Lord Kilclooney To ask Her Majesty's Government whether air passenger duty is applied to flights from Northern Ireland to other parts of the UK; and if so, what plans they have to introduce a rate of 0 per cent.
Chris Ruane To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department uses Office for National Statistics estimates of personal well-being when formulating policy; and what policies his Department has...
Preet Kaur Gill To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much revenue has been raised for the public purse by speed cameras in (a) the West Midlands (b) England and (c) the UK in each year for...
Nicholas Dakin To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made to increase the number of changing places toilets in service stations.
Lord Taylor of Warwick To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of rising levels of debt among lower income households in recent years; and what plans, if any, they have made to address...
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.
Jeremy Hunt In November 2015 and April 2017, my predecessors the Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP and the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP respectively, issued Written Ministerial Statements setting out our plans to...
Tobias Ellwood I wish to clarify statements I made during the Opposition Day Debate on the Defence Industry and Shipbuilding, Official Report, 11 July 2018, Vol. 644. The information should have been: No...
Caroline Nokes As part of the clearance of the Calais camp in October 2016 the Government transferred 769 unaccompanied children to the UK, all of whom claimed Asylum in the UK. The Government acted...
David Lidington I am today announcing the Government’s decision on pay for the senior civil service, senior military and police and crime commissioners. The Government received the Senior Salary Review...
David Mundell On 4 July 2018 this Parliament debated a motion to endorse the principles of the Claim of Right for Scotland. This debate was an opportunity to discuss the democratic tradition in Scotland, of...
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth My Rt. Hon Friend, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (James Brokenshire) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. In March this year the...
Elizabeth Truss We undertake valuations of the public service pension schemes every four years. This is the first time that a full assessment of the pension schemes has been undertaken since the government...
Sajid Javid In accordance with section 36 of the Terrorism Act 2006, Max Hill QC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, prepared a report on the operation in 2016 of the Terrorism Act 2000...
Robert Jenrick The Government is announcing today that it will not proceed with the abolition of Class 2 National Insurance contributions (NICs) during this parliament. This change was originally intended...
Jesse Norman England’s road network is a huge national asset and a cornerstone of our present and future economic prosperity. Across the country the Government is investing in this network, in order...
Caroline Dinenage I am today announcing the publication of the Government’s response to the recommendations of the second annual report of the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) programme. The...
Dominic Raab Technical Notices As announced by the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union on 18 July 2018, the Government is publishing a series of technical notices during...
Robin Walker Lord Callanan, Minister of State for Exiting the European Union, has made the following statement: I will attend the General Affairs Council in Brussels on 18 September 2018 to represent the...
Penny Mordaunt An outbreak of Ebola was declared in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on 1 August. I am updating the House on what the British Government is doing to support the immediate...
Lord Young of Cookham The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am today announcing the Government’s decision...
Philip Hammond An informal meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) will be held in Vienna on 07-08 September 2018. The Council will discuss the following: Working Lunch - The European...
Michael Gove Today, I am introducing the Agriculture Bill into the House of Commons, fulfilling the government’s promise to deliver a Green Brexit. The Bill marks a decisive shift in our support for...
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon I am announcing today the start of a Tailored Review of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), an Executive Non Departmental Public Body (NDPB), sponsored by the Foreign and...
Alan Duncan My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs attended the bi-annual informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (known as the Gymnich) on 30-31 August in...
George Eustice I want to update the House on the implementation of the government’s strategy to eradicate bovine TB in England by 2038. Today the Animal and Plant Health Agency has published data...
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.