Tuesday, 20 February 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to enact section 4 of the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration etc) Act 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that offenders are prepared for life outside prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times the National Tactical Response Group were deployed to prisons in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what additional allowances are paid to prison officers on detached duty.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the Israeli government's compliance with the provisional measures set forth by the...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much UK aid money was spent in Gaza in each year since 2003.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what information his Department holds on whether UK-manufactured (a) weapons and (b) components of weapons have been...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the Oral Statement of the Secretary of State for Defence of 5 February 2024 on Situation in the Red...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what information he holds on (a) arms exports originating from factories owned by Rafael Defense Systems Ltd and (b)...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what information his Department holds on whether UK-manufactured (a) arms and (b) weapons components have been used in...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many UK nationals have remained in Afghanistan since August 2021.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the press notice entitled Allegations about UNRWA staff and 7 October attacks: FCDO statement,...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of changes in the level of violence against Christians...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of advertising vape products (a) in sports venues and (b) on sports kits on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when she plans to respond to the letter of 16 January 2024 from the hon. Member for Stockport on behalf of a constituent, reference NM21899.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help raise public awareness of the risks of vaping.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much expenditure was reclaimed (a) nationally and (b) per region by NHS England from primary care dental practices that did not meet...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of primary care facilities to meet demand.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of developing a cross-departmental strategy including the (a) Department for Science, Innovation and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the gross annual budget was for NHS dental services before deductions for (a) underspends and (b) underperformance for each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on ensuring a cross-departmental approach to tackling...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the potential impact of (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will commission a report into alcohol use and alcohol harm in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has set targets relating to the reduction of alcohol (a) use and (b) harm.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department (a) has taken and (b) plans to take steps to learn from international best practice on the provision of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2023 to Question 6204, what his planned timetable is for the 2024 review of the Local Electric Vehicle...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has made representations to the International Maritime Organisation on the potential merits of classifying pre-production...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she has taken to support the ceramic industry financially since the covid-19 pandemic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has made an estimate of the number and proportion of SMEs that have received funding from her Department in East Devon...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many private investigators have been questioned by police over allegations of assisting Russia in the last 12 months; and what steps his...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people had their British citizenship revoked under the British Nationality Act 1981 between 1997 and 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Department is taking to support amateur boxing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many times the National Physical Activity Taskforce has met since it was created; and what progress that taskforce has made towards...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she plans to advertise the role of S4C chair.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress she has made in appointing an interim chair of S4C.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent steps he has taken to ensure pension remediation for public sector workers affected by the McCloud judgement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make provision for compensation to those affected by sodium valproate in the forthcoming Budget.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the joint public letter from UK civil society organisations on the Household Support Fund, published on 6 February 2024, if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3 of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk assessment under Section 3...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether all (a) buildings and (b) workplaces staff from their Department occupy have a suitable and sufficient risk...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2024 to Question 10673 on Gaza: Israel, whether his Department has a comparable tracker logging alleged Israeli...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times he has visited NATO bases abroad in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel of the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy, (c) RAF and (d) Royal Marines were referred to Prevent in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy ships have been deployed to the Gulf region in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Russian language specialists worked in his Department in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of replacing HMS Diamond with HMS Richmond in the Red Sea on the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s capacity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many missiles HMS Diamond fired whilst participating in Operation Prosperity Guardian.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for the completion of the long-term removal of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete in school buildings in cases where...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to her oral contribution during the Second Reading of the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill on 22 January 2024,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy, Security and Net Zero, when she will launch a consultation on removing the barriers to selling clean electricity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will take steps to introduce post-installation inspections for ECO4-funded works to ensure that those works are carried out...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make a comparative assessment of (a) the current number of employees and (b) the projected job growth by 2030,within...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's expected timeline is to introduce mandatory food waste reporting for large businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle pre-production plastic pellet, nurdle, pollution in the marine environment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government has plans to take steps to encourage more veterans to work in the defence and aerospace industries.
To ask His Majesty's Government what UK expenditure within Rwanda has been authorised in respect of (1) building the capacity of their asylum system, and (2) amending the UK–Rwanda...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many data breaches have been reported by HM Passport Office's security team since 2020.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many community events have Immigration Enforcement's National Community Engagement Team annually (1) held, and (2) hosted; and what were the annual costs...
To ask His Majesty's Government when the Digital Services at the Border programme will be completed, and what estimate they have made of its total cost.
To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of serving Metropolitan Police Service officers have served for more than five years, and what assessment they have made of the strength of...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many legacy asylum applications are awaiting an initial decision.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to tackle modern slavery.
To ask His Majesty's Government what decision, if any, was made by the Migration Advisory Committee on item 7 of their agenda as referenced in the minutes of their meeting of 14 July 2023; and,...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Home Office's Independent Examiner of Complaints service, and whether the Office of the Independent Examiner of Complaints...
