To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to process applications for leave to remain for which service standard processing times have been exceeded.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to process naturalisation applications for which service standard processing times have been exceeded.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of waiving the Immigration Skills Charge for employers sponsoring people working in the early years sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of (a) the adequacy of processes for alerting the Recovery Strategy Unit of cases where firms are repeatedly refusing to carry out remediation works to bu...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for how many (a) visa and (b) other immigration applications have processing times been affected by (i) information technology and (ii) other technical faults in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will have discussions with the Mayor of London on the potential merits of reintroducing the concession allowing people aged 60 and over to travel during peak hours.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the rationale for changes made to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State’s Directions for Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace between January 2022 and March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to cap ground rents for leaseholders who bought their lease before the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 came into force...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing opportunities for breast cancer screening using risk-based analysis of UK breast cancer outcomes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of conducting NHS breast cancer screening every two years for women aged over 50.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what means of redress are available to leaseholders who cannot afford legal representation who wish to contest service charges under the Building Safety Act 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications to the first-tier tribunal have been made for remedial contributions orders since the introduction of the Building Safety Act 2022; and how many remedial contributions orders were granted in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to take steps to (a) cap and (b) bring forward other measures on ground rents for people who held their lease prior to commencement of the Leasehold Reform (Ground R...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Ukrainian refugee children have been offered school places in Poplar and Limehouse constituency since February 2022; and how much funding has been allocated to the local authority of Tower Hamlets for ...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help deliver public owned health care in Bangladesh.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent support his Department has provided to the Bangladeshi Government in the context of (a) climate change, (b) air pollution and (c) flooding affecting that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department is taking to support Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK is taking steps to increase humanitarian support for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Ukrainian nationals are hosted in Poplar and Limehouse constituency under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the threshold for statutory noise nuisance for commercial properties.