Gwener, 9 Chwefror 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish a summary of the outcome of the consultation entitled Changes to the rules on bringing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the average daily number of documentary checks that will be undertaken at Sevington Border...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of pesticide regulation by the (a) Health and Safety Executive and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) documentary checks on, (b) physical checks on, (c) foreign supplier verification checks on and (d) rejections...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Border Target Operating Model on biosecurity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department’s transparency data Spending over £500 with an electronic purchasing card...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish the National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the guidance issued by his Department entitled Import live animals and germinal products from the EU to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the welfare of animals exported live from the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward revised Animal Welfare (Electronic Collars) England Regulations 2023; and for what reason...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the neutering deadline for XL bully dogs which are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of consignments which will be subjected to the Border Target Operation Model...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) annual lease, (b) daily operating costs, (c) fitting out, (d) security...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the maximum number of physical checks is that can be undertaken in a 24-hour period at Dover SPS Border Control Post.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the budget is to (a) retro-fix the site of, (b) bring to operational (i) standards and (ii) capacity and (c) complete...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the maximum number of physical checks that can be undertaken at the Sevington Products of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many port health staff (a) will be required at Sevington inland border facility and (b) are employed by Ashford Border...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of port health staff at Ashford Border Control are completing sanitary and phytosanitary checks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the operating hours each (a) day and (b) week for the products of animal origin border control point in the Sevington...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent euthanisation of healthy dogs in (a) Dewsbury constituency and (b) the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of disposable vapes on (a) rivers, (b) oceans and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times each water company breached their storm overflow permits in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which members of His Majesty's Government will attend COP16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his priorities for COP16 are.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish a list of areas which lack (a) local authority resources and (b) private sector contributions to manage...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to pause utility prices for water companies that discharge pollutants into waterways.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, will the Responsible Dog Ownership working group continue beyond the forthcoming publication of it’s findings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his animal welfare policies of the use of snares.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been provided by Darwin Plus by country in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of 'Not for EU' labelling requirements on small and medium-sized food...
To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the Code for Crown Prosecutors, how many and what proportion of joint enterprise (a) homicide, and (b) attempted homicide charges in the Crown...
To ask the Attorney General, in how many and what proportion of the joint enterprise (a) homicide and (b) attempted homicide cases in the Crown Prosecution Service Joint Enterprise Pilot 2023 was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time spent on remand was in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Oral Statement of 16 October 2023 on Prison Capacity, Official Report, columns 59-60, when he plans to lay the annual statement of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Oral Statement of 16 October 2023 on Prison Capacity, Official Report, columns 59-60, what steps has he taken to acquire new land...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to encourage newly released prisoners into employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of staff working in prisons in England and Wales are not British nationals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of average processing times for claims made to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the accessibility of the UK Visa and Immigration portal for social care workers visas.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department provides social care providers on using the social staff visa application portal.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of attempts to log into the UK Visas and Immigration portal failed in each of the past six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help social care providers to (a) apply for a sponsorship license for social care staff and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing an asylum right to work pilot on asylum seekers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who arrived on small boats were on bail on 1 February 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on the number of local authorities that maintain offices in the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was allocated to local councils in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) public authority and (b) hospital staff are aware of their duty to refer people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to roll out Housing First to areas beyond the existing pilots.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to prevent insurers (a) refusing to quote on building insurance cover and (b) charging...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the number of underage people that use (a) gambling apps and (b) online gambling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made an estimate of the future energy surplus the Scottish Highlands will produce per capita by 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to encourage communities to support renewable energy network connection infrastructure in their localities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will review the Levelised Cost of Electricity to take account of the (a) full cost of energy and (b) energy return on energy...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help improve healthcare provision on Montserrat.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he plans to visit Montserrat.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the Chinese...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the use of Western Sahara's natural resources by the...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on development in the Maghreb of the breakdown of the ceasefire in...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what the cost to the public purse of his Department's Envoy for the UK-African Investment Summit 2024 visit to (a)...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2024 to Question 7540 on Gaza: Humanitarian Aid and the Answer of 26 January 2024...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will publish details of the discussions between the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made on the implications for his policies of the press release of the Office of the High...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the press release entitled PM to call for era of action at COP28 climate summit, published on 1...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent steps his Department is taking to increase the effectiveness of its aid programmes in the context of the...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the Oral Statement of the Minister of State of 29 January 2024, on Israel and the Occupied...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made with international counterparts of the extent to which foreign states were involved in the...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help secure the release of Israeli hostages.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has received legal advice on the implications for his Department's policies of the International Court of...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the memorandum from the Action Committee Condemning...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, for what reason the UK-African Investment Summit has been postponed.
