Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,266 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department are taking to hold companies to account who make sleep products for babies that cause potential hazards.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address hate crime against Muslim women and to improve Muslim women's safety in public spaces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of statutory guidance on safe sleep practices and products for babies under two.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of match funding for investments into defence businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much was paid to wind farm operators for constraint and curtailment payments in 2025 and 2026 so far; and what steps he is taking to reduce this figure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Ofgem on wind farms and the practice of curtailment, in the context of the current price of electricity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the amount consumers paid through electricity bills for wind farm curtailment in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of how much curtailed wind energy could have instead been stored in batteries or other forms of energy storage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has reviewed curtailment policy in the context of the conflict in the Middle East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of decoupling electricity and gas prices.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether regulatory changes have been implemented following the quashing of Mr Tom Hayes’ conviction by the Supreme Court.
To ask the Solicitor General, whether she plans to review the Serious Fraud Office’s internal procedures following the quashing of Mr Tom Hayes’ conviction by the Supreme Court.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the special representative on anti-Muslim hostility will be a paid position; if so, what remuneration will be provided; what the expected weekly time commitment for the role will be; what the remit of the role will
To ask the Solicitor General, whether her Department has issued any guidance to the Serious Fraud Office following the Supreme Court’s judgment in R (Respondent) v Hayes (Appellant) UKSC/2024/0087.
To ask the Solicitor General, whether changes have been made to Serious Fraud Office governance and oversight arrangements since July 2025.
To ask the Solicitor General, what procedures were in place during LIBOR investigations to assess the role of senior executives when deciding the scope of criminal inquiries.
To ask the Solicitor General, what records are retained by the Serious Fraud Office concerning decisions not to charge individuals during the LIBOR investigations, and for how long are those records kept.
To ask the Solicitor General, how many individuals were charged in relation to LIBOR manipulation; and how many investigations concluded without charges, disaggregated by seniority where such information is held.
To ask the Solicitor General, what internal oversight exists to ensure consistency of prosecutorial decisions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what guidance his Department provides on the statutory and non-statutory protections that are available to people who provide information to authorities about financial misconduct.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to review whistleblower protection frameworks since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to strengthen protections for individuals who cooperate with investigations into corporate misconduct.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has had with regulators regarding LIBOR-related settlements with banks during the period in which criminal investigations were ongoing.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the public finance pledge made in 2021 of £350 million towards forest-related climate finance in Indonesia over a five-year period has been fulfilled in full.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of establishing an (a) inquiry and (b) review into (i) the handling of LIBOR manipulation and (ii) the roles of (A) banks, (B) regulators and (C) enfor