Friday, 3 July 2026
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of between increased business rates on the level of closures of community pharmacies.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HMRC has made of the number of staff who have not attended the office for more than six months.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the government has modelled the net fiscal effect of a reduced rate of VAT on fitness services compared to the reduction in NHS and public costs...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of permitting development corporations to borrow for regeneration projects outside the Government's...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of fiscal arrangements in supporting long-term regeneration in coastal communities.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure sustainable funding for specialist women’s organisations supporting victims of domestic abuse, violence and health...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HM Government has contributed to the European Commission and EU institutions in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026, to Question 5347, how many staff HMRC plans to recruit for the High Value Council Tax Surcharge work; and whether...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of business rates on the hospitality, tourism, and leisure sectors in East...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 29 May 2026, to Question 2051, on Revenue and Customs: Social Media, how many separate influencers were hired for the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department's policy is on the issuing of war bonds to increase defence spending.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will list each third party database that HMRC has access to for the purposes of income tax collection.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many outstanding cases of people facing the retrospective loan charge she expects will be settled as a result of the McCann Review; and the likely...
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to help support victims of genocide.
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions the Church of England is having with other religious groups on helping to promote community cohesion...
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent engagement the Church of England has had with the Roman Catholic Church of England and Wales.
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to help support families in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b)...
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to ensure that its churches are accessible for disabled people in...
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent steps the Church of England has taken to help support Christians living in Palestine.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to conduct an independent review of the eVisa system.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to increase resources for the Home Office Resolution Centre to assist eVisa holders.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department does not allow remote testing for the Life in the UK test.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the inclusion of weekends and bank holidays in the 5 day legal...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the decision to remove remote testing for the LSAT by...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to reinstate and expand funding for organisations to provide legal support to vulnerable individuals seeking to prove EUSS...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to increase EUSS caseworking resources to reduce waiting time for decisions on applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in the review of the visa brake on student visa applications from nationals of Afghanistan, Sudan, Myanmar and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to require that the Passport Office records the legal sex not the gender of the passport applicant.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2026 to Question 7717 on Asylum: Housing, what quantitative indicators are used to evaluate local health...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2026 to Question 7712 on Asylum, whether her Department will publish the evidence, analysis and criteria...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2026 to Question 7707 on Asylum: Housing, what data her Department holds on the time taken between...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders were removed from the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2026 to Question 7704 on Asylum: Housing, what criteria her Department uses to determine whether the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on crimes committed against residents of Houses in Multiple Occupation procured under the Asylum...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2026 to Question 9308 on Undocumented Migrants: Boats, which contractors are used by Border Force for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England routinely collects data on turnaround times for genomic tests delivered through the NHS Genomic Medicine Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of multi-year funding arrangements for specialist social care provision...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total running costs of the office of the Patient Safety Commissioner for England was for the last full year in which data is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, why the current level of funding for research into kidney disease is so low, particularly in comparison with that available for cancer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which Department holds lead responsibility for determining whether volunteer maritime search and rescue organisations are required to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce avoidable delays in the diagnosis of leukaemia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that endometriosis is consistently and adequately covered in the education and training of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Modern Service Framework for Frailty and Dementia establishes care co-ordination as a minimum...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of treatment for chronic pain for women compared with men.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure biophilic design is embedded into neighbourhood health centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve timelines for the diagnosis of endometriosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to ensure that the Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care recognises dementia as a life-limiting...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that women feel listened to by healthcare providers when discussing chronic pain issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that fit note assessments comply with NICE guidelines for autism and severe mental health conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of heatwaves on (a) people aged over 65 who live alone, (b) people with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy radiotherapy capacity to meet the Government’s target of returning cancer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to support those with coeliac disease with rising costs of gluten-free products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help support vulnerable people to meet Public Health England's recommended minimum home temperatures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that cancer patients in England have equitable access to advanced radiotherapy techniques where...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help protect vulnerable people from heatwave-related illness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Public Health England's recommended minimum home temperatures for vulnerable people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in the context of fit notes, what clinical evidence supports removing or reducing GP involvement in decisions that NICE states require...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if we will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing centrally-funded specialist hubs to support patients with Long...