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Question for Home Office
Immigration: Applications
Alison Thewliss
Scottish National Party, Glasgow Central

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allowed (a) entry clearance and (b) in-country appeal decisions are awaiting implementation as of 29 November 2023.

Asked 29 November 2023
Answered 4 December 2023
By Robert Jenrick (Conservative, Newark)
4458
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Historic Buildings: Havering
Andrew Rosindell
Conservative, Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide additional funding for the remediation of buildings on the Historic England Heritage at Risk Register in the London Borough of Havering.

Asked 24 November 2023
Answered 4 December 2023
By Sir John Whittingdale (Conservative, Maldon)
3616
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
Luke Pollard
Labour, Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November to Question 75786 on Armed Forces: Housing, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of service personnel occupying each grade of single living accommodation, i...

Asked 28 November 2023
Answered 4 December 2023
By Dr Andrew Murrison (Conservative, South West Wiltshire)
4254
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
Luke Pollard
Labour, Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2022 to Question 78640 on Armed Forces: Housing, what estimate his Department has made of the number of service personnel living in single living accommodation in each year si...

Asked 28 November 2023
Answered 4 December 2023
By Dr Andrew Murrison (Conservative, South West Wiltshire)
4253
Named day
Answered
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Question for Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Technology: Equality
Lord Watson of Invergowrie
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, in conjunction with employers, to increase diversity within the UK technology sector.

Asked 20 November 2023
Answered 4 December 2023
By Viscount Camrose (Conservative, Excepted Hereditary)
HL442
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Nutrition and Poverty: Children
The Lord Bishop of St Albans
Bishops, Bishops

To ask His Majesty's Government, following a survey by the School and Public Health Nurses Association and the British Dental Association in June which showed that 65 per cent of health practitioners reported that children’s health had got worse over the ...

Asked 27 November 2023
Answered 4 December 2023
By Lord Markham (Conservative, Life peer)
HL630
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
NHS England: Databases
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government for what reason the accessible version of the easy read PDF about NHS England’s Federated Data Platform says "No" in answer to the question "Can patients opt out of their data being shared in the FDP?", after the main "Freq...

Asked 22 November 2023
Answered 4 December 2023
By Lord Markham (Conservative, Life peer)
HL519
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
NHS England: Databases
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government why the answer to the "Frequently Asked Question" on the NHS England website about NHS England’s Federated Data Platform "Can patients opt out of sharing their data with the Federated Data Platform?" was changed at some poi...

Asked 22 November 2023
Answered 4 December 2023
By Lord Markham (Conservative, Life peer)
HL518
Answered
Lords

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Ministry of Defence
Update on the AUKUS Defence Partnership
Grant Shapps
Secretary of State for Defence
Conservative, Welwyn Hatfield
Statement made 4 December 2023
HCWS89
Commons
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
EU programmes update
Michelle Donelan
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
Conservative, Chippenham
Statement made 4 December 2023
HCWS88
Commons
Ministry of Defence
Defence Equipment Plan
Grant Shapps
Secretary of State for Defence
Conservative, Welwyn Hatfield
Statement made 4 December 2023
HCWS87
Commons
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Public Interest Intervention Notice - Telegraph Media Group
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Conservative, South East Cambridgeshire
Statement made 4 December 2023
HCWS86
Commons

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Ministry of Defence
Update on the AUKUS Defence Partnership
The Earl of Minto
Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
Conservative, Excepted Hereditary
Statement made 4 December 2023
HLWS86
Lords
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
EU programmes update
Viscount Camrose
Minister for AI and Intellectual Property
Conservative, Excepted Hereditary
Statement made 4 December 2023
HLWS85
Lords
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Sport Update
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Minister for Arts and Heritage
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 4 December 2023
HLWS84
Lords
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Public Interest Intervention Notice - Telegraph Media Group
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Minister for Arts and Heritage
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 4 December 2023
HLWS83
Lords

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4 December 2023
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House of Commons written answers and statements
1 December 2023
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30 November 2023
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29 November 2023
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4 December 2023
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House of Lords written answers and statements
30 November 2023
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House of Lords written answers and statements
29 November 2023
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House of Lords written answers and statements
28 November 2023
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