Written Questions

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the impact assessment for the statutory Private Parking Code of Practice will be completed; and what the maximum parking cap and debt recovery fee for motorists will be.

Regeneration: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what standards will form part of the proposed Neighbourhood Guarantee.

Public Houses: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a Guest Beer Agreement in England and Wales, similar to the Guest Beer Agreement already in place in Scotland.

Public Houses: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact on pub trade of introducing a Guest Beer Agreement in England and Wales.

Import Duties: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what estimate

Import Duties: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what estimate

Minerals: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when the resilience of UK supply chains for critical minerals was last formally reviewed by his Department; and what the findings of that review were.

Import Duties: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what assessme

Import Duties: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what discussi

Overseas Trade: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps are being taken to improve trade between the UK and the USA and in particular what steps are being taken to seek improvements on trade with the USA, wherever UK Exporters remain on less favo

Import Duties: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what estimate

Import Duties: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what discussi

Import Duties: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what estimate

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a cap on profits on the availability of children's social care placements.

Swimming: Education

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT from swimming lessons for children.

Import Duties: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what assessme

Import Duties: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what assessme

Import Duties: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' press release entitled Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers, published on 23 June 2026, what assessme

Nurseries: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider introducing a maximum safe indoor temperature standard for nurseries and early years settings.

Nurseries: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of cooling and heat-management systems in nurseries and early years settings during periods of extreme heat.

Nurseries: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider providing funding to support nurseries in upgrading older buildings to make them safer during hot weather.

Nurseries: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to issue guidance on the indoor temperatures at which nurseries and early years settings become not safe for young children.

Motor Vehicles: Car Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the benefit-in-kind tax treatment of used company vehicles on employees on lower incomes; and whether she has assessed whether calculating benefit-in-kind liab

Asylum: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect and support the mental health of asylum seekers housed in military accommodation.

Active Travel: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the funding required to meet the targets in the third cycling and walking investment strategy, and if she will make a statement.