Written answers

Friday, 17 June 2022

  • Department for Transport

    • Railways: Passengers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the likely timescale for rail passenger numbers to return to pre covid-19 levels; and what steps he is taking to...

    • Railways: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to convert contracted railway staff into directly employed staff.

      Railways: Job Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to increase job security across the rail network.

      Travel Agents: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact of the collapse of online travel agents in the low-cost carrier sector on (a) competition, (b) consumers,...

      Aviation: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of holiday flights cancelled in an average year out of (a) Manchester, (b) Stanstead, (c) Gatwick and (d)...

      Cycling: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve road safety for cyclists.

      Cycling: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help improve road safety for cyclists.

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

    • Housing: Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to introduce a minimum energy efficiency standard for all homes in the England.

    • Green Homes Grant Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the recommendations of the National Audit Office report entitled Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme...

      Energy: Advisory Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will make funding available for a public energy advice service in England which is equivalent to the...

      Carbon Capture and Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many trees will need to be burnt each year to reach the target of removing 58 MtCO2 in the Bioenergy with Carbon...

      Carbon Capture and Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of supporting the bioenergy with carbon capture and...

      Buildings: Natural Gas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to suspend the use of gas in all new (a) residential and (b) commercial developments.

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2022 to Question 7959 on Energy Company Obligation, what assessment he has made of the...

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2022 to Question 7959 on Energy Company Obligation, what plans he has to (a) lay and...

      Energy Charter Treaty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the UK engaging in a coordinated withdrawal from the Energy...

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many grants have been awarded via Energy Company Obligation Schemes to households in (a) the UK, (b) London and c)...

      Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with (a) large fuel firms and (b) other stakeholders on the impact of the rise in the cost...

      Energy Supply: Park Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress has been made on taking steps to support residents of park homes without a domestic energy supply...

      Energy Company Obligation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 June 2022 to Question 7959 on Energy Company Obligation, what statutory provisions in force...

      Renewable Energy: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps the Government is taking to help enable local authorities to install renewable power in existing social...

      Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of people currently employed in manufacturing supply chains for (a) internal...

      Motor Vehicles: Hydrogen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to encourage investment into the manufacturing of hydrogen internal combustion engines in the UK.

  • Northern Ireland Office

    • Loyalist Communities Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish the dates of each meeting of (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department with representatives of the Loyalist...

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Hormone Replacement Therapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2022 to Question 1000 on Hormone Replacement Therapy, if his Department will take steps to help ensure...

    • Care Homes: Ophthalmic Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the requirement for pre-visit notifications for domiciliary eyecare...

      Breast Cancer: Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has put plans in place (a) nationally and (b) locally to help tackle waiting lists for breast reconstruction surgery.

      Dental Services: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice his Department provides to people who are unable to register with a NHS dentist as a result of lack of local availability.

      Carers: Respite Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a Recovery and Respite Plan for Unpaid Carers.

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the national dementia strategy will help people with Alzheimer’s disease receive a diagnosis.

      Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide additional support for young people suffering with ME.

      Health: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the article by Dr Caglar Koksal, Incorporating health and wellbeing into housing developments, published by the...

      Carers: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) support unpaid carers.

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by which date he expects the dementia diagnosis rate to return to the target rate of 66.7 percent.

      Insomnia: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the number of people who (a) suffer with insomnia and (b) take medication for it.

      Dementia: Diagnosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2022 to Question 1489 on Dementia Diagnosis, how many extra diagnoses he expects to be facilitated...

      Carers: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what extra support his Department is providing for unpaid carers facing financial hardship due to the rising cost of living.

      Asthma: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients with uncontrolled asthma who are eligible for alternative treatments to oral...

      Veterans: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was for an assessment conducted by the (a) Transition, Intervention and Liaison veterans' mental health...

      Carers: Respite Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) make a comparative assessment of the adequacy of respite support for carers in (i) England and (ii) Northern Ireland and...

      Dementia: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve services for people living with dementia.

  • Department for Education

    • Schools: Racial Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make it his policy to (a) include anti-racism teaching in the national curriculum and (b) introduce anti-racism training for Ofsted school...

    • Foster Care: Lewisham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many child foster placements there are in (a) Lewisham East constituency and (b) the borough of Lewisham as of 9 June 2022.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if his Department will take steps to simplify the process of referring a young person for a Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) assessment.

      Special Educational Needs: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to increase SEND provision in the Black Country.

      Children: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that the proposals in the SEND Green Paper address the backlogs in disabled children’s health and social care.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) specialist and (b) mainstream schools can provide the (i) therapies and (ii) other services disabled children...

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to help ensure that people are able to access childcare in the context of the rising cost of living.

