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To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of granting local planning authorities power to refuse the grant of planning permission for new housing until such time as it is k...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact on residents of new housing estates of developers not offering roads, drainage or open spaces on those estates for ado...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring or incentivising developers to make an early commitment to seeking adoption for roads, drainage and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with representatives of the British Medical Association on the suitability of financial support for medical students.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) recruit more NHS staff, (b) ensure that requests of medical staff to work overnight shifts are reasonable and (c) reduce appointment backlogs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will amend the rules on building utilisation to maximise use of modern, fit-for-purpose primary care estate, including that which was delivered under the NHS Local Improvement Finance Trust p...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date he last met the CEO of the West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with the Home Secretary on the case of Maira Shahbaz.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to tackle waiting lists for gynaecology care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department were first notified by the then Foreign Secretary of his meeting with Alexander Lebedev in April 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport since 17 March 2022 on Border Force’s private security contractors in (a) the Port of Dover and (b) Manston Airport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make it its policy to record and include miscarriages in official statistics for the purposes of (a) setting targets for reducing baby loss and (b) informing the forthcoming ...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on plans to build a new hospital in Basingstoke as part of the £3.7 billion funding for infrastructure investment; and what the timescale is for the public con...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what Border Force’s staffing levels were in (a) the Port of Dover and (b) Manston Airport in each quarter since January 2019 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the impact on armed forces families of the £2,404 fee per family member to obtain Indefinite Leave to Remain in the context of the rise in the cost of living.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) other relevant stakeholders on imposing sanctions on Alexander Lebedev.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the passport advice service provided by Teleperformance under the terms of her Department’s contract with that organisation; what recent discussi...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department’s policy to consult with local authorities before procuring hotels to use as asylum accommodation in their area.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of delays in issuing tourist visas on the UK’s tourism industry.