Written answers

Wednesday, 26 February 2020

  • Department for Transport

    • Unmanned Air Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the trends in the level of misuse of civilian drones; and whether he has plans to bring forward...

    • Bus Services: East Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the average number of passengers on public service bus routes in (a) the East Midlands, (b) Leicester and (c)...

      Public Transport: Leicester

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve public transport in Leicester.

      Ports: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications have been received; which organisations made those applications; to the Ports Infrastructure and Connectivity and Resilience...

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that the technology required to make the 2035 goal on electric cars feasible will deliver the (a) fast and (b) long...

      Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) accessibility of electric vehicle infrastructure in areas of high density terrace housing.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Government’s policy is on the use of wireless electric vehicle charging points.

      Electric Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to (a) help reduce the purchase cost of electric vehicles and (b) improve the electric vehicle infrastructure.

      Railways: Veterans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the railcard for veterans will be valid for use on (a) peak and (b) off-peak services.

      Driving: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long it should take for a licence to be returned following a D2 application when all medical evidence has been submitted to the Driver Medical...

      Airports: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage airports to become carbon neutral.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line: Iron and Steel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has established a minimum percentage of British-made steel to be used in the HS2 project.

      Motor Vehicles: Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made on the potential for synthetic fuel to drive motor vehicles to help meet the 2035 ban on diesel and petrol cars.

      Great Western Railway Line: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of Great Western Railway withdrawing from the easitNETWORK discount travel scheme on (a) traffic...

      Travel: Concessions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the role of (a) easitNETWORK and (b) other discount travel schemes in achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

      Bus Services: Profits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department holds data on the level of profits made by bus operating companies in each year from 2010.

      Shipping: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 April 2019 to Question 239228 on Shipping: Equality, what the Reducing Regulation Committee’s decision was on the...

      Railway Signals: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have had with the Office of Rail and Road on the market study into the supply of...

      Rolling Stock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the length of leases of rolling stock operating on the rail network; and what the end dates are of those rolling stock leases.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has plans to identify the ancient woodlands which could be affected by the northern sections of the high speed two route.

      Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on climate change of (a) particulate matter effecting air quality and (b) greenhouse gasses created by ships...

      Peckham Rye Station: Lifts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's timescale is for completion of the Access for All programme lift installation at Peckham Rye Station.

      Heathrow Airport: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has undertaken to ensure that the expansion of Heathrow by over 700 aircraft each day is compatible with the...

      Taxis: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help local authorities take effective enforcement action against taxis and private hire vehicles licensed in...

      Taxis: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's timescale is for responding to the Taxi and private hire vehicle licensing: protecting users consultation published on 12...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will allocate research and development funding to reduce the time it takes to fully charge an electric vehicle at...

    • Warm Home Discount Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been accepted for the Warm Home Discount scheme and who have...

      Climate Change Convention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to engage Parliamentarians as part of preparations for the 26th United Nations Conference...

      Land Registry: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the (a) time taken to process applications at the Land Registry and (b) adequacy of that...

      Arts: Copyright

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the UK’s creative industries of the decision not to...

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    • Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what (a) criteria and (b) guidance his Department uses to define the (i) characteristics, (ii) security and (iii) borders of a...

    • Seas and Oceans: Environment Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help to protect the oceans; what role the Government will have in the forthcoming UN...

      Motor Sports and Human Rights: Saudi Arabia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made representations to the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile on plans for a Formula One...

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the decision by the Government of Israel to ban export of Palestinian agricultural...

      Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much and what proportion of total departmental spending his Department and its agencies spent on research and development...

      Gaza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the United Nations’ assessment that Gaza will be...

      Judith MacGregor

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has commissioned Dame Judith MacGregor to conduct a review of consular cases.

      Middle East: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that Official Development Assistance is not used directly or indirectly to pay for pensions...

      Venezuela: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to encourage a democratic resolution to the situation in Venezuela.

      Armenia: Gold

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made representations to the Government of Armenia on the Amulsar gold mine.

      China: Uighurs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions (a) he has had with Cabinet colleagues on Hikvision’s alleged involvement in human rights abuses...

      Cameroon: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the UK Government plans to take to ensure that (a) alleged human rights abuses in South Cameroon are fully...

