of a post-war Syria.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are providing, if any, to the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of the United States about new models and approaches to ensure the long-term viability of the work...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the conclusion in the report by the Environmental Audit Committee Sustainable Development Goals in the UK, published on 26...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the study by the Norwegian Refugee Council on the mental health of children living in Gaza, published on 25 March.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the decision by the government of the United States to expand the global gag rule on the delivery of sexual and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when their officials working in Pakistan last visited the shanty towns on the periphery of Islamabad to report on the conditions in which the residents live;...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reconsider their policy of disregarding the status of Pakistan’s minorities in determining and allocating development aid.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any development funds are directed towards the rebuilding and provision of running water or electricity to Islamabad's shanty towns; and if not, why not.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they have contributed to International Climate Finance in each year since 2016; what percentage that amount constitutes of the £5.8 billion they...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that their policies have had on non-domiciled residents.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UK's involvement in drone activities in the Yemen following the ruling of the Higher Administrative Court in Münster in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what methods they use to estimate the numbers of civilian deaths resulting from the use of remote-controlled drones in counter-terrorist operations either directly...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their contingency preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement are complete.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the possibility that the UK may lose its right to veto EU proposals in the event of a further delay to Brexit.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Fairhead on 2 April (HL14807), what is their definition for the boundaries of (1) territories brought under Israeli...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Fairhead on 2 April (HL14807), what steps they are taking to ensure that products from Israeli settlements in...
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