Written questions, answers and statements

Written questions allow MPs and Members of the House of Lords to ask government ministers for information on the work, policy and activities of government departments. Government Ministers may make oral or written statements to Parliament. Written statements are normally used to put the day-to-day business of government on the official record and in the public domain.

All oral statements and any written content from before 2014 can be found in Hansard.

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Commons written questions and answers

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The most recent four written questions in the House of Commons

Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Abortion
Nick Fletcher
Conservative, Don Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include consultation on reducing the general time limit for surgical abortions in his Department's upcoming consultation on at-home use for both stages of early medical abortion...

Asked 23 September 2020
Answered 28 September 2020
By Helen Whately (Conservative, Faversham and Mid Kent)
94589
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Disability
Abena Oppong-Asare
Labour, Erith and Thamesmead

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with disabled people on the effect of the suspension of the Care Act 2014 in the Coronavirus Act 2020 on access to social care.

Asked 23 September 2020
Answered 28 September 2020
By Helen Whately (Conservative, Faversham and Mid Kent)
94584
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
Munira Wilson
Liberal Democrat, Twickenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by which month all NHS trusts in England will have a supply of 90-minute covid-19 tests.

Asked 23 September 2020
Answered 28 September 2020
By Helen Whately (Conservative, Faversham and Mid Kent)
94565
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Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
Munira Wilson
Liberal Democrat, Twickenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timescale is for rolling out the 90-minute covid-19 tests across all NHS hospital trusts.

Asked 23 September 2020
Answered 28 September 2020
By Helen Whately (Conservative, Faversham and Mid Kent)
94564
Named day
Answered
Commons

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Question for Department for International Trade
Trade Agreements: Pacific Rim Nations
Lord Myners
Crossbench, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to apply to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.

Asked 14 September 2020
Answered 28 September 2020
By Lord Grimstone of Boscobel (Conservative, Life peer)
HL8081
Answered
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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Nature Conservation
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have (1) to prevent species extinction, and (2) to work with other nations and international organisations to implement worldwide measures to protect species at risk of extinction.

Asked 14 September 2020
Answered 28 September 2020
By Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative, Life peer)
HL8062
Answered
Lords
Question for Cabinet Office
Customs
Baroness Randerson
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the effectiveness, and (2) the impact, of the Border Operating Model in helping the logistics sector to understand the requirements of new procedures.

Asked 18 September 2020
Answered 28 September 2020
By Lord True (Conservative, Life peer)
HL8295
Answered
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Question for Cabinet Office
Freight: Roads
Baroness Randerson
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the state of preparedness of the Smart Freight Service; and when they expect to be in a position to start testing the system.

Asked 14 September 2020
Answered 28 September 2020
By Lord True (Conservative, Life peer)
HL8082
Answered
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The most recent four written statements in the House of Commons

Cabinet Office
Government response to Electoral Commission and Association of Electoral Administrators reports
Chloe Smith
Minister of State for the Constitution and Devolution
Conservative, Norwich North
Statement made 28 September 2020
HCWS472
Commons
Treasury
Contingencies Fund Advance
Jesse Norman
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Conservative, Hereford and South Herefordshire
Statement made 28 September 2020
HCWS471
Commons
Department of Health and Social Care
Covid-19 update
Matt Hancock
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Conservative, West Suffolk
Statement made 25 September 2020
HCWS470
Commons
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness Update
Kelly Tolhurst
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for rough sleeping and housing
Conservative, Rochester and Strood
Statement made 25 September 2020
HCWS469
Commons

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Treasury
Contingencies Fund Advance
Lord Agnew of Oulton
Minister of State
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 28 September 2020
HLWS467
Lords
Cabinet Office
Government response to Electoral Commission and Association of Electoral Administrators reports
Lord True
Minister of State
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 28 September 2020
HLWS466
Lords
Department of Health and Social Care
Covid-19 update
Lord Bethell
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Innovation)
Conservative, Excepted Hereditary
Statement made 25 September 2020
HLWS465
Lords
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness Update
Lord Greenhalgh
Minister of State for Building Safety and Communities
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 25 September 2020
HLWS464
Lords

Commons daily reports

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28 September 2020
PDF (15.13 MB)
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25 September 2020
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24 September 2020
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23 September 2020
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28 September 2020
PDF (317.61 KB)
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25 September 2020
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24 September 2020
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23 September 2020
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