      Democratic Republic of Congo: Democracy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement.

      Sanctions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what progress the Government has made in bringing forward a Magnitsky-style amendment to the Sanctions and Anti-Money...

      Jamal Khashoggi

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will introduce Magnitsky-style sanctions against the people responsible for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

      Saudi Arabia: Political Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Saudi Arabia on the ongoing detention of (a) Prince Turki bin Abdullah, (b)...

      Libya: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government will impose sanctions on people found guilty by the International Criminal Court of human rights...

      Libya: Arms Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Emirati counterpart on reports of arms embargo violations in Libya by the United Arab Emirates.

  • Cabinet Office

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Thalidomide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide an update on the status of the Thalidomide Health Grant; and if he will make a statement.

    • Doctors: Registration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to Answer 8167, what checks his Department undertakes to ensure the accuracy of the GMC register.

      NHS: Agency Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many individual contractors businesses have been assessed under IR35 rules for the supply of agency staff to NHS Trusts.

      Pancreatic Cancer: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to (a) allocate additional funding from the public purse to research on pancreatic cancer; (b) launch a...

      Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to publish the fifth progress report of the preventing suicide in England: cross-Government outcomes strategy...

      Menopause

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department provides for women going through the menopause.

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans the Government has to define a national (a) access and (b) waiting times standard for wider child and adolescent mental health...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2020 to Question 12329 on Mental Health Services: Children and Young People, in what format that...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February to Question 12328 on Mental Health Services: Children, what methodology his Department used to...

      General Practitioners: Houghton and Sunderland South

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent clinical staff there were in each GP practice in Houghton and Sunderland South constituency in 2018-19.

      Urology: Vacancies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2020 to Question 8275 on urology: vacancies, what recent estimate his Department has made of...

      Hospitals: Radio

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide consistent levels of funding to support hospital radio.

      Hospitals: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support is being provided to hospital departments whose waiting times exceed stated NHS targets.

      Midwives: Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the age profile was of (a) all NHS midwives and (b) those NHS midwives identified as nationals of an EU member state at the (i) most...

      Electronic Cigarettes: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the health risks of vaping and e-cigarettes.

      Medical Treatments: Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the scope is of the Innovative Medicines Fund.

      Lymphoedema: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the provision of adequate support for people with lymphoedema.

      Perfluorooctanoic Acid: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the dangers that perfluorooctanoic acid poses to the body.

      Dental Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the factors that prevent children from accessing NHS dental services.

      Cancer: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to tackle inequalities in research funding allocated to different forms of cancer.

      Cancer: Health Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase public awareness of the symptoms of (a) pancreatic and (b) other less survivable cancers.

      General Practitioners: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the timely sending of vital medical correspondence to GPs.

      Mental Health Act 1983

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists on amending the Mental Health Act 1983.

      Food: Packaging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) level of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances in paper and cardboard food...

  • Department for International Development

    • Brazil: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps the Government is taking to support improved (a) healthcare and (b) delivery of healthcare services to indigenous women in...

    • CDC: Fossil Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many projects the CDC Group has invested in since 2011 relating to fossil fuel power generation, exploration, production, storage...

      CDC: Fossil Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the financial value was of CDC Group's investments in (a) Karadeniz Powerships (b) Maria Gléta (c) Les Centaure Routiers (d)...

      Department for International Development: Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans the Government has to merge the Department for International Development with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

      Private Infrastructure Development Group: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of how much UK aid has been disbursed through the Private Infrastructure Development Group...

      Developing Countries: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans he has to ensure organisations in receipt of Official Development Assistance invest in environmentally sustainable projects.

      Developing Countries: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to increase access to vaccines in the global south.

  • Department for Education

    • Maternity Pay: Teachers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make levels of maternity pay under the Burgundy Book scheme available for teachers working...

    • Special Educational Needs: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of support offered to SEND facilities in the North East.

      National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure and National College for High Speed Rail

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place copies of the board minutes of the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure and the National College for High Speed...

      National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure: Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the most recent Ofsted Report into the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure.

      National College for High Speed Rail: Annual Reports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will place in the Library the annual accounts for the National College for High Speed Two, now named the National College for Advanced Transport...

