Charlie Dewhirst

Hemp

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department intends to take steps to support the uptake of industrial hemp farming, in the context of challenges aroun

Controlled Burning: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many licences for winter burns of vegetation in England have been granted by Defra in the last year; and if she will make an

Public Sector: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2026, to Question 105534, on Public Sector: Pay, if he will publish the names of the three departments or public bodies tha

Government Departments: Consultants

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what metrics and data points HM Treasury collates on government spending on consultancy.

Government Departments: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Guidance on Public Sector Exit Payments: Use of Special Severance Payments, November 2025, whether payments made under the £150 million go

Productivity

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on productivity; and what information his Departme

Revenue and Customs and Treasury: Remote Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) her Department check the office attendance of individual civil servants.

Diplomatic Service: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the Diplomatic Service’s policies are regarding intimate relationships between colleagues; whether (a) junior and

Budgets: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Budget Information Security Review, February 2026, paragraph 5.20, whether the Macpherson Principles will apply to the briefing of non-mar

Ministers: Languages

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Ministers have received any coaching in foreign languages funded by the department since July 2024.