Written answers

Tuesday, 13 August 2024

  • Department of Health and Social Care

    • NHS: Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to accelerate the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan targets to recruit more NHS staff.

  • Cabinet Office

    • Fraud: Politics and Government

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals that create a criminal offence of...

  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

    • China: National Security

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they consider the government of China a strategic (1) threat, or (2) challenge, to the UK.

    • Cayman Islands: Nature Conservation

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the changes proposed by the Cayman Islands government to the National Conservation Law and their implications for standards of...

      British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty

      To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Mauritius about the sovereignty of the British Indian Ocean Territory; and what is their policy on the...

  • Department for Business and Trade

    • Business: Environment Protection and Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for a public consultation on the need to introduce legislation to prevent corporate human rights and environmental harms and to ensure...

    • Business: Sustainable Development

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the EU’s Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence, and whether they plan to introduce a comparable law in...

      Trade Agreements: Gulf States and India

      To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to outline the key objectives for the UK in the trade agreements with the Gulf Cooperation Council and India in light of the upcoming...

      Business: Human Rights

      To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to convene a cross-department unit on business and human rights.

      Imports: Germany

      To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the recent increase in German exports to the UK on (1) businesses, and (2) consumers.

      UK Trade with EU: Exports

      To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of potential unilateral recognition of EU standards to enable UK producers to satisfy EU requirements whilst continuing to sell the same...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Government Departments: Remote Working

      To ask His Majesty's Government what are the most recent headquarters occupancy data for each Government department across each week in the last month for which figures are available.

    • Customs and Import Controls

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for (1) the Border Target Operating Model, and (2) the Single Trade Window.

      Prime Minister: Furniture

      To ask His Majesty's Government what changes have been made to the Downing Street podium since the general election, and whether a new podium has been or will be procured.

      Procurement Act 2023

      To ask His Majesty's Government when they anticipate the Procurement Act 2023 will fully come into effect; and what steps they are taking to encourage buying from small and medium-sized British...

      Public Service: Conduct

      To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 25 July (HC Deb col 797), what consideration they give to past breaches on security...

  • Department for Education

    • Unit for Future Skills

      To ask His Majesty's Government what was the cost of the Unit for Future Skills within the Department for Education in the financial year 2022–23.

  • The Senior Deputy Speaker

    • Peers

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 29 July (HL122), how many non-affiliated members of the House who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 were members at...

    • Peers

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 29 July (HL122), how many Liberal Democrat members of the House who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 were members at...

      Peers

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 29 July (HL122), how many Crossbench members of the House who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 were members at the...

      Peers

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 29 July (HL122), how many Conservative members of the House who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 were members at the...

      Peers

      To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his Written Answer on 29 July (HL122), how many Labour members of the House who will not reach the age of 80 by 1 June 2029 were members at the start...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Guided Weapons

      To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to develop the UK’s global leadership on hypersonic missiles and other hypersonic technologies; and what progress they have made in the...

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