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The most recent four written questions in the House of Commons

Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chad: Press Freedom
Ms Lyn Brown
Labour, West Ham

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the authorities in Chad to investigate the alleged assault of journalist Aristide Djimaldé by police officers in that country; and what ste...

Asked 20 September 2022
Answered 29 September 2022
By Gillian Keegan (Conservative, Chichester)
51575
Answered
Commons
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Rwanda: Human Rights
Ms Lyn Brown
Labour, West Ham

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Rwandan government on (a) freedom of the press, (b) freedom of expression and (c) the right to a fair trial; and what assessment h...

Asked 20 September 2022
Answered 29 September 2022
By Gillian Keegan (Conservative, Chichester)
51574
Answered
Commons
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Sierra Leone: Press Freedom
Ms Lyn Brown
Labour, West Ham

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the degree of freedom from interference and harassment experienced by journalists and media outlets in Sierra Leone.

Asked 20 September 2022
Answered 29 September 2022
By Gillian Keegan (Conservative, Chichester)
51576
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Allergies: Health Services
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party, Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure patients with multiple allergies such as asthma and eczema have access to a multidisciplinary team who can consider the best care for the patient acros...

Asked 21 September 2022
Answered 29 September 2022
By Neil O'Brien (Conservative, Harborough)
53403
Answered
Commons

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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pakistan: Floods
The Earl of Sandwich
Crossbench, Excepted Hereditary

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will (1) carry out, and (2) publish, an assessment of the causes of the floods in (a) Pakistan, and (b) elsewhere on the India sub-continent, to assist them in their longer term response.

Asked 8 September 2022
Answered 28 September 2022
By Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative, Life peer)
HL2306
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Embassies
The Lord Bishop of Southwark
Bishops, Bishops

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to move the British Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Asked 6 September 2022
Answered 28 September 2022
By Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative, Life peer)
HL2252
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Yemen: Development Aid
The Lord Bishop of St Albans
Bishops, Bishops

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much UK overseas aid they provided to Yemen in (1) 2017, (2) 2018, (3) 2019, (4) 2020, and (5) 2021.

Asked 6 September 2022
Answered 28 September 2022
By Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative, Life peer)
HL2249
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pakistan: Floods
Lord Taylor of Warwick
Non-affiliated, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide support to Pakistan during the recent floods.

Asked 6 September 2022
Answered 28 September 2022
By Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Conservative, Life peer)
HL2257
Answered
Lords

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Prime Minister
Cabinet Committees
Elizabeth Truss
Prime Minister
Conservative, South West Norfolk
Statement made 23 September 2022
HCWS305
Commons
Department for International Trade
Trade Negotiations Update
Kemi Badenoch
Secretary of State For International Trade
Conservative, Saffron Walden
Statement made 23 September 2022
HCWS304
Commons
Treasury
Tax exemptions for compensation payments paid by the Post Office for Overturned Historical Convictions
Richard Fuller
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury
Conservative, North East Bedfordshire
Statement made 23 September 2022
HCWS303
Commons
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
UN General Assembly update
James Cleverly
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Conservative, Braintree
Statement made 23 September 2022
HCWS302
Commons

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Leader of the House of Lords
Cabinet Committees
Lord True
Lord Privy Seal
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 27 September 2022
HLWS298
Lords
Department for International Trade
Trade Negotiations Update
Viscount Younger of Leckie
Government Whip
Conservative, Excepted Hereditary
Statement made 23 September 2022
HLWS297
Lords
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility)
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 22 September 2022
HLWS296
Lords
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UK’s Updated 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility)
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 22 September 2022
HLWS295
Lords

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House of Commons written answers and statements
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23 September 2022
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22 September 2022
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21 September 2022
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20 September 2022
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8 September 2022
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6 September 2022
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5 September 2022
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21 July 2022
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