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisons: Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a harm reduction approach to (a) alcohol and (b) other substances misuse for people...

    • Bill of Rights: Freedom of Expression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will include provisions to strengthen freedom of speech in the legislative proposals for a Bill of Rights announced in the Queen's Speech 2022.

      Prisons: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing overdose prevention units in prisons.

      Theft: Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the length of sentences for theft of items which are essential to a person’s livelihood.

      Sexual Offences and Terrorism: Lie Detectors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the data his Department holds on the effectiveness of polygraph testing of convicted (a) terrorist and (b) sex offenders.

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • Horn of Africa: Food Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will commit new emergency funding to help mitigate the risks from hunger and malnutrition in the...

    • Pakistan: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the implications of the removal of Imran Khan as Prime Minister of Pakistan.

      South Sudan: Homicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will (a) raise the killing of 16-year-old Justin Lisok Lomuresuk and his brother by soldiers in South Sudan...

      Developing Countries: Famine and Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has to take steps in response to commitments made in the G7 Famine Prevention and...

      Nigeria: Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations officials in her Department have received from (a) organisations and (b) representatives of...

      Wales: UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has conducted an impact assessment of the impact of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation...

      Myanmar: Propaganda

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of reports that Myanmar nationalists and...

      Developing Countries: Famine and Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress the UK has made on taking steps to implement its commitments made in the G7 Famine Prevention and...

      Myanmar: Journalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support journalists in Myanmar who have experienced physical violence and threats of...

      Famine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help those effected by hunger as a consequence of the war in Ukraine, including (a)...

      Famine: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the role of anticipatory action in preventing future hunger crises; and...

      Myanmar: Journalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in Myanmar on journalists who are awaiting criminal...

      Sri Lanka: Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to assist Sri Lanka with petrol prices.

      Rwanda: Humanitarian Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much humanitarian aid has been provided to Rwanda in each of the last ten years prior to the agreement to...

      Wales: UK Trade with EU

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has conducted an impact assessment of the cost of increased UK-EU trade barriers to the Welsh economy.

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Ministry of Defence: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has his department spent on civilian personnel in each financial year since 2010.

    • Armed Forces: Medical Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times the MyHEALTH app has been downloaded.

      Armed Forces: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 1528 on Armed Forces: LGBT+ People, for what reason his Department does not recognise the terms (a)...

      Armed Forces: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what immediate support is available for members of the armed forces who are survivors of military sexual assault or rape where the incident takes place...

      Armed Forces: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress the Department has made on its six month sprint to deliver a range of new women’s health policies, as committed to in the...

      Armed Forces: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on its six month sprint to address uniform and equipment improvements, as committed to in the Government's...

      Veterans: Medical Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2022 to Question 9141 on Veterans: Medical Records, what procedures are in place to ensure effective transfer of...

      Veterans: Medical Records

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2022 to Question 9141 on Veterans: Medical Records, what his Department's policy is on how long Defence Medical...

      Armed Forces: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 25 May 2022 to Question 4475 on Armed Forces: Recruitment, what the (a) 18 complaints in 2018, (b) five complaints in 2019 and...

      Agnes Wanjiru

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what dates officials in his Department have held discussions with Kenyan officials on the ongoing investigation into the killing of Agnes Wanjiru.

      Military Aid: Commonwealth Games 2022

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what Military Aid to the Civil Authorities requests his Department has received in respect of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

      Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2022 to Question 5341 on Armed Forces: Housing, what proportion of flammable cladding is on the 24 high rise buildings...

      Future Combat Air System

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much from the public purse has been spent on the Future Combat Air System programme as of 8 June 2022.

  • Department for Work and Pensions

    • Department for Work and Pensions: Public Opinion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) polling services in 2021.

    • Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Universal Credit Risk Review Team, whether a risk review can be initiated solely due to a claimant being identified by a...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of whether the economic and fiscal benefits outlined in the Universal Credit Full Business Case...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether risk scoring or other algorithms are used to identify Universal Credit claimants for potential review by the Risk Review Team.

      Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what was the total number of work placements provided by the Kickstart Scheme.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the data underlying Table 4 in her Department's recent paper entitled Completing the Move to Universal Credit: Our 2022-24...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Universal Credit Statistics Release Strategy published on 23 March 2022, when her Department plans to start publishing...

      Employment and Support Allowance: Cost of Living

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what basis her Department made the decision to exclude people in the support group for new style Employment and Support Allowance from the...

      Universal Credit: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people claiming Universal Credit and in the searching for work conditionality group as at January 2021 found a job within...

      Kickstart Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, why the Kickstart Scheme ended in January 2022.

