Sarah Bool MP: written questions

Written questions

• Carpets: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25140More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Environment Agency on the potential merits of providing financial support to businesses with the cost of the removal of unusable stock, in the cont

  Answer: We currently have no plans to discuss the potential merits of paying compensation to businesses affected by the withdrawal of the regulatory position statement entitled Using shredded waste carpet in equestrian surfacing. Withdrawing the RPS means that u...

  Answered 5 Feb 2025

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• Carpets: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25139More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with the Environment Agency on the potential merits of paying compensation to businesses affected by the withdrawal of the regulatory position statement ent

  Answer: We currently have no plans to discuss the potential merits of paying compensation to businesses affected by the withdrawal of the regulatory position statement entitled Using shredded waste carpet in equestrian surfacing. Withdrawing the RPS means that us...

  Answered 5 Feb 2025

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• Carpets: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25138More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on the adequacy of the length of the notice period for the withdrawal of the regulatory position statement entitled Using shredd

  Answer: There have been no discussions with the Environment Agency about the adequacy of the length of the notice period for the withdrawal of the regulatory position statement entitled Using shredded waste carpet in equestrian surfacing RPS248.

  Answered 5 Feb 2025

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• Carpets: WasteDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25137More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Environment Agency took to communicate to operators that RPS248 would be withdrawn.

  Answer: A Regulatory Position Statement explains when the Environment Agency will not take enforcement action for not complying with a legal requirement. In July 2021 RPS 248 was published. The RPS was time limited and written to enable the use of shredded waste ...

  Answered 27 Jan 2025

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• Accident and Emergency DepartmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23699More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will take steps to require the NHS to give the same priority to UK citizens as undocumented migrants when accessing A&E services.

  Answer: The Government is clear that patients should expect and receive the highest standard of service and care from the National Health Service, and that people should be treated with compassion, dignity, and respect. Patients attending emergency departments wi...

  Answered 22 Jan 2025

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• Educational PsychologyDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20463More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of waiting times for the commissioning of educational psychologists; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing assessments by educationa

  Answer: This government’s ambition is that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) or in alternative provision receive the right support to succeed in their education and as they move into adult life, breaking down the...

  Answered 7 Jan 2025

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• Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: DiabetesDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14859More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislative proposals to recognise development of diabetes (a) care and (b) management for drivers with group 2 licences.

  Answer: The Secretary of State for Transport’s Honorary Medical Advisory Panel on driving and diabetes mellitus, has recommended that continuous or flash glucose monitoring systems, may be used to monitor glucose for the purpose of driving. Following a consultati...

  Answered 25 Nov 2024

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• High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory PurchaseDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7381More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans that HS2 Limited will offer land subject to a Compulsory Purchase Order that has not been used by the project back to its previous owner under the Crichel Down rules.

  Answer: Land and property assets that have been acquired for HS2 via Compulsory Purchase Order or Statutory Blight, and that are no longer required, will be sold subject to the Crichel Down Rules. These require Government departments, under certain circumstances,...

  Answered 14 Oct 2024

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• Road Traffic Control: Public ConsultationDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1404More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to require local consultation for event traffic road closures.

  Answer: As she/the Honourable Member will appreciate, this Government is still in its early stages, and is carefully considering next steps in this policy area.

  Answered 30 Jul 2024

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