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2023 to Question 1078 on Rwanda: Human Rights, what assessment he has made of the...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve the effectiveness of UK aid programmes in (a) reducing poverty,...
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has made an estimate of the number of people at risk of death from (a) hunger and (b) drought in the Tigray...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2024 to Question 11541 on Children in Care, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the higher proportion...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help support small employers with increases in the national minimum wage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much and what proportion of apprenticeship levy funds her Department has spent on training in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether any refurbishments have been made to ministerial offices in her Department in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many ministerial red boxes belonging to her Department have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last three years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including representatives of the police on the Illicit Tobacco Taskforce.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to lift the freeze on personal tax allowance.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much revenue the Government has raised through tackling tax avoidance, evasion and non-compliance since 2010.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much tax revenue is accrued from VAT on public charge points.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to reduce the Share Incentive Plan holding period.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that the Horizon compensation scheme is tax free.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated tax receipts will be from (a) North Sea oil and (b) North Sea oil landed via the Forties pipeline on an annual basis from 2024 to 2030.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of reducing VAT for the hospitality industry.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many disguised employment enforcement actions have been taken by HMRC against hairdressing salons in the last 12 months.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the consumer price index rate for alcoholic drinks.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will raise duty on (a) tobacco products, (b) vapes and (c) alcohol in the forthcoming Budget.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of changes to alcohol duty implemented in August 2023 on tax receipts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric vehicle charge-points have been installed as part of the Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grant as of 5 February 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) annual operational budget and (b) full-time equivalent staffing is for the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions as at 5 February 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to support (a) training and (b) employment for UK-resident seafarers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2024 to Question 12083 on Fishing Vessels: Surveillance, what the cost was of aviation undertaken by (a) Maritime...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to help reduce hedgehog casualties on roads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish the response on the consultation on Pavement parking: options for change.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of progress on the implementation of the [a] headlamp aiming criteria and [b] requirements for mandatory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the trial of longer semi-trailers (LSTs) will end; how soon guidance on post trial operation for hauliers will be amended; and what timescale...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q111 of the oral evidence given by David Williams to the Public Accounts Committee on 22 January 2024, HC 451, how many Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page six of the Defence Suppliers' Forum publication entitled Collaboration Charter, published on 22 November 2023, following which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2024 to Question 10992 on Haythornthwaite Review of Armed Forces Incentivisation, if he will detail how the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Israeli armed forces personnel are in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the planned delivery dates are for (a) HMS Sheffield, (b) HMS Newcastle, (c) HMS Edinburgh and (d) HMS London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the readiness of the UK Carrier Strike Group; and what steps he has taken to improve that readiness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has taken steps to help increase the lethality of Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the operational future of the (a) HMS Prince of Wales and (b) HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on the import of bearskin from Canada for use as hats.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) original and (b) current in service date is for the New Medium Helicopter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Royal Navy’s press release of 9 January 2024, entitled HMS Richmond heads to Gulf to support Diamond and Lancaster safeguard...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q123 of the oral evidence by David Williams to the Committee of Public Accounts on 22 January 2024, HC 451, what the length is of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q122 of the oral evidence by David Williams to the Committee of Public Accounts on 22 January 2024, HC 451, what support senior...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q116 of the oral evidence by Andy Start to the Committee of Public Accounts on 22 January 2024, HC 451, what recent discussions he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q116 of the oral evidence by Andy Start to the Committee of Public Accounts on 22 January 2024, HC 451, what the budget for Project...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q111 of the oral evidence given by David Williams to the Public Accounts Committee on 22 January 2024, HC 451, what the programme of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 8.5 on page 6 of the Defence Suppliers' Forum publication entitled Collaboration Charter, published on 22 November 2023,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 8.3 on page 6 of the Defence Suppliers' Forum publication entitled Collaboration Charter, published on 22 November 2023, how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 7.5 of the Defence Suppliers' Forum publication entitled Collaboration Charter, published on 22 November 2023, whether data...