Written Questions

Treasury: Commonwealth

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many visits by ministers in her Department have been made to Commonwealth member states in each of the last five years.

Arrests: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were arrested and charged in the UK on the basis of information provided from European law enforcement databases in each year between 2010 and 2019.

Crime: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to improve the effectiveness of crime reporting apps and online reporting systems.

Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to improve support and protection for victims of hate crimes, including monitoring and reporting mechanisms.

Water: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish an implementation plan for the recommendations of the Independent Water Commission setting out whether each recommendation (a) has been accepted, rejected and remai

Water: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timetable she has set for introducing primary legislation to reform the regulation of the water sector; and whether she plans to publish (i) draft clauses and (ii) a policy paper

Water: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what transitional governance arrangements she plans to put in place before the establishment of a single integrated water regulator; which body will be responsible during that transiti

Water Companies: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timetable she has set for ending operator self-monitoring by water companies; what assessment she has made of the additional data, staffing, laboratory, digital and enforcement ca

Water Companies: Ombudsman

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for establishing a statutory Water Ombudsman; what assessment she has made of the powers required to provide effective redress to customers; and whether she has m

Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of trends in the level of cybercrime affecting people and small businesses.

Business: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to publish an implementation plan for the Small Business Protections Bill, including enforcement responsibilities, staffing requirements and delivery milestones.

Business: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to establish a dedicated implementation taskforce to oversee enforcement of the Small Business Protections Bill and wider late payment reforms.

Business: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many enforcement actions have been taken under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017 in each year since those regulations came into force.

Business: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department are assigned to monitoring and enforcing compliance with the Payment Practices Reporting regime.

Business: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the economic return of additional enforcement funding for late payment regulations.

Coastal Erosion: Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many residential and commercial properties in England have been demolished, abandoned, or lost as a result of coastal erosion in each year since 2010, broken down by region and loc

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Regulatory Policy Committee document, "Post-implementation reviews outstanding across government 2015 to 2026", updated 12 May 2026, what steps is the department

Animal Welfare: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will undertake analysis of modifications required to farmed animal housing and transport in order to safeguard animal welfare in extreme heat.

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Volumes 1 and 2 of the Government response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson, if he will publish the completed UKSV tick box vetting form relating to Lord Mandelson.

Candidates: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, further to the answer of 15 June 2026, to Question HL475, on Candidates: Equality, whether data is collected from political parties on the regulatory cost of such a provision; what elections will it apply to;

Housing: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on ensuring that the timings of funding for secondary school provision for the development of strategic site

Elections: Subversion

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to protect elections from foreign interference.

Arms Length Bodies

To ask His Majesty's Government how many, and which of, their arm's-length bodies are also registered charities.

Global Combat Air Programme: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress has been made regarding an International contract between the GCAP International Government Organisation and Edgewing.

Secondary Education: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of section 68 of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 on the funding routes available for new secondary school provision required to serv