Written Questions

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to investigate the claims by the leader of Reform UK of cyber-hacking by Russian hostile actors.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the then Minister for the Cabinet Office on 20 October 2025 (HC81873), whether there is longer internal guidance or a desk note on the council tax policy other than the cited response to a

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide support to ballet and opera touring.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to make touring-specific operating costs eligible for theatre tax relief.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to reduce the minimum theatre tax relief performance threshold for touring ballet and opera performances from 14 to 7 to reflect the challenges of touring large-scale work.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to work with devolved government to jointly support opportunities for cross-border touring for ballet and opera.

To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the command paper Protecting What Matters published on 9 March 2026, which local authorities and grassroots organisations will obtain up to £5 million over financial year 2026–27 to deliver targeted cohes

To ask His Majesty's Government with reference to the command paper Protecting What Matters published on 9 March 2026, what youth, sport and community infrastructure will receive £750 million over the next four years.

To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the command paper Protecting What Matters published on 9 March 2026, for how long the special representative on anti-Muslim hostility will serve in post.

To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the command paper Protecting What Matters published on 9 March 2026, which authorities, individuals, groups, organisations, businesses or bodies will provide training to major employers, including the NHS

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to raise the issue of onward free movement in their negotiations with the European Union regarding the youth experience scheme.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether successful negotiation of the youth experience scheme with the European Union is dependent on the successful conclusion of concurrent negotiations on the emissions trading schemes and sanitary and phytosanitary sche

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Coaker on 29 July (HL2207), what are the full terms of reference of the review of all Army associations with private members’ clubs; whether it applies to other parts of the Armed Forc

To ask His Majesty's Government, under the new National Planning Policy Framework, where an authority does not have a five-year supply or scores below 75 per cent in its most recent Housing Delivery Test, under what conditions a need for additional housin

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their position on the maximum permissible variance in electorate between wards in the new unitary councils.

To ask His Majesty's Government what Local Government Boundary Commission for England guidance they will have regard to when considering submissions from individual councils on the proposed new unitary councils' (1) external boundaries, (2) number of coun

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the London Borough of Tower Hamlets is compliant with paragraph 6 of the Revised Best Value Statutory Guidance on working with voluntary and community groups, and small businesses.

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Equality and Human Rights Commission on that body adopting the Government’s definition of anti-Muslim hostility.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Prime Minister's reply to a question in the Commons Chamber on 1 September (HC Deb col. 40), what is the evidential basis for the assertion that he was previously elected as Mayor of Greater Manchester under

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk to food and animal product exporters of a decline in official veterinarian capacity delaying export health certification ahead of the removal of sanitary and phytosanitary checks.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost to UK exporters of any disruption to certification capacity during the period before dynamic alignment with the EU-UK sanitary and phytosanitary agreement takes effect.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve collection, monitoring and reporting of data on illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing import controls by port health authorities.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether there are countries that the UK has identified, or is currently considering identifying, as non-cooperative in fighting illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing under the powers granted by the EU Illegal, Unrepo

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by the Minister of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government (HC Deb col 340), what progress the cross-government task and finish team has made to address the impact of large donors on UK po

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the corrections made to the spelling or punctuation of names of people in the Civil Service Pension Scheme since Capita started maintaining the data; and what estimate they have made of the s