Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask His Majesty's Government what independent investigatory route exists for families affected by antepartum stillbirth or stillbirth before 37 weeks' gestation other than a Perinatal Mortality Review Tool review conducted by the Trust involved in care
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the UK National Screening Committee has assessed the ethical implications of requiring randomised controlled trial evidence in relation to screening for vasa praevia.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment the UK National Screening Committee has made of international approaches to antenatal screening for vasa praevia.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many members of the Independent Monitoring Boards have been removed from their role following a criminal conviction in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the accuracy of the statistics published by Wildlife and Countryside Link showing the unintentional killing of (a) seals, (b) dolphins and (c
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which techniques used by fishermen in UK waters are assessed by her Department to pose the most risk of inflicting bycatch losses; and what measures she will put in place to minimise s
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the legal requirement for fishermen to report marine mammal bycatch to the Marine Management Organisation is being fulfilled; and wh
To ask His Majesty's Government how many members of the Independent Monitoring Boards have been removed from their role following a security vetting failure or a breach of any codes of conduct in each of the last ten years; and how many are currently susp
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing an Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme for fishing gear.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure adequate funding is made available for local initiatives which support the responsible disposal and recycling of discarded fishing gear.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with a) port and harbour authorities, b) fishers, and c) producers on free disposal facilities for end-of-life fishing gear waste in ports and h
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with a) international environmental governance bodies, including the United Nations Environment Programme, and b) other countries on regulating
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how her Department is advocating for strengthened international regulation of persistent pollutants, including PFAS chemicals and microplastics, on the international stage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department plans to update the UK’s water quality monitoring frameworks to ensure that persistent pollutants, including PFAS chemicals and microplastics, are monitored across al
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has hired external public relations consultants since July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were detained for attempting to enter Northern Ireland from the Republic of Ireland illegally in each of the past five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to support people with multiple sclerosis to access high quality care and treatment in Lincolnshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure vulnerable patients are not excluded from plans to introduce digital screening at hospitals.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Lloyd of Effra on 18 March (HLWS1419), what progress they have made towards establishing a working group on independent and smaller creative organisations to explore whether the
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve integration between NHS services and social care provision in Lincolnshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department is providing for post-16 education providers in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of energy efficiency schemes in reducing fuel poverty in (a) South Holland and the Deepings constituency and (b) Lincolnshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure people with disabilities are not excluded from the move to digital triage in hospitals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of artificial intelligence chatbots in place of receptionists for GP surgeries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has hired external public relations consultants since July 2024.