What diplomatic steps he has taken to strengthen UK relations with India.
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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office
India: Foreign Relations
Asked 5 November 2019
Answered 5 November 2019
By Mrs Heather Wheeler (Conservative, South Derbyshire)
Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Palestinians: Press Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Palestinian Authority on the effect of the implementation of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 on freedom of the ...
Asked 30 October 2019
Answered 5 November 2019
By Dr Andrew Murrison (Conservative, South West Wiltshire)
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Harrow East
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department made of the effect on the local economy in Harrow East constituency of (a) spending and (b) investment by (i) his Department and (ii) the armed forces since 2015.
Asked 30 October 2019
Answered 4 November 2019
By Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative, Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question for Northern Ireland Office
Devolution: Northern Ireland
What progress has been made on restoring devolved government in Northern Ireland.
Asked 30 October 2019
Answered 30 October 2019
By Julian Smith (Conservative, Skipton and Ripon)
Question for Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Youth Centres
What steps her Department is taking to increase the provision of youth centres.
Asked 3 October 2019
Answered 3 October 2019
By Nicky Morgan (Conservative, Loughborough)
Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Khaleda Zia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the imprisonment of the main opposition leader in Bangladesh, Khaleda Zia, on political stability in that country; and what represen...
Asked 2 July 2019
Answered 10 July 2019
By Dr Andrew Murrison (Conservative, South West Wiltshire)
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Smoking: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has committed to spend on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in 2019-20.
Asked 27 June 2019
Answered 4 July 2019
By Seema Kennedy (Conservative, South Ribble)
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Lotteries
Whether he plans to increase the annual turnover limit for society lotteries to £100 million per annum.
Asked 23 May 2019
Answered 24 May 2019
By Mims Davies (Conservative, Eastleigh)
Question for Ministry of Defence
Nuclear Weapons: Employment
What recent estimate she has made of the number of jobs supported by the nuclear defence sector.
Asked 20 May 2019
Answered 20 May 2019
By Stuart Andrew (Conservative, Pudsey)
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Smoking: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department spent on campaigns to promote the cessation of smoking in 2018-19; and what funding has been allocated to such campaigns in 2019-20.
Asked 18 April 2019
Answered 30 April 2019
By Seema Kennedy (Conservative, South Ribble)
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for International Trade
Overseas Trade: India
What steps he is taking to increase the UK's proportion of global trade with India.
Asked 25 April 2019
Answered 25 April 2019
By Graham Stuart (Conservative, Beverley and Holderness)
Question for Department for Education
Overseas Students: Universities
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on ensuring that the UK continues to attract international students to British universities after the UK leaves the EU.
Asked 4 April 2019
Answered 10 April 2019
By Chris Skidmore (Conservative, Kingswood)
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Education
Stem Subjects: Degrees
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken to encourage more students to study STEM degrees.
Asked 4 April 2019
Answered 10 April 2019
By Chris Skidmore (Conservative, Kingswood)
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Education
Universities: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the level of (a) female and (b) BAME representation in top university positions.
Asked 4 April 2019
Answered 10 April 2019
By Chris Skidmore (Conservative, Kingswood)
Answered
Commons
Question for Home Office
Police: Emergency Calls
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of legal protections for police emergency drivers; and if he will make a statement.
Asked 2 April 2019
Answered 5 April 2019
By Mr Nick Hurd (Conservative, Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner)
Answered
Commons
Question for Home Office
Shoplifting: Harrow East
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to support convenience retailers in Harrow East to prevent shop theft.
Asked 28 March 2019
Answered 4 April 2019
By Victoria Atkins (Conservative, Louth and Horncastle)
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Justice
Reoffenders: Community Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of commencing Section 151 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to allow courts to deal more appropriately with low-level offences by repeat offend...
Asked 28 March 2019
Answered 3 April 2019
By Rory Stewart (Conservative, Penrith and The Border)
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Education
Apprentices: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of companies who have transferred the apprenticeship levy in London.
Asked 11 March 2019
Answered 19 March 2019
By Anne Milton (Conservative, Guildford)
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Education
Teachers: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2019 to Question 204600 on Teachers: Pay, what advice his Department received on the decision to award the teachers’ pay grant to maintained schools and academies and not six...
Asked 25 February 2019
Answered 4 March 2019
By Nick Gibb (Conservative, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton)
Answered
Commons
Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Kashmir: Terrorism
What diplomatic steps he has taken to support India following the recent terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
Asked 26 February 2019
Answered 26 February 2019
By Mark Field (Conservative, Cities of London and Westminster)