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Published: Friday 25 September 2020 Questions for oral answer on a future day (Future Day Orals) Questions for oral answer on a future day as of Friday 25 September 2020. The order of these questions may be varied in the published call lists. [R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared. Questions for Answer on Monday 28 September Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department Sir Roger Gale (North Thanet): What steps her Department is taking to help bring to an end the cross-Channel trafficking of migrants. (906704) Mick Whitley (Birkenhead): What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on tackling online hate speech and extremism. (906705) Robert Largan (High Peak): What steps her Department is taking to protect victims of domestic abuse. (906707) Mark Menzies (Fylde): What steps her Department is taking to increase the number of police officers. (906708) Dr Neil Hudson (Penrith and The Border): What steps her Department is taking to increase police funding. (906709) Henry Smith (Crawley): What steps her Department is taking to stop migrants crossing the English Channel illegally. (906710) Gill Furniss (Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough): What plans she has for refugee resettlement after September 2021. (906711) Andrew Griffith (Arundel and South Downs): What steps her Department is taking to reduce the level of crime committed in rural areas. (906712) Stuart C McDonald (Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East): What her policy is on the resettlement and relocation of refugees and asylum seekers to the UK from (a) Greece and (b) other countries. (906713) 2 Friday 25 September 2020 QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER ON A FUTURE DAY Stella Creasy (Walthamstow): If she will relocate a number of unaccompanied refugee children affected by the recent fire at Moria refugee camp on Lesvos from Greece to the UK. (906714) Shaun Bailey (West Bromwich West): What steps her Department is taking to stop migrants crossing the English Channel illegally. (906715) Dr Ben Spencer (Runnymede and Weybridge): What steps her Department is taking to maintain public order during the covid-19 outbreak. (906716) Huw Merriman (Bexhill and Battle): What steps her Department is taking to protect emergency service workers from assault. (906717) Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk): What her policy is on the provision of asylum accommodation during the covid-19 pandemic. (906718) Lucy Allan (Telford): What steps her Department plans to take to build on the work of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse on grooming gangs. (906719) Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): If she will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on ensuring public understanding of covid-19 lockdown regulations and legislation. (906720) Mark Eastwood (Dewsbury): What steps her Department is taking to stop migrants crossing the English Channel illegally. (906721) Julie Elliott (Sunderland Central): What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on tackling online hate speech and extremism. (906722) Danny Kruger (Devizes): What steps she is taking to increase funding for rural police forces. (906723) Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall): What recent assessment she has made of trends in the time taken by UK Visas and Immigration to process one-year visa extensions for healthcare workers. (906724) Robbie Moore (Keighley): What steps her Department is taking to stop migrants crossing the English Channel illegally. (906725) Mark Pawsey (Rugby): What steps her Department is taking to increase the number of police officers. (906726) Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South): What steps her Department is taking to stop migrants crossing the English Channel illegally. (906728) Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington): What recent progress her Department has made on reducing the time it takes to process passport applications. (906730) Claire Hanna (Belfast South): What recent estimate she has made of the number of asylum applications from asylum seekers living in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement. (906731) Friday 25 September 2020 QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER ON A FUTURE DAY 3 Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South): What recent assessment she has made of trends in the time taken by UK Visas and Immigration to process one-year visa extensions for healthcare workers. (906733) Olivia Blake (Sheffield, Hallam): What steps her Department is taking to protect people seeking asylum from homelessness. (906736) Mike Hill (Hartlepool): What additional funding her Department plans to provide to ensure that police forces have the capacity to enforce localised covid-19 lockdowns in addition to carrying out their other duties. (906738) Kate Osborne (Jarrow): What recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on tackling online hate speech and extremism. (906742) Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an independent inquiry into the policing of the miners' strike in 1984-85. (906757) At 3:15pm Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for the Home Department Richard Burgon (Leeds East): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. (906674) Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford): (906675) Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): (906676) David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): (906677) Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): (906678) Fiona Bruce (Congleton): (906679) James Sunderland (Bracknell): (906680) Andrew Griffith (Arundel and South Downs): (906681) Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): (906682) Suzanne Webb (Stourbridge): (906683) Kate Osamor (Edmonton): (906684) Dame Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham): (906685) Scott Mann (North Cornwall): (906687) Dr Rupa Huq (Ealing Central and Acton): (906689) 4 Friday 25 September 2020 QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER ON A FUTURE DAY Questions for Answer on Tuesday 29 September Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Grahame Morris (Easington): Whether he plans to prioritise the development and uptake of human-relevant new approach methodologies in the forthcoming UK research and development roadmap. (906764) Craig Williams (Montgomeryshire): What steps his Department is taking to support businesses during the covid-19 outbreak. (906765) David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale): What steps his Department is taking to support the Department for International Trade in removing tariffs on Scotch malt whisky. (906766) Neil Parish (Tiverton and Honiton): What steps his Department is taking to help businesses reduce emissions. (906767) Miriam Cates (Penistone and Stocksbridge): What steps his Department is taking to support manufacturing. (906768) Sally-Ann Hart (Hastings and Rye): What steps his Department is taking to support the marine energy sector. (906769) Joy Morrissey (Beaconsfield): What steps his Department is taking to support an environmentally sustainable economic recovery in the automotive sector. (906770) Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields): What recent discussions he has had with representatives from those business sectors most affected by the covid-19 outbreak. (906771) Neale Hanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath): What recent discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the Scottish Government on the economic effect on businesses of the UK Internal Market Bill. (906772) Paula Barker (Liverpool, Wavertree): What steps he is taking to support (a) the Mersey tidal project and (b) other new jobs and environmentally sustainable energy production on Merseyside. (906773) Jessica Morden (Newport East): What steps his Department is taking to ensure that employers do not use unfair and discriminatory practices when selecting people for redundancy. (906774) Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): What assessment he has made of the potential effect on employment levels of closing the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. (906775) Mike Hill (Hartlepool): What recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of locations in the UK for (a) small and (b) advanced nuclear reactors. [R] (906778) Friday 25 September 2020 QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER ON A FUTURE DAY 5 Sarah Champion (Rotherham): What recent discussions he has had with manufacturers on the effect on jobs of the covid-19 outbreak. (906779) Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the use of state aid by the Government. (906780) Ellie Reeves (Lewisham West and Penge): What recent discussions he has had with representatives from those business sectors most affected by the covid-19 outbreak. (906782) Anthony Mangnall (Totnes): What support his Department is providing for high- tech industry. (906783) Greg Smith (Buckingham): What steps his Department is taking to support manufacturing. (906784) Simon Baynes (Clwyd South): What steps his Department is taking to support manufacturing. (906785) Virginia Crosbie (Ynys Môn): What recent assessment he has made of the role of nuclear power in decarbonising the UK economy. (906786) Dr James Davies (Vale of Clwyd): What steps his Department is taking to support businesses during the covid-19 outbreak. (906787) Jeff Smith (Manchester, Withington): What recent discussions he has had with representatives from those business sectors most affected by the covid-19 outbreak. (906788) Karl McCartney (Lincoln): What steps his Department is taking to support an environmentally sustainable economic recovery
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