      National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons minutes of the board meetings of the National College for advanced Transport and Infrastructure have not been published since 12...

      National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which Minister authorised the payment of £4.55 million grant to the National College for Advanced Transport and Infrastructure referred to in...

      Google: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on privacy of Google Workshops operating in schools.

      Schools: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect on the level of poverty of the affordability of school uniform costs.

      Home Education: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans publish a response to his Department’s consultation on children not in school, which closed in June 2019.

      Free School Meals: Barnsley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children in secondary school in Barnsley who were eligible for free school meals went on to higher education in each...

      Children: Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to introduce a national measure of children’s well-being; and if he will make a statement.

      Children in Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the number of looked after children by placement type as set out in National Tables: children looked after in England including...

      Children in Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the number of children in England aged (a) under one, (b) one to four, (c) five to nine, (d) 10 to 15 and (e) 16 and over in each...

      Children in Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the number of children in England that started to be looked by (a) placement type and (b) age in each year ending 31 March (i)...

      Free School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to provide guidance to schools on good practice in relation to the roll-over of unspent free school meal allowances.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Business: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to respond to the corporate liability for economic crime: call for evidence consultation, which closed on 31 March 2017.

    • Offenders: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made the development a national concordat on female offenders.

      Debt Collection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 25 June 2019 to Question 265611 on Debt Collection, what his timescale is for responding to his Department's Review of...

      Crown Court

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Crown court cases have been listed for mention in each of the last 18 months.

      Prostitution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for the offence of buying sex from a prostitute controlled for the gain of another person...

  • Department for International Trade

    • Trade Agreements: Negotiations

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many and which countries her Department is currently in trade talks with.

    • UK-US Trade and Investment Working Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when and where the next meeting of the UK US Trade Working Group is due to take place.

      UK Export Finance: Fossil Fuels

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the environmental impact of carbon emissions from UK Economy and Finance’s investment in oil and gas...

      Trade Promotion: Cuba

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what further steps she is planning to take to promote trade with Cuba.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Ground Rent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which companies have signed up to the Government's pledge to remove onerous ground rents.

    • Leasehold Advisory Service: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of the then Parliamentary Under Secretary on 19 April 2018, official report,...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the usable reserves held by each local authority in each year since 2010.

      Towns Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 October 2019 to Question 291442 on Towns Fund, if he will publish the (a) qualitative and...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Warships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department’s projection is of the number of Type (a) 23, (b) 26, (c) 31e and (d) 45 ships that will be in service in the Royal Navy in...

    • World War II: Wrecks

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the physical condition of the wrecks of (a) HMS Prince of Wales and (b) HMS Repulse.

      HMS Queen Elizabeth: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the HMS Queen Elizabeth returned to Portsmouth on 14 February 2020 due to a fault.

      Army: Resignations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers who enlisted aged (a) under 18 and (b) 18 or over in financial year (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17, and (iii) 2017-18 dropped out of the...

      Armed Forces: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 9 September 2019 to Question on Armed Forces: Schools, if he will provide the figures for the number of visits by...

      Military Bases: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on plans for the disposal of Kinnegar Logistics Base in Holywood, County Down.

      Red Arrows

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team plans to vacate RAF Scampton; and to which RAF base that Team will relocate.

      Ministry of Defence: Huawei

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) meetings and (b) other representations his Department has had with Huawei since 1 January 2019.

      Type 31 Frigates: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on defence capabilities of the decision to delay the delivery of Type 31 frigates until 2027.

      Astute Class Submarines: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Navy has procured seven Astute-class submarines.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Independent Serious Case Panel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September to Question 12927 on the Independent Serious Case Panel, what qualifications the independent members...

    • Employment and Support Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available during the three month wait for eligibility for limited capability for work and work-related activity for a person...

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much pension credit was unclaimed in (a) Aberavon constituency, (b) Wales and (c) the UK in each of the last three years.

      Pensioners: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners lived in (a) poverty and (b) extreme poverty in (i) Wales and (ii) Aberavon constituency in each of the last 10 years.

      Universal Credit: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants in (a) Aberavon constituency and (b) Wales have received an advanced payment.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants who have received an advanced payment have subsequently reported financial difficulty to their work coach...