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken with relevant stakeholders to ensure the safety of vulnerable groups during periods of extreme heat in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to implement mandatory health targets for large food businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what actions he is taking to ensure every ICB is required to provide specialist post-infection services for children in line with NICE...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the development of Bacteriophage Therapy; and whether such treatments will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered the potential merits of extending free school milk entitlement to children in reception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the action in the ME/CFS Final Delivery Plan to explore whether a specialised service should be prescribed for people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time taken is for patients in England to receive a diagnosis of lipoedema.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has undertaken any recent review of the pricing structures for CPAP consumables, including plastic and silicone...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to incentivise research into Inclusion Body Myositis and other rare progressive muscle disorders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure the routine freezing of suitable brain tumour tissue samples to improve patient access to genomic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) define populations with high risk of carrying harmful breast cancer (BRCA) gene variants and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the barriers to genomic testing for pancreatic cancer patients and how he plans to increase...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve diagnostic pathways and patient safety for individuals presenting with symptoms of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will undertake a horizon-scanning review to identify emerging actionable gene mutations for timely inclusion in the National...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the long-term patient safety impact of the Synnovis ransomware attack on NHS trusts in south-east London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of access to gastric electrical stimulation for gastroparesis patients in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what demonstrations of (a) the maternity Single Patient Record system and (b) any tools used to (i) summarise patient data and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the North West maternity trial of the Single Patient Record, referred to in the Health Bill Committee on 16 June 2026, is being...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many maternity units had temporary closures in each year since 2020; where those units were located; and how long each closure lasted.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to supply the Patient Safety Commissioner, by 16 July 2026, with the information she has formally requested on (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the correlation between maternity unit infrastructure quality and infant mortality rates in areas of high...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many genomic tests have been completed through the NHS Genomic Medicine Service in each quarter since April 2023 for (a) cancer and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in genomic testing activity through the NHS Genomic Medicine Service since April 2023;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what specific steps he is taking to ensure that the new value-based procurement assessment methodology published by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is considering changes to miscarriage care pathways, including earlier access to investigations and support for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what artificial intelligence services or tools are used by their department; and whether the department has a contract with each provider...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the amount of Adventures Away From Home funding is for 2026/27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps is she taking to increase funding for youth clubs and youth providers in East Grinstead and Uckfield Constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her department has had discussions with The National Portrait Gallery on the recent Sir Winston Churchill display and video...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the heritage and listed buildings sector in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she last attended the UK Soft Power Council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he plans to extend the Freeview contract beyond 2034.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of youth club and youth services providers funding in the East Grinstead and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Education to ensure the Armed Forces Covenant is applied in the provision of education to SEND...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has held discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on UK participation in the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2026 to question 10485 on Unmanned Air Systems: Procurement, which British units have received delivery of the 20...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what day the next funding package for GCAP was a) agreed and b) signed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of of 19 June 2026, to question 9116 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, what improvements to air filtration on the AJAX vehicle...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has had made of the UK's ability to contribute to Standing Nato Maritime Group One.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what mechanisms exist for the UK Maritime Trading Organisation to report security issues directly into Government agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many a) GR.1 and b) T.2 SEPECAT Jaguar aircraft are still held by the Ministry of Defence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to publish the Defence Investment Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times he has held meetings on the AUKUS programme since 5 July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the progress the Royal Fleet Auxiliary has made in recruiting and retaining civilian seafarer staff since July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there is a formal target for the length of service for personnel in the (a) British Army, (b) Royal Air Force, (c) Royal Navy and (d) Royal Marines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what total budget has been allocated to the Volunteer Reserve in (a) each remaining financial year of the current Parliament and (b) each financial year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the budget allocated to the Strategic Reserve will be included in the Defence Investment Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what total budget has been allocated to the Strategic Reserve in (a) each remaining financial year of the current Parliament and (b) each financial year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026, to question 8857 on Army Reserve: Finance, what is the baseline figure of personnel within the active reserve...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Europe's largest drone testing centre opens in Swindon to boost defence innovation, published...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of match funding for investments into defence businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 44594 on Ministers: Aviation, how many RAF Envoy flights for Ministers have been made since 1 April 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2026 to Question 126643 on Type 45 Destroyers: Guided Weapons, whether the cost of delivering and manufacturing the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to enhance the seabed warfare capabilities of the Royal Navy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, What steps he has taken to procure counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) for HM Armed Forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to procure long-range strike drones.