      Jobcentres: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants were referred by Jobcentre Plus to providers for training literacy in 2021, broken down by UK region, London and...

      Kickstart Scheme: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2022 to Question 4563 on Kickstart Scheme: Finance, how much and what proportion of Kickstart Scheme funding...

      Way to Work Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 25 May 2022 to Question 5651, on Way to Work Scheme, if his Department will publish the modelling referred to in...

      In-work Progression Commission: Government Responses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Government plans to publish its response to Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith’s review into in-work progression.

      Carer's Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will hold discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on securing an increase in Carers Allowance.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Nature Reserves

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to improve access to nature reserves for people in densely populated urban communities.

    • Dairy Products and Meat: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the measures called for by Compassion in World Farming's campaign on...

      Dogs: Electronic Training Aids

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to make any exclusions from his proposed ban on the training of dogs with electronic collars.

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of whether the 30,000 visas available under the Seasonal Workers Pilot scheme will...

      Food: Supply Chains

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the United Kingdom Food Security Report 2021: Theme 3: Food Supply Chain Resilience published in December...

      Food: Public Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of global food price rises on public sector caterers; and whether he...

      Question

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of trends in the level of imports on food security and...

      Alcoholic Drinks: Industry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the wine and spirit industry.

      Food: Retail Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has held with food retailers on the need to ensure food remains accessible and affordable.

      Food Supply: Proteins

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to fund research into development of the sustainable protein sector.

      Animals: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will urgently review the temporary suspension of the commercial import of (a) rescue animals and (b) other dogs and...

      Fisheries: Quotas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will mark World Oceans Day by committing that the UK will not set any future fishing quotas in excess of scientific advice.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak of 3 May 2022, referenced RL37157.

      White Fish: Fishing Catches

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will commit to setting future catch limits for cod in line with scientific advice to allow stocks to...

      Food: Public Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to support public sector procurement of British farmed foods.

      Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Media

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what total cost to the public purse, inclusive of VAT, was incurred by his Department between May 2018 and May 2022 for...

      Agriculture: Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to financially incentivise investment in British agriculture.

      Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason his Department has limited the number of labour providers who can participate in the Seasonal Agricultural...

      Agriculture: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increases in the cost of (a) animal feed, (b) fertilisers...

      Marine Protected Areas: Fisheries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will mark World Oceans Day by committing that the UK will ban (a) bottom-towed fishing gear and (b) other destructive...

      Air Pollution: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department (a) holds data and (b) has undertaken a impact assessment into air quality in the boroughs of (a)...

      Waste Management: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the level of. background checks for waste...

  • Home Office

    • Animals in Science Regulation Unit

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the enforcement of regulations by the Animals in Science Regulation Unit.

    • Asylum and Passports: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records her Department holds on (a) asylum claims, (b) British passport applications and (c) biometric residence card applications that...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department made an assessment of the human rights situation in Rwanda prior to the partnership agreement on the hosting of...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of whether Rwanda is a safe country to which to send LGBT+ refugees.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the grant rate for asylum applications at her proposed offshore processing centres in Rwanda.

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Rwanda published on 14 April 2022, when the monitoring group will be...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the plans to offshore refugees to Rwanda, whether people arriving in the UK to join family members will be considered...

      Asylum: Rwanda

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her proposals to offshore refugees to Rwanda will only apply to single men.

      Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of her Department's progress in preventing undocumented migrants from crossing the English Channel since...

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

    • Leasehold: Ground Rent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to introduce the second phase of the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 to apply to existing...

    • Veterans: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Government has made an assessment of statistics on veteran housing from the most recent census data.

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to encourage increased insulation of new homes to reduce domestic heating requirements.

      Building Safety Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to announce additional funding for the Building Safety Fund.

      Affordable and Social Rented Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to require all new build homes to be (a) social or (b) affordable housing until the current...

      Parking: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to impose a limit in planning regulations on the number car parking spaces for any new...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Office for Veterans' Affairs

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for Veterans' Affairs (OVA) has established an advisory group of academics and researchers to ensure a robust academic contribution...

    • Theft

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data his Department holds on the prevalence of incidences of theft of items which are essential to a person’s livelihood (a) nationally (b)...

  • Treasury

    • Interest Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on the economy of a raising of interest rates to 3 per cent.

    • Agriculture: Tax Allowances

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to introduce tax relief for investment in (a) agricultural buildings and (b) farming equipment.

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

    • Swimming Pools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to protect people's access to public swimming pools.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Peers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring forward legislation to enable the removal of peerages from those who have been convicted of and imprisoned for serious criminal offences.

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • Medical Treatments

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which treatments NHS England's Clinical Priorities Advisory Group will be considering for prioritisation at its next meeting.

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