24 February 2020

• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: India: Nationality (11 Feb 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made for the implications of his policies of India’s recent Citizenship Amendment Act; and what representations he has made to his Indian counterpart on the human rights implications of that Act.
• Written Answers — Department for International Development: Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (11 Feb 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he has had with his counterparts throughout the world on ensuring that universal health coverage is a central focus of the replenishment period and strategy review of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
• Written Answers — Department for International Development: Developing Countries: Children (11 Feb 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to end preventable child deaths by 2030.
• Written Answers — Department for International Development: Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance: Finance (10 Feb 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if he will (a) increase the funding allocated to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and (b) support that funding increase by taking steps to strengthen health systems in developing countries.
• Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Ministers: Military Aircraft (10 Feb 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Ministers have used armed services transport in the last 12 months, by department; and what the cost has been of military flights taken by Ministers in the last 12 months.
• Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Ministers: Military Aircraft (10 Feb 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the protocol for armed services facilities being used for Ministerial transport; and whether he plans to review that protocol.
• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Universal Credit (28 Jan 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the financial effect on mixed-aged couples where the older member of the couple reaches pension age and the couple are unable to claim pension credit or pension age housing benefit and must instead claim universal credit.
• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Universal Credit: Severe Disability Premium (27 Jan 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of universal credit claimants previously in receipt of employment and support allowance that have (a) been identified as being eligible to receive severe disability premium transitional payments and (b) received those transitional payments in the latest period for which figures are...
• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Syria: Military Intervention (20 Jan 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the Syrian Government on recent attacks on schools and civilian buildings in Idlib, Syria; and whether the UK Government has offered assistance to help protect civilians in that region.
• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Australia: Fires (20 Jan 2020)
  Tommy Sheppard: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether financial support has been (a) requested by and (b) provided to the Australian Government by the UK Government as a result of the bushfires in that country.