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his department’s policy to upgrade the fleet of RAF Envoy IV jets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the capability of Outdragon on the MQ-9B Reaper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to recruit and develop the required specialist skills to deliver the Defence Housing Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total capital investment required to bring the Service Family Accommodation estate up to the standard envisaged in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects to publish a detailed timetable for the refurbishment, redevelopment and rebuilding of Service Family Accommodation properties acquired...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the total cost of the 2024 repurchase of approximately 36,000 Service Family Accommodation properties from Annington Property Ltd, including...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 1 June 2026 to question 3164, if he will publish (a) those performance indicators and (b) corresponding performance data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the interaction between child maintenance rules and family court child...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Department for Work and Pensions' press release entitled LinkedIn and government join forces to help jobseekers build...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what alternative locations are being considered for staff currently based at Blackpool Peel Park.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department have met representatives of the Women Against State Pension...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of inadequate public transport as a barrier to employment in Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department have met representatives of the Women Against State Pension...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of raising the Universal Credit threshold for single parents that work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what form the proposed legislative measures to limit the growth of courses with poor earnings outcomes will take.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2026, to Question 4222, on Erasmus+ programme, what is the definition of a (a) direct action and (b) indirect...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of people who have outstanding Plan 2 student loans in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2026, to Question 4222, on Erasmus+ programme, what information his Department holds on (a) how the reduction in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the accessibility of information on graduate destinations and outcomes for prospective students.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has completed a Data Protection Impact Assessment for Clause 5 of the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Department for Education's press release entitled New natural history GCSE to grow next generation of green careers, published...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Department for Education's press release entitled New natural history GCSE to grow next generation of green careers, published...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to prepare schools for future instances of red weather warnings to help avoid closures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities operate a clear system for accessing high needs top up funding, in the context of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current school building standards in protecting pupils and staff from extreme heat, and what steps her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the adequacy of the provision of sport in schools in East...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents of rail trespass were recorded in each of the last five years; what the five locations were with the highest number of recorded...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 10032, what estimate has she made of the annual savings from state control of the railways beyond...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 7525 on Railways: Standards, what categories of cause for service cancellations are routinely...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of light commercial vans that, under normal operating conditions, would require (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many councils have utilised the electric vehicle pavement channels grant since the 2025 grant came into place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 8651 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, what estimate her Department has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 7511, whether the review of the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate will have published terms of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 7511, what stakeholder engagement activities are planned ahead of the review of the Zero Emission...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is the full scope of the Future of Flight Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of existing powers available to airlines and other agencies to prevent and respond to disruptive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her department will issue guidance for developers to support walking to school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has paid for flights for external training providers approved by her Department since 4 July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 24 March 2026 to Question 120039, what the purpose was of each flight to Bangladesh; which Ministers and senior...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the answer of 24 March 2026 to WPQ 120039, what the purpose was of each flight to Vietnam; which Ministers and senior officials...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to answer Questions UIN 6334 and UIN 6335, tabled by the Hon. Member for Romford on 3 June 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cases of vessels switching off or falsifying their Automatic Identification System (AIS) data have been identified in UK waters in the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cancellation rate was for South Western Railway services in (a) the 12 months before 25 May 2025 and (b) the most recent 12-month period for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many delay minutes per 100 train miles were recorded on South Western Railway in the (a) final year before transfer into public ownership and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the performance of rail services during heatwaves.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the resilience of Great Western Railway services to extreme heat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vessels have transited the channel under a false flag since 24 March 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many sanctioned Russian shadow fleet vessels have transited the English Channel since 24 March 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure communities in areas of high unemployment are impacted by regeneration opportunities created by HS2.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a list of Railway Byelaws in force, including (a) the specific offence created, (b) whether the offence is one of strict liability...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2026 to Question 110091 on Railways: Royal Family, what arrangements will be made for official rail travel by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of the potential impact of the Liverpool Street Station redevelopment scheme on passenger capacity during construction,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether a new station at Stewartby will be built prior to 2031.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help tackle the Croydon bottleneck on Thameslink and Southern services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the expenditure by Network Rail has been on (a) transitioning 25 per cent of its car fleet to ultra-low emissions vehicles and (b) installing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether payments have been made to Sanctuary Counsel since July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to keep children in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire safe online.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to answer 10459, whether she has had discussions with technology companies on bereaved adult partners accessing data...
