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Question for Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Affordable Housing: Private Rented Housing
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Affordable Homes Programme on the buy-to-let sector.

Asked 8 November 2021
Answered 16 November 2021
By Christopher Pincher (Conservative, Tamworth)
71277
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Nurses
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to double the number of cancer nurse specialists by 2030.

Asked 9 November 2021
Answered 15 November 2021
By Maria Caulfield (Conservative, Lewes)
72362
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Work and Pensions
Housing Benefit
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average housing benefit is for (a) social and (b) private landlord properties, by region in England.

Asked 8 November 2021
Answered 15 November 2021
By David Rutley (Conservative, Macclesfield)
71276
Answered
Commons
Question for Treasury
Mortgages: Private Rented Housing
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of private landlords who have used a buy-to-let mortgage since the first buy-to-let mortgage was issued in 1996.

Asked 8 November 2021
Answered 15 November 2021
By John Glen (Conservative, Salisbury)
71273
Answered
Commons
Question for Treasury
Mortgages: Private Rented Housing
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of outstanding mortgages relating to buy-to-let properties in the UK.

Asked 8 November 2021
Answered 15 November 2021
By John Glen (Conservative, Salisbury)
71272
Answered
Commons
Question for Home Office
Refugees: Afghanistan
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that people who are at risk of death or persecution due to their religion or belief are prioritised in the Afghan citizens' resettlement scheme.

Asked 26 October 2021
Answered 3 November 2021
By Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Louth and Horncastle)
63657
Answered
Commons
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Afghanistan: Females
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help women from religious minorities who are persecuted in Afghanistan by the Taliban and have their freedoms severely curtailed due to fear of ki...

Asked 26 October 2021
Answered 3 November 2021
By James Cleverly (Conservative, Braintree)
63656
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health: Research
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase funding for research into mental health.

Asked 15 October 2021
Answered 28 October 2021
By Edward Argar (Conservative, Charnwood)
56563
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Secretariat of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control has ceased to publish interventions from delegations in the summary records of subsidiary body meetings.

Asked 18 October 2021
Answered 27 October 2021
By Maggie Throup (Conservative, Erewash)
58308
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Smoking
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to bring forward proposals for regulatory or legislative amendments as a result of the contents of the forthcoming Tobacco Control Plan for England.

Asked 18 October 2021
Answered 27 October 2021
By Maggie Throup (Conservative, Erewash)
58305
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the current WHO guidelines on the interpretation of Article 5.3 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control with Article 5.3 of the Framework ...

Asked 18 October 2021
Answered 26 October 2021
By Maggie Throup (Conservative, Erewash)
58307
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
World Health Organization
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's influence within the WHO compared with other countries.

Asked 18 October 2021
Answered 26 October 2021
By Gillian Keegan (Conservative, Chichester)
58306
Answered
Commons
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Conferences: United Nations
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether representatives of the Government attend UN Conferences of the Parties on subjects of domestic policy to which the media have been denied access.

Asked 18 October 2021
Answered 26 October 2021
By Amanda Milling (Conservative, Cannock Chase)
58309
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to mental health services.

Asked 15 October 2021
Answered 26 October 2021
By Gillian Keegan (Conservative, Chichester)
56564
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Waiting Lists
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact that the covid-19 outbreak has had on waiting lists for mental health services.

Asked 15 October 2021
Answered 26 October 2021
By Gillian Keegan (Conservative, Chichester)
56565
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Voting Methods: Visual Impairment
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has to provide information on (a) support for and (b) changes to voting in elections to blind and partially sighted people.

Asked 15 October 2021
Answered 21 October 2021
By Kemi Badenoch (Conservative, Saffron Walden)
56629
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Visual Impairment: Voting Methods
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Elections Bill on the ability of blind and partially sighted people to vote without assistance.

Asked 15 October 2021
Answered 21 October 2021
By Kemi Badenoch (Conservative, Saffron Walden)
56627
Answered
Commons
Question for Cabinet Office
Voting Methods: Visual Impairment
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to work with blind and partially sighted people to produce more accessible voting options.

Asked 22 July 2021
Answered 10 September 2021
By Chloe Smith (Conservative, Norwich North)
38145
Answered
Commons
Question for Cabinet Office
Absent Voting: Visual Impairment
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his planned timescale is for a review of the postal voting system to ensure that system is fully accessible for blind and partially sighted people.

Asked 22 July 2021
Answered 10 September 2021
By Chloe Smith (Conservative, Norwich North)
38144
Answered
Commons
Question for Cabinet Office
Coronavirus: Public Inquiries
Sir George Howarth
Labour, Knowsley

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on the public inquiry into the Government's response to the covid-19 pandemic, announced on 21 May 2021.

Asked 18 August 2021
Answered 6 September 2021
By Penny Mordaunt (Conservative, Portsmouth North)
40615
Answered
Commons
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