Lord Judd Her Majesty's Government what measures they have put in place to ensure that UK funding which is intended to address the central Mediterranean migration crisis is not used to finance the...
Tracy Brabin To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had their welfare entitlement reduced after completing an application for tax free childcare.
Bill Esterson To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2017 to Question 2616, how much his Department spent on consultations with businesses...
Andrew Gwynne To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people were classified by local authorities as intentionally homeless in each of the last 10 years.
Maria Miller To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, what was the (a) earliest and (b) latest time of day at which a division took place in...
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.
Mark Field Copies of the British Council’s Annual Report and Accounts for the 2016-17 financial year have been placed in the libraries of both Houses. The Report can also be found at the British...
Damian Green I wish to update the House on how the Government has been supporting our national security interests through conflict prevention, peace building, stabilisation, peacekeeping and conflict...
Matthew Hancock In April this year, Her Majesty the Queen gave Royal Assent to the Digital Economy Act 2017. The Act introduced measures to help consumers access broadband, build digital infrastructure,...
Claire Perry The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) is a scheme that certifies products and installers of renewable technologies to provide assurance to consumers about the quality and standard of...
Lord Young of Cookham The First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. Today the Government is publishing an updated list of Cabinet Committees...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns On 9 June 2017, the Government opted in to a proposal to change the updating mechanism of three civil judicial cooperation Regulations from the comitology procedure to the post-Lisbon treaty...
Damian Green The 39th report of the Senior Salaries Review Body is being published today. This makes recommendations about the pay of the senior civil service, senior military officers, the judiciary, and...
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park I am today publishing data on departmental performance in answering Questions for Written Answer (QWA) for the 2016/17 session. Written questions are an important way in which Members hold the...
George Eustice Today I am updating the House on the implementation of the Government’s 25-year strategy to eradicate bovine TB (bTB) in England. The Government’s comprehensive bTB strategy...
Matthew Hancock The EU Council of Ministers’ Telecommunications Council took place in Luxembourg on 9 June 2017. Due to the timing of the general election, the UK’s Deputy Permanent Representative...
Margot James I have set performance targets for the Insolvency Service for the financial year 2017-18. The Insolvency Service is the Government agency that provides public services to those affected by...
Chris Grayling I am today publishing my High Level Output Specification (HLOS) and initial Statement of Funds Available (SOFA) for the railway for Control Period 6, which covers the years 2019 to 2024. The...
David Davis Next week the UK’s negotiating team will travel to Brussels for the second round of talks, continuing our journey towards a new, deep and special partnership between the UK and the EU....
Margot James I am today placing in the Libraries of the House, the report of the Working Group on Product Recalls and Safety. The report is a culmination of longer term, ongoing work on product safety...
Therese Coffey I would like to update the House on the recent United Nations Ocean Conference, held in New York from 5th – 9th June. Although I was unable to attend due to the pre-election period...
Mel Stride The Finance Bill introduced in March 2017 provided for a number of changes to tax legislation that were withdrawn from the Bill after the calling of the general election. The then-Financial...
Chris Grayling I wish to inform the House about some important developments regarding the rail networks of the Midland Main Line, South Wales and the North of England. Passenger numbers on the UK rail...
Steve Brine The Government has today published the Tobacco Control Plan for England, with a vision to create a smoke free generation. A copy is attached. The 2017-2022 Tobacco Control Plan for England...
David Lidington “The United Kingdom has opted in to the following Council Decisions: (i) Council Decision of 7 February 2013, authorising the opening of negotiations on agreements between the EU and...
Elizabeth Truss We know the cost of childcare is an important issue for working families – that’s why we have made childcare more affordable, given parents more choice and raised standards of...
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.