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Questions Tabled on Wed 12 Feb 2020 Published: Thursday 13 February 2020 Questions tabled on Wednesday 12 February 2020 Includes questions tabled on earlier days which have been transferred. T Indicates a topical oral question. Members are selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question. † Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled. N Indicates a question for written answer on a named day under S.O. No. 22(4). [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. Questions for Answer on Thursday 13 February Questions for Written Answer 1 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) men and (b) women were victims of homicide in the latest year for which information is available. [Transferred] (520) 2 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) men and (b) women were killed by their (i) male and (ii) female current or ex-partner in the latest year for which information is available. [Transferred] (521) 3 Mr Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of whether vaping shops are fulfilling their legal requirements to verify age and not sell to children. [Transferred] (765) 4 Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration health surcharges have been paid by overseas (a) doctors and (b) nurses. [Transferred] (582) 5 Andrew Rosindell (Romford): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drug-related crimes were reported in Havering in each year since 2010. [Transferred] (482) 6 N Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Local Government Association on the adequacy of funding allocated by local authorities for the provision of youth services. (1224) 2 Published: Thursday 13 February 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON WEDNESDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2020 7 N Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the proposed long-term review of the business rates model of taxation. [Transferred] (14685) Questions for Answer on Monday 24 February Questions for Written Answer 1 N Steve Reed (Croydon North): To ask the Attorney General, how many prosecutions there have been under the Modern Slavery Act since 2015 for cases involving child victims. [Transferred] (757) 2 N Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to encourage civil society dialogue as set out in paragraph 125 of the Political Declaration agreed with the EU. (1166) 3 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how the patient-side participants in meetings on resolving the contaminated blood scandal have been selected. (1310) 4 Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the (a) agendas and (b) minutes of the meetings with patient-side participants on the contaminated blood scandal. (1311) 5 Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether it remains Government policy for new regulations to be subject to the one-in-two- out rule. (1227) 6 N Preet Kaur Gill (Birmingham, Edgbaston): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what RAG rating the Infrastructure and Projects Authority has given to delivery confidence for the 2021 Census. (1317) 7 Mr Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the correlation between the level of (a) turnout at elections and (b) detection of electoral fraud. (1338) 8 Dr Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the Government’s priorities are for dementia research. (1292) 9 Alex Chalk (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to review the compatibility of sections 41 and 42 of the Infrastructure Act 2015 with the Government’s target to meet net zero emissions by 2050. (1393) Published: Thursday 13 February 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON WEDNESDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2020 3 10 Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many Crown post offices have (a) operated and (b) closed in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland and (iv) England in each of the last five years. (1247) 11 N Mr Laurence Robertson (Tewkesbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of capacity of the UK manufacturing sector to produce electric heavy goods vehicles. (1159) 12 N Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment she has made of the viability of kaolinite-rich clay mining in Wales. (1328) 13 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether she is taking steps to discourage fossil fuel extraction in the north of England; and if she will make a statement. (1364) 14 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether she has plans in place to offset the carbon emissions resulting from the extraction of coal in the event that Woodhouse colliery in Cumbria reopens. (1365) 15 Alex Sobel (Leeds North West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on the environment of reopening Woodhouse colliery in Cumbria. (1366) 16 N Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department has allocated to to UK Anti-Doping in each of the last three years. (1343) 17 N Tracy Brabin (Batley and Spen): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of UK anti-doping procedures in preventing athletes who have failed drug tests from partaking in combat sports. (1347) 18 Chris Elmore (Ogmore): To ask the Minister of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Shared Rural Network, what proportion of the UK will have geographic coverage from all four operators by 2025. (1384) 19 Darren Jones (Bristol North West): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make the proposed Online Harms Bill subject to pre-legislative scrutiny. (1376) 20 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many organisations in (a) York and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber have received funding from Arts Council England in each year since 2015-16. (1323) 4 Published: Thursday 13 February 2020 QUESTIONS TABLED ON WEDNESDAY 12 FEBRUARY 2020 21 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding was awarded to organisations in (a) York and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber from Arts Council England in each year since 2015-16. (1324) 22 Rachael Maskell (York Central): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding was awarded to the Royal Opera House from Arts Council England in each year since 2015-16. (1325) 23 N Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether he holds information on how much and what proportion of the BBC licence fee was spent in the last year on multiple letters to households suspected of requiring a licence. (1160) 24 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to bring forward legislation to hold to account the management of social media companies that do not take reasonable steps to identify and respond to child abuse on their platforms. (1385) 25 Tulip Siddiq (Hampstead and Kilburn): To ask the Minister of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the dangers of advertising cosmetic procedures on social media. (1386) 26 N Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the research commissioned by Government from the Early Intervention Foundation on effective local practice with regard to supporting families. (1260) 27 Mr Kevan Jones (North Durham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make levels of maternity pay under the Burgundy Book scheme available for teachers working in all types of schools. (1177) 28 Ben Lake (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with (a) the National Union of Students, (b) Universities UK, (c) University and College Union, (d) Unison and (e) Unite on university use of non- disclosure agreements. (1330) 29 N Ben Lake (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with (a) vice-chancellors and (b) student union presidents of universities that have been using non-disclosure agreements. (1333) 30 N Ben Lake (Ceredigion): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of use of non-disclosure agreements by universities. (1336) 31 Dr Dan Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding his Department has allocated to schools in Suffolk in each year since 2009-10.
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