      Universal Credit: Aberavon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been paid in back-dated payments to universal credit claimants in Aberavon constituency in each of the last three years.

      Maternity Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2020 to Question 10295, on Maternity Allowance, on what date the service level agreement came into force;...

      Employment and Support Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of extending the eligibility criteria for new style Employment Support...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support parents that have (a) ongoing claims and (b) been waiting for payment of arrears for up to 10 years...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Horses: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to grant local authorities the powers to prevent horse tethering.

    • Peat Bogs: Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the burning of peatland in England.

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the risk of flooding in flood risk areas by maintaining (a) peatland, (b)...

      Flood Control: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been allocated to flood defence schemes in (a) Lancashire, (b) Yorkshire and (c) Oxfordshire in each of...

      Food: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) chicken meat, (b) beef, (c) pig meat, (d) sheep meat, (e) fresh egg, (f) egg powder, (g) fresh milk and (h)...

      Meat: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which EU regulations to prohibit the import of (a) chlorine-washed chicken, (b) hormone-treated beef, (c) ractopamine-fed...

      Agriculture: Trade Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings have taken place between officials in her Department and officials in the Department for International Trade...

      Agriculture: Trade Agreements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings officials in her Department have held with representatives from the (a) US Administration (b) Australian...

      Fisheries: Navy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of UK fishing protection vessels in operation, (b) the type of vessel in...

      Ammonium Nitrate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with OFWAT on reducing ammonium nitrate from fertilisers from entering the water supply.

      Ammonium Nitrate

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government taking to discourage (a) farmers and (b) others from using fertilisers containing ammonium nitrate.

      Water Companies: Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to encourage water companies to become carbon neutral by 2030.

      Dogs: Tagging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the prevalence pet microchip databases on dog owners.

      Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to review the 2003 household waste mix model.

      Plastics: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent estimate he has made of the amount of plastic waste being sent to landfill.

      Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of residual waste sent to landfill, incineration and transfer stations in 2019 could have been recycled.

      Fishing Catches

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of landing declarations by fishing vessels of (a) 10m and above and (b) under 12m in length were received by...

      Fishing Catches

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of landing declarations by fishing vessels of 12m and over in length were received by the Marine Management...

      Fishing Catches: Computer Software

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which Minister signed off the Catch App recording application for small boat fishers before the launch of that app.

      Rodents: Pest Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to section 2(1) of the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1947, if he will issue guidance to residents on...

      Pest Control: Private Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what powers local authorities have to tackle vermin outbreaks in private properties.

      Broadband: Infrastructure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the environmental effect of installing UK-wide gigabit infrastructure.

      Energy: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of commercial recycling waste that became refuse derived fuel in each of...

      Energy: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of household recycling that was burned for energy in each of the last 10...

      Energy: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the level of emissions from waste to energy plants in each of the last five years.

      Energy: Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many waste to energy plants were operating in (a) the UK and (b) the North East in each of the last five years.

      Landfill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much waste was land-filled in the UK in each of the last five years.

      Landfill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of land-filled waste that was recyclable in each of the last 10 years.

      Waste Management

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of waste processing facilities.

      Landfill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much has been spent from the public purse on dealing with problem arising from historical landfill sites in each of the...

      Landfill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the remaining capacity of landfill sites; and whether he has made an assessment of the...

      Plastics: Marine Environment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to tackle plastic pollution in British waters.

      Noise: Court Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the process is to (a) remove and (b) challenge longstanding noise abatement orders.

      Biodiversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the contribution of the application of the biodiversity net gain system to the...

      Flood Control: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2020 to Question 11503 on Flood Control: North East, what assessment he has made...

      Inland Waterways: Access

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of existing regulations on rights of access to waterways; and if he will make...

      Montreal Protocol

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to meet the commitments of the Kigali Agreement.

      Perfluorooctanoic Acid: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that perfluorooctanoic acid is not used in the manufacture of goods and products; and what...

      Roads: Litter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to (a) introduce penalty points for roadside littering and (b) bring forward legislative proposals to...

      Chemicals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2020 to Question 13972 on Chemicals, what discussions he has had with his...

      Chemicals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to restrict all non-essential uses of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs).