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to support locally led innovation investment in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will take steps to ensure that essential mobile connectivity is built into developments at the planning stage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what is her Department's planned timetable for publishing the findings of the Mobile Market Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether under-16s will be able to access political content on social media.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Government online services in reducing administrative burdens on citizens.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with the Information Commissioner's Office to increase business registration compliance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Satellite broadband coverage in Huntingdonshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of GOV.UK One Login and other Government digital identity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the level of the UK’s dependency on imports of strategically important critical minerals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen domestic supply chains for critical minerals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to improve investment into UK critical mineral processing capacity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish a list of the UK’s critical minerals memoranda of understanding, dialogues, and other bilateral agreements,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to address the rural premium faced by workers in North East Hampshire; and what assessment his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of rising cement imports on UK domestic production capacity and employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to review whistleblower protection frameworks since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to strengthen protections for individuals who cooperate with investigations into corporate misconduct.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of cement used in publicly funded infrastructure projects is imported.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions if any (a) his department and (b) the Insolvency Service has had with Interpath as administrators to Global Counsel on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to review evidence on chemical exposure from plastic baby products, including feeding bottles, dummies and teethers; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department are taking to hold companies to account who make sleep products for babies that cause potential hazards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Further to the answer of 8 June 2026, to Question HL371, on Government Departments: Facilities Agreements, what changes have been made or are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress he has made on implementing recommendations from the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices on (a) self-employment and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to introduce legislation to prohibit the automatic addition of service charges to customer bills.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of rural pub closures on community cohesion and local economies in constituencies such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has had discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority on the potential merits of reviewing Apple and Googles...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues about imports from Israeli settlements mislabeled as originating from Israel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has been made of whether public procurement policy adequately supports domestically produced construction materials.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of the subsidisation of visa fees for certain high skilled visa applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he will consider undertaking a review of the tariff measures introduced under the UK Steel Strategy within six months of their...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent initiatives have been undertaken to improve inter-departmental coordination on national security matters.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which minister has overall responsibility for volunteer search and rescue policy across government.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Vetting Review into the National Security Vetting system and the Peter Mandelson case will consider how financial interests, business...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to paragraph 5 of the scope of his Department's document entitled Vetting Review Terms of Reference, published on 1 June 2026, whether the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of preparedness for national emergencies.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to reduce delays and service issues with the Civil Service Pension Scheme.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Prime Minister has taken to support the delivery of AUKUS in 2026.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delays in the administration of Civil Service pensions following the transfer of pension...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason is the MI5, MI6 and GCHQ Summer Intelligence Internship only open to Black, Asian and ethnic minority applicants.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his department permits (1) Ministers, (2) Special advisers and (3) officials to use (a) Chat GPT, (b) Google Gemini, (c) Claude, (d) Deepseek...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure Scotland benefits fully from the delivery plan for the Seventh Carbon Budget.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the case for extending equivalent consumer protections to heating oil customers as those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has to provide local authorities with grants to instal more solar panels on social housing stock.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of decoupling electricity and gas prices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of the capacity required to meet the 47GW solar target by 2030 will come from (a) rooftop installations, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent support his Department has provided to startups in the solar sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of how much curtailed wind energy could have instead been stored in batteries or other forms of energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Ofgem on wind farms and the practice of curtailment, in the context of the current price of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much was paid to wind farm operators for constraint and curtailment payments in 2025 and 2026 so far; and what steps he is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the prevalence of asbestos-containing materials in components used in wind turbines...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps the Government is taking to protect off-grid rural households in North East Hampshire that rely on heating oil from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to upgrade homes to make them cheaper to heat in Harpenden and Berkhamsted.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make reforms to TrustMark to ensure it can prevent substandard contractors operating under Government-endorsed schemes;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of protections for landowners entering into option agreements with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact of the United States withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and the UN...