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to Interpol regarding (1) arrest warrants being issued by the Chinese and Hong Kong authorities for Hong Kong...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many unannounced inspections of Life in the UK test centres have taken place each month since November 2022; whether any test centres have been closed since...
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of Ahmadis who will be excluded from voting in the forthcoming Pakistan elections because of their refusal to renounce...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to assist with rebuilding destroyed or damaged areas in Israel/Gaza when the conflict there ends; and what assistance the UK will...
To ask His Majesty's Government what funding and other support is provided to the government of Iraq; and whether any of this is used by the government of Iraq towards the Popular Mobilisation Forces.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the White Paper on International Development published on 20 November 2023 (CP 975), when they expect to publish the FCDO Strategy on Open Societies...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of caste-based discrimination in Nepal; what part of the Overseas Development Assistance is being used to support...
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan on ensuring the availability of thalassaemia treatment and awareness; and what allocations of the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to assist with rebuilding destroyed or damaged areas in Ukraine when the conflict there ends; and what assistance the UK will...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the process for triggering a Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability assessment; who makes that decision; and what is the process for conducting that...
To ask His Majesty's Government what they are doing to support Kenya in its fight against malaria following recent flooding which threatens to derail gains in that fight.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people applied for assistance through NHS Continuing Healthcare in each of the past two financial years.
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to including educational attainment and outcomes within the scope of the Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce.
To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria they use to assess the success of NHS Continuing Healthcare.
To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of the newly established Children and Young People Cancer Task Force, how they will ensure that there is an integrated and coherent strategy between...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to regulate the marketing and advertising of tobacco-free nicotine pouches.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department of Health and Social Care on 9 December 2022 (HCWS433), what...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly that approximately half of London’s recorded childhood asthma...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the closure of over 1,000 pharmacies since 2015; and what assessment they have made of the impact of pharmacy closures in...
To ask His Majesty's Government, in each of the past 12 months for which data are available, how much money was (1) credited to NHS Healthy Start cards, (2) used by entitled beneficiaries within...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to bring forward a strategy for addressing the recent increase in sexually transmitted infections among 15–24 year-olds as called for by...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the increase in sexually transmitted infections among 15–24 year-olds since the end of the COVID-19 lockdown.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Douglas-Miller on 6 February (HL1687), whether there are current negotiations with the EU on the supply of veterinary...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address fly-tipping in rural areas.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Air Pollution and Inequalities in London report published on 30 June 2023 and commissioned by Greater London Authority, which...
To ask His Majesty's Government what funds are available for organisations that aim to reduce air pollution in England.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay on 29 January (HL1664), when they expect to receive applications for the listing of gas lamps...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the long-term survival of Bevis Marks Synagogue at its current site, in the light of its listed status and historical...
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Gaelic Athletic Association with regard to increasing the £15 million intended to contribute towards the redevelopment...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether a matter vetoed under the operation of the Stormont Brake and not subsequently agreed by the UK–EU Joint Committee may be brought to...
To ask His Majesty's Government when all (1) checks, and (2) paperwork, will cease to be required for goods moving via the UK Internal Market Scheme.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to increase funding and resource to the Counter Fraud Profession and counter-fraud function to fight fraud (1) against His Majesty's...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to discuss with the Pensions Regulator how to incorporate into regulator guidance the conclusions of the Financial Markets and Law...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Barnardo's report No crib for a bed: a closer look at bed poverty and the Household Support Fund crisis, published on 5...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest assessment of the development of football for girls in schools and colleges.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Sport England’s latest Active Lives Children and Young People Survey, published in December 2023, which estimated that...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by The Earl of Minto on 7 December 2023 (HL Deb col 1570), what plans they have to regularise the process of cost forecasting among the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their most recent assessment of the expected cost of HS2, and what assessment they have made of whether this represents good value for money.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the work on the section of HS2 from Old Oak Common to Euston can be funded by the private sector without taxpayer...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to mitigate the rising cost of insurance for electric and hybrid vehicles.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to encourage or support merchant nuclear shipping.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Gower on 12 February (HL1997), whether rules similar to Network Rail's code of acceptance for commercial...
To ask His Majesty's Government, following increases to council tax from April this year, what steps they are taking to assess the impact of these increases on households with lower incomes.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their latest estimate of the number of leases that have a lease term of 125 years when first sold.
To ask His Majesty's Government what actions a leaseholder with 99 years left on their lease has to take to take advantage of proposals for a peppercorn rent in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform...
To ask His Majesty's Government how leaseholders wishing to hold a 'right to manage' ballot can acquire the data to communicate with the other leaseholders prior to the ballot being held.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to release the Levelling Up Fund Round 3 allocation ring-fenced for Northern Ireland.
To ask His Majesty's Government what data they hold on physical attendance, for working days from Monday to Friday inclusive, by officials at offices based at the Darlington Economic Campus...
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