      Horse Racing: Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the recommendations in the Horse Welfare Board's five year horse...

  • Home Office

    • Home Office: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on legal fees in each year since 2010.

    • Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date she plans to respond to her Department's consultation on violence and abuse toward shop staff.

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that EU citizens who are homeless and living in the UK complete the settled status...

      Metropolitan Police: Biometrics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who were stopped during the recent public automated facial recognition technology trials by the Metropolitan Police were...

      Immigration: Married People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to assess the effect of the minimum income requirement regime on the integration of non-EEA spouses of...

      Home Office: Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to answer Question 11631 tabled on 3 February 2020 by the Hon Member for Livingstone.

      Immigrants: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are banned from the UK as a result of accusations of cheating by ETS in relation to its Toeic test in the period 2011-14.

      Immigrants: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent from the public purse on defending (a) appeals and (b) judicial reviews in cases where applicants were...

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to inform employers of the entitlement to work of people with pre-settled status.

      Refugees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending the move-on period for newly recognised refugees.

      Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the policy paper entitled The UK's points-based immigration system: policy statement, published on 19 February 2020, what...

      Immigration Controls: Airports

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to UK Border Force staff on when to initiate in-depth questioning of people arriving at airports who...

      Immigration Controls: Airports

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people holding a valid visa who were refused entry at airports in the last (a) month,...

      Health Services: Immigrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration health surcharges have been paid by overseas (a) doctors and (b) nurses.

      Immigration: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to undertake an equality impact assessment of the points-based system announced by her Department on 19 February 2020 in...

      Immigration Controls: EU Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU citizens have been questioned at UK airports and ferry ports whilst holding valid passports in the last (a) 12 months, (b) six...

  • Wales Office

    • Railways: Veterans

      What discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Transport and (b) Welsh Government on the roll-out of the railcard for veterans in Wales.

  • Scotland Office

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Northern Ireland Executive: Select Committees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to paragraph 9 of Annex A to New Decade, New Approach, what role the UK Government has in determining the representatives of the...

    • Borders: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what plans the UK Government has to appoint (a) Ministers, (b) Northern Ireland Office officials and (c) Northern Ireland Civil Service...

  • Treasury

    • Mental Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2020 to Question 12225 on Mental Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements, what enforcement action will be taken to...

    • Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2020 to Question 12225 on Mental Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements, what discussions officials of his...

      Financial Services: EU Action

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to bring forward proposals to match the EU action plan on sustainable finance.

      Fuels: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to (a) plan for and (b) manage the decline in fuel duty revenues as the UK increases the use of electric vehicles.

      Mortgages: Government Assistance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps his Department has taken to provide support to mortgage prisoners.

      Vat

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of a short term reduction in VAT on the economy.

      Beer: Excise Duties

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Society of Independent Brewers on continuation of the existing scheme for small breweries' relief.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Local Government: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance the Government provides to local authorities on the use of (a) third party companies and (b) adtech on their...

    • Arts Council England: Finance

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding was awarded to organisations in (a) York and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber from Arts Council...

      Royal Opera House: Finance

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding was awarded to the Royal Opera House from Arts Council England in each year since 2015-16.

      Social Media: Advertising

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the dangers of advertising cosmetic procedures on social media.

      Broadband: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that rural areas have access to new superfast broadband infrastructure.

      Tickets: Touting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to tackle ticket-touting in sport.

      Offensive Weapons: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the oral contribution by the Minister for Safeguarding and Vulnerability to the Offensive Weapons Bill...

      Christ Church College: Criminal Investigation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will direct the Charity Commission to undertake an investigation into the expenditure of over £2m of charitable...

      BBC: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support the development of the BBC as a global brand.

      BBC: Political Impartiality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to help ensure the BBC is politically impartial.

      Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Huawei

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) meetings and (b) other representations his Department has had with Huawei since 1 January 2019.

  • Women and Equalities

    • EnAble Fund for Elected Office: Applications

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2020 to Question 13485 on EnAble Fund for Elected Office, how many applications to the EnAble Fund were made by...

  • Department for Transport

    • Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 11 February (HL830), when they intend to announce whether charge points for electric vehicles...

    • Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial incentives they are considering for those purchasing low emission vehicles.

      Air Space

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many occurrences of denied access to controlled airspace have been reported using form FCS1521 in the last 12 months.

      Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Welsh Government about the steps it is taking to increase the number of rapid charging points for electric vehicles in Wales.

      Aviation: Allergies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of airlines operating in the UK which serve peanuts to passengers and of the risk that poses to passengers with peanut allergies.

      Holyhead Port

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) the Welsh Government, (2) the Isle of Anglesey County Council, and (3) any other organisations, about the future of (a)...

      Aviation: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of greenhouse gas emissions from (1) aircraft taking off and landing within the UK, and (2) aircraft taking off in the UK bound for...

      Electric Vehicles

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the likely increase in electric vehicles on UK roads between (1) 2020 and 2025, and (2) 2025 and 2030.

      Railways: Mobile Phones

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that railway franchise holders improve mobile phone signal coverage on trains.

      Railways: Capital Investment

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the announcement that some railway lines closed in 1963 will be reopened, (1) how much track mileage is to be re-opened for passenger traffic on lines...

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Weather: Forecasts

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Duncan of Springbank on 14 January (HL222), why the Public Weather Service Customer Group's targets each year for the...

    • British Business Bank

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the British Business Bank lent through peer-to-peer lending platforms in each of the last two financial years; and whether the British Business Bank...

      Coronavirus: China

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial impact the outbreak of Wuhan coronavirus has had on the technology market.

      Small Business Commissioner

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to launch their consultation on strengthening the powers of the Small Business Commissioner.

      Business: Billing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when full responsibility for the Prompt Payment Code will be moved to the Small Business Commissioner.

      Business: Billing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of businesses who have signed up to the Prompt Payment Code have their standard payment terms listed on the Prompt Payment Code website.

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    • Israel: Palestinians

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel about the reported imprisonment of Palestinian children in Israel in conditions that are...

    • Israel: Palestinians

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel about reports of harassment, detention and violence towards teachers and pupils by Israeli...

      West Bank: Water Supply

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel about the reported destruction of a Palestinian water network in the village of Bardala in the...

      Bahrain: Huddersfield University

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to reports published in The Times and The Yorkshire Post that facilities at the Royal Academy of Policing in Bahrain have been used for the torture of...

      Taiwan: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the World Health Organisation about including the 18 cases of coronavirus on Taiwan with the 40,000 in China; and whether...

      Taiwan: Coronavirus

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the World Health Organisation about sharing its information on coronavirus with the government of Taiwan separately from the...

      Qassem Soleimani

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 7 January (HL Deb, col 258) and the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 21 January...

      Bahrain: Human Rights

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what methodology they use to monitor and track the human rights situation in Bahrain.

      Bahrain: Human Rights

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they undertook their most recent assessment of the human rights situation in Bahrain; and whether the situation has (1) improved, or (2) deteriorated, since...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the total NHS budget is spent on child and adolescent mental health services.

    • Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of referrals of children from school-based teams are referred for treatment through child and adolescent mental health services; and what is the...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any evidence of deterioration in the mental health of those referred to child and adolescent mental health services in the period...

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what support is available to the children on waiting lists for treatment by child and adolescent mental health services, and to the parents of such children.

      Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of mental health trailblazer areas; and whether they plan to roll out the scheme more widely.

      Hospitals: Infectious Diseases

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the research in the British Medical Journal, Modelling the annual NHS costs and outcomes attributable to healthcare-associated...

      Podiatry: Training

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the removal of NHS bursaries on the number of people studying podiatry in England.

      Musculoskeletal Disorders

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much NHS England has spent on treating musculoskeletal disorders in each year since 2000.

      Diabetes: Podiatry

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much NHS England has spent on diabetic foot ulceration and amputations in each year since 2000.

      Podiatry

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the work of podiatrists in the NHS and in private practice to prevent conditions deteriorating and increasing longer term...

      Dementia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what lifestyle changes they recommend to slow the progress of dementia.

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the availability of medical supplies following the outbreak of Wuhan coronavirus and the closure of manufacturing facilities in...

      Genito-urinary Medicine

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that sexual health services are able to meet current demand.