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 7.4 of the Defence Suppliers' Forum publication entitled Collaboration Charter, published on 22 November 2023, what recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 7.3 of the Defence Suppliers' Forum publication entitled Collaboration Charter, published on 22 November 2023, what bespoke...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy o the ability of the UK to field a wholly sovereign Carrier Strike Group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were rejected from joining the Armed Forces due to asthma in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many aerial threats has HMS Diamond shot down since arriving in the Red Sea.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help increase the number of potential employees with sufficient (a) software and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his planned timetable is to respond to his Department's consultation entitled Child Maintenance: Accelerating Enforcement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) shortest, (b) median and (c) longest waiting times for a child maintenance service liability order were in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with local authorities on continuation of the Household Support Fund in 2024-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff worked in sexual health services in (a) 2017 and (b) 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress she has made with (a) regulatory, (b) research and (c) NHS partners on establishing clinical trials to test the (i) safety...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the safety of Philips CPAP machines in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the availability of genomic testing.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what value of goods was (a) imported from and (b) exported to the Kingdom of Morocco in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022 and (iii) 2023.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which civil service training programmes include the spotting of microaggressions.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Callanan on 28 November 2023 when he stated that "we are reviewing our membership ... I am sure that we will want to act as...
To ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers on 24 January by Lord Markham (HL1769 and HL1770), how much the Department of Health and Social Care pays per pallet per week...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that food consumption campaigns, such as “Drinka Pinta Milka Day”, have had on introducing children to...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Markham on 25 January (HL Deb col 845) when he stated that a levy on the profits of the tobacco industry would result in a net...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the correlation between the deprivation and availability of fracture liaison services.
To ask His Majesty's Government when the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's plans to report on the impact of changes to the health technology evaluation manual introduced in 2022.
To ask His Majesty's Government when NHS England will start publishing quarterly activity updates on expenditure and patient notifications for the Innovative Medicines Fund.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the breakdown of utilisation of the Innovative Medicines Fund for (1) interim funding for medicines recommended by the National Institute for Health...
To ask His Majesty's Government how the policy of not collecting data on complications, via Abortion Notification System and Hospital Episode Statistics, arising from at home medical abortions...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 30 January (HL1523), what assessment they have made of the impact of the fact that analysis of abortion...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to set up an expert steering group on fracture liaison services.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of changes to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's Methods and Process on patients with...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 8 January (HL1364), how many GPs adopted those medical record markers since (1) the guidance on firearm...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Ofsted Annual Report 2022/23: education, children’s services and skills, published on 23 November 2023, what plans they have to...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Ofsted Annual Report 2022/23: education, children’s services and skills, published on 23 November 2023, what plans they have to...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking through their Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria (SPRiNG) programme to address attacks on Christians in that country,...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports by the Mekelle branch of the Ethiopian Ombudsman Institution on 24 January that in five camps of...
To ask His Majesty's Government, following reports from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs that there have been almost 10,000 suspected cases of cholera in Sudan as of 20...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the remarks by UN Relief Coordinator on 19 January that the drought in northern Ethiopia requires "more funds and an urgent...
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of public monies paid to Marie Stopes International to subsidise abortions carried out in (1) Kenya, and (2) each of the other...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to ensure that Northern Ireland operates under the same animal welfare standards as the rest of the UK during transport.
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Welsh Government with regard to the transfer of additional quantities of water from the reservoirs in Wales, or from rivers...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Douglas-Miller on 3 January (HL1212), how many times in each of the past five years the Environment Agency has (1)...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many homes (including their gardens) built in the past (1) 5, (2) 10, and (3) 25, years have been subject to weather-related flooding on one or more occasions.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether, in the light of current cost increases, they intend to review the business case for HS2.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to modify the Barnett formula for financial year 2024–25 and subsequent financial years, to reflect the changing needs of (1)...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the ability of the Royal Marines to fulfil their duties, given their current level of equipment and personnel.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to support small firms struggling financially as a result of adverse economic conditions.
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