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the rate of fuel poverty in predominantly rural constituencies compared with urban and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will work with the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure that low-carbon and sustainable heating technologies other than heat...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reliance on imports from countries that have withdrawn from international...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the proposed Common Biomass Sustainability Framework will require imported forest biomass to originate from countries that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Government plans to establish a mandatory single quality scheme for the low carbon home upgrades market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many homes had spray foam insulation installed under (a) the Green Homes Grant, (b) the ECO4 scheme and (c) the Great British...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to align future biomass sustainability criteria with the land-use, land-use change and forestry requirements set...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the scientific evidence on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the evidence base was for requiring third-party liability insurance for banned breeds, and what will be the impact of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to implement the policy recommendations of the Animal Welfare Committee's independent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of heatwaves on farming, food production and animal welfare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made in developing the Government's Food Strategy; and what the next key milestones are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of additional food and farming export opportunities on agricultural...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration she has given to the potential impact of chemical approvals for drone technology on British food security.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress her Department has made towards launching the proposed consultation on the licensing of animal rescue...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to tackle late payments to farmers from supermarkets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Slough Borough Council and (b) the Environment Agency on tackling fly-tipping in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the changes to Biodiversity Net Gain requirements on nature recovery...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take following the consultation on tail docking and castration in lambs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of environmental land management schemes on Buckinghamshire...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made in fulfilling Commitment 86 in the 2025 Environmental Improvement Plan to make sure that everyone...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has hired external public relations consultants since July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the gov.uk collection entitled Local government reorganisation: Policy and programme updates,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the transparency data, "MHCLG: spending over £25,000, February 2026", published on 17 April...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the news story entitled Appointment of Mo Baines as Lead Non-Executive Director, published on 15 May...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help tackle foreign financial interference in domestic politics from (a) Open Society...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is able to take in instances when local authorities do not deliver on promised regeneration...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) discussions has his Department had with, and (b) representations has his Department received from, Labour...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to increase the resources available to fire and rescue services and land managers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what use of National Insurance numbers is made to verify (a) electoral registration, (b) postal vote registration and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of the UK’s ability to meet future housing and infrastructure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has considered reforming the law on election petitions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the sufficiency of corporate information published on Companies House to help political...
To ask the Solicitor General, how many individuals were charged in relation to LIBOR manipulation; and how many investigations concluded without charges, disaggregated by seniority where such...
To ask the Solicitor General, what records are retained by the Serious Fraud Office concerning decisions not to charge individuals during the LIBOR investigations, and for how long are those...
To ask the Solicitor General, what procedures were in place during LIBOR investigations to assess the role of senior executives when deciding the scope of criminal inquiries.
To ask the Solicitor General, whether her Department has issued any guidance to the Serious Fraud Office following the Supreme Court’s judgment in R (Respondent) v Hayes (Appellant)...
To ask the Solicitor General, whether she plans to review the Serious Fraud Office’s internal procedures following the quashing of Mr Tom Hayes’ conviction by the Supreme Court.
To ask the Solicitor General, what internal oversight exists to ensure consistency of prosecutorial decisions.
To ask the Solicitor General, whether changes have been made to Serious Fraud Office governance and oversight arrangements since July 2025.
To ask the Solicitor General, how many political appointees have been made by her department since July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many political appointees have been made by her Department since July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what has been the total public cost to date of the Robert Hamill Inquiry.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to update the Equality Act to enshrine the rights of the trans community in law.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, with reference to 13.167 of the Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations, if she will provide a list of the identity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what artificial intelligence services or tools are used by their department; and whether the department has a contract with each provider of those services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of court delays on the mental wellbeing of victims of sexual violence in Hertsmere...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to support victims of fraud.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to support victims of domestic abuse.
To ask His Majesty's Government how they intend to enforce restrictions on high-risk online activities, including (1) live-streaming, and (2) contact with strangers.
To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria will be used to determine which social media platforms are subject to the proposed restrictions on children's access.
To ask His Majesty's Government why members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe were required to have visas to attend the Parliamentary Assembly Conference on Artificial...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to fulfil commitment 87 in the Environmental Improvement Plan 2025 to reduce physical barriers to accessing green and blue spaces.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the negative impact of wildfires on natural habitats and protected species.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to discuss the breaking down of barriers for musicians and other creative professionals working and touring in the EU at the next...
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