      Coronavirus: Taiwan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that their announcements on the number of cases of coronavirus will disaggregate the figures for Taiwan from those of China.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisons

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why only 206 new prison places have so far been created to help meet their 2016 commitment to produce 10,000 new places.

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

    • Government Departments: Land

      To ask Her Majesty's Government for each government department, (1) what was the target for the amount of land to be released for housing in the past ten years; (2) how much land has been...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ammunition: Beaufort Dyke

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of munitions dumped in Beaufort’s Dyke in the Irish Sea.

    • Army: Training

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the full cost of training a regular army recruit undertaking Phase one basic training, including (1) staff, (2) accommodation, and...

      Army: Training

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average total number of (1) civilian, and (2) military, staff working for an army training regiment; and how many recruits such a regiment can train at...

      Rules of Engagement

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Goldie on 16 January (HL Deb, col 861), on how many occasions UK personnel embedded in partner forces have been asked to engage...

      Abdul Reza Shahlai

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Ministry of Defence was informed of the operation to target Abdul Reza Shahlai in Yemen on 3 January before the failed strike took place; and if so,...

      Air Force: Cadets

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contribution of the air cadets to the UK.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Pneumoconiosis: Compensation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total amount of money paid by way of compensation under the provisions of the Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) Act 1979 in (1)...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Birds of Prey: Conservation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 4 June 2019 (HL15826) and following the inception of the Raptor Persecution Priority Group, how...

    • Fisheries: Foreign Companies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will list (1) the involvement of overseas companies in UK-based fishing companies, and (2) the percentage of overseas involvement in all the quotas...

      National Parks: Tourism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to stop overcrowding as a result of tourism in National Parks in England.

      Fly-tipping

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of current legislation relating to fly tipping in (1) urban, and (2) rural, areas.

      Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) protect, and (2) enhance, the tranquility of Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

  • Home Office

    • Aircraft: Theft

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many thefts of aircraft (1) engines, and (2) avionics, have been reported to police over the last five years.

    • Aircraft: Theft

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent the sale of stolen aircraft parts.

      EU Nationals: Discrimination

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of sanctions or other actions that may be applied in relation to landlords, employers and providers of services who, before...

      Immigration: EU Nationals

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to amend the IT system for settled status applications so that it accept applications from people over the age of 100.

      British Nationality: British Overseas Territories

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 10 February (HL802), whether they will now answer the question put, namely, what...

      Deportation: Jamaica

      To ask Her Majesty's Government who was deported on to Jamaica Tuesday 11 February; and for what offences any such individual had been convicted.

      Migrant Workers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are planning to put in place to meet any increase in the number of immigrants to the UK as a result of proposed changes to the salary threshold...

      Deportation: Jamaica

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Court of Appeal’s instruction on 10 February to the Home Office not to remove anyone scheduled to be deported to Jamaica from two detention...

      Immigration Controls

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of public understanding of changes to immigration rules and how they may be affected by any such changes.

      Mayor of the West Midlands

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to place the functions of the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner under the control of the West Midlands Metro Mayor.

      Entry Clearances: Overseas Students

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for Cambridge and Oxford colleges which award Junior Research Fellowships qualifying as funding bodies under the terms...

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the financial package to the Northern Ireland Executive.

    • Terrorism: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the security situation in Northern Ireland.

      Elections: Republic of Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the results of the general election held in the Republic of Ireland on 8 February; and in particular, of any impact of those...

      Ira

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any ongoing existence of the IRA Army Council.

      Equality: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Northern Ireland Executive about women and equalities issues.

      Human Rights

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the new human rights and equalities powers as provided by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020.

      Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when the new powers of the Equalities Commission for Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission as provided for in the European Union...

      Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the resources of the Equalities Commission for Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission; and whether they...

      Time Zones: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Northern Ireland will operate in a different time zone to the rest of the UK for half of the year after December 2020.

      Coronavirus: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Northern Ireland Executive about the risks posed by coronavirus.

  • Treasury

    • Customs: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what EU customs declarations will be undertaken in Northern Ireland on goods from mainland UK after December 2020.

    • Bridges: Irish Sea

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the engineering feasibility of building a bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland, and (2) the estimated costs and...

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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