Sojan Joseph To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of HRT products in Kent.
Olly Glover To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress she has made on reducing the time taken for Access to Work applications to be processed.
David Reed To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has set a target for research and development expenditure in 2030.
Gregory Stafford To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the State Pension reflects increases in the cost of living.
Carla Denyer To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will summon the United States Ambassador to discuss President Trump's proposals on Gaza.
The parliamentary question is a great way for MPs and Peers to discover information which the government may not wish to reveal. Ministers reply via written answers, a list of which gets published daily.
We let you vote on whether or not the answer given is adequate.
Stephen Doughty Today I am updating the House on the future of the UK’s Syria sanctions regime following the welcome fall of Assad’s dictatorship late last year. Sanctions remain a powerful foreign...
Keir Starmer I am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following Machinery of Government change. On 4 September 2024 I announced that the Government would respond in full to the...
Georgia Gould Today the Government is publishing a National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS), which sets out our priorities for public procurement and maximises the impact of every pound spent. This will...
Baroness Twycross Today I am updating the House on the Government’s plans to introduce the statutory gambling levy, further to the government’s response to the levy consultation published on 27...
Lord Timpson Unlike the previous Government, this Government has a plan to ensure we are never again in a position where we have more prisoners than prison places. We have launched the Independent Sentencing...
Angela Rayner Alongside our commitment to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation, the government is determined to drive a transformational and lasting change in...
Emma Reynolds I can announce today the conclusion of a Bank of England and HM Treasury 5-yearly review of the Bank’s capital framework parameters, as set out in Section 2B of the Bank and HM Treasury...
Darren Jones Legislation governing public service pensions in payment requires them to be increased annually by the same percentage as additional pensions (State Earnings Related Pension and State Second...
John Healey The Ministry of Defence Votes A Estimate 2025-26, has been laid before the House of Commons on 11 February 2025 as HC638. This outlines the maximum numbers of personnel to be maintained for each...
Kerry McCarthy I hereby give notice of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s intention to seek an advance from the contingencies fund of £55,000,000 for the UK Atomic Energy Authority...
Nick Thomas-Symonds In August 2024, I established the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme in regulations. This enabled the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) to begin making compensation payments to people...
Matthew Pennycook The delivery of significant numbers of large-scale housing developments in England is integral to driving economic growth and meeting the government’s ambitious Plan for Change milestone of...
Ashley Dalton On 7 February, the Government published the Public Health Grant allocations to local authorities in England for 2025/26. Funding for local government’s health responsibilities is an...
Rushanara Ali Our democratic systems and institutions are strong and are rightly admired around the world. This Government will build on this, further strengthening our democracy and encouraging full...
Michael Shanks In January 2024, the previous government launched a consultation on supporting large scale biomass generators when existing support ends in 2027. Since this government came to office, we have...
Ed Miliband The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is today publishing a consultation on reforms to the minimum energy efficiency standards that are applied to private rented sector homes under the...
Chris Bryant Today the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has published guidelines on how the Secretary of State will approach compliance and enforcement of Designated Vendor Directions...
Luke Pollard As the world changes, and the threat the UK faces evolves, we must ensure our Armed Forces recruitment is right for the 21st century. Recognising this, we are today announcing two new initiatives...
Yvette Cooper The purpose of this statement is to notify the House that MI5 has corrected previously incorrect evidence that it provided to the High Court and the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, in relation to...
Stephanie Peacock I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Noble Friend, the Minister for Gambling and DCMS Lords Minister, Baroness Twycross: Today I am...
Written Ministerial Statements were introducted in late 2002 to stop the practice of having “planted” or “inspired” questions designed to elicit Government statements.
They are just that – statements on a particular topic by a Government Minister.
