Friday, 31 July 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many FTE equivalent staff in (a) their Department and (b) each Arm's Length Body it sponsors are dedicated to fulfilment of the Public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Department is taking to help increase access to flexible and modular training for people seeking to move into occupations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department permits (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials to use (i) Chat GPT, (ii) Google...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how the Digital Waste Tracking service will be enforced; and how members of the public can report waste that is not disposed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when further information regarding the Digital Waste Tracking service will be made available to the public.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help facilitate the movement of assistance dogs accompanying their owners travelling from the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Department is taking with food retailers and charities to improve the use of real-time data to increase the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of mandatory food waste reporting on the cost of living.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of planning applications her Department expects to remain subject to the biodiversity gain condition once...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of the Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility scheme on (a) household costs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the forthcoming amendment to the pEPR statutory instrument on businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of EPR on the ability of businesses to meet recycling targets or to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the accuracy of the impact assessment of EPR conducted 17 October 2024 in its assessment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the financial impact of Extended Producer Responsibility fees on the hospitality sector; and...
To ask His Majesty's Government, in light of the Committee for Privileges in the House of Commons report, Matter referred on 4 September 2025: Actions of the Charity Commission, whether they...
To ask His Majesty's Government when the fifth round of the Regulators' Pioneer Fund is expected to open; and whether it will confirm whether past winners remain eligible to apply with...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Leong on 21 July (HL Deb cols 1068-1070), what assessment they have made of the economic impact of the new section 2E(2) of the...
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken in response to the 5,793 upholsterers who called for an end to chemical flame-retardant treatments in response to their 2023...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risks posed by volatile chemical flame retardants that off-gas from upholstered furniture into household dust.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to reduce the cost of employment for employers.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish a business plan for British Steel.
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they held with Jingye to agree terms of nationalisation of British Steel.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on women and girls of the 39 per cent reductions in bilateral ODA to Afghanistan by 2029.
To ask His Majesty's Government what loan repayment terms usually apply to payments to British International Investment.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take to ensure that their priorities are furthered by multilateral official development assistance spending contributions;...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the documentary by Channel 4 News and The Fuller Project A matter of life or death: giving birth in Sierra Leone,...
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the value of funding they provided for the establishment and running of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make future UK assistance for education and reconstruction in Syria contingent upon demonstrable progress towards a national...
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with the government of Israel regarding the threat made by the Israeli Minister of Finance to take control of Solomon's Pools in...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether funding provided through British Climate Partners will be provided in the form of loans rather than grants; and, if so, how much funding is affected, and...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether any International Climate Finance projects in Indonesia will receive loans instead of grants; and, if so, which projects, and what the terms of the loans...
To ask His Majesty's Government how much of the total United Kingdom contribution to the International Climate Finance budget can be turned into loans.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether funding for the Ecosystem Restoration Concession funded through Partnerships for Forests will be provided in the form of loans rather than grants; and, if...
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the announcement by the Prime Minister's Office of 22 July, Cheaper travel for millions with a third off fares, whether funding allocated to...
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Scottish Government about its use of its block grant on international development spending.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the planned reduction in spending on official development assistance from 0.5 per cent of gross national income to 0.3 per cent.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether women and girls will remain one of their foreign policy priorities.
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to forgiving the Covid loan issued to the British Council in July 2020.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the projected total liability for university student debt for both tuition fee loans and maintenance loans that will be written off.
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the additional cost to local authorities in England arising from increased demand for provision for children with special...
To ask His Majesty's Government how many pupils were persistently absent from school in England for each academic year from 2018–19 to date.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the principal causes of persistent absence from schools in England since the COVID-19 pandemic.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost of changing the minimum Personal Independence Payment award to four years.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people work full time equivalent for the Independent Case Examiner; and what is its overall budget cost.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the numbers of non-British nationals claiming Universal Credit.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether eviction for anti-social behaviour is a realistic prospect under proceedings brought by public landlords; and whether...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that local authorities and agencies are sufficiently resourced to tackle those who engage in repeated anti-social behaviour and...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Lemos on 14 July (HL1546), whether they will now answer the question put, namely as to whether any of the four named...
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend occasional visits by warships exercising their right of innocent passage, such as that by HMS Medway to Puerto Arenas in Chile, and...
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any representations they have received which have called for legislation that requires drivers to stop, check and report any road...
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