Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Europe's largest drone testing centre opens in Swindon to boost defence innovation, published on 12 June 2026, what metrics will be used to assess the Unc

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Europe's largest drone testing centre opens in Swindon to boost defence innovation, published on 12 June 2026, what discussions he has had with allies reg

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK to set end date for imports of Russian diesel and jet fuel via third countries, published on 12 June 2026, what estimate he has made of the

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK to set end date for imports of Russian diesel and jet fuel via third countries, published on 12 June 2026, what criteria he will use to dete

To ask His Majesty's Government how many Defence and Security Media Advisory Notices were issued in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK to set end date for imports of Russian diesel and jet fuel via third countries, published on 12 June 2026, what assessment he has made of tr

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK to set end date for imports of Russian diesel and jet fuel via third countries, published on 12 June 2026, what monitoring and enforcement m

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK to set end date for imports of Russian diesel and jet fuel via third countries, published on 12 June 2026, what assessment he has made of th

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the practice of continuing to levy full service charges on retirement leasehold properties following the death of the owner; and if he will bring forward le

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to introduce an offline application process for the Sustainable Farming Incentive and the Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure those managing common land will be eligible to apply for the Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier Sche

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated to the Airspace Design Support Fund (a) in total and (b) to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Masterplan for Euston will be completed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what delivery model is proposed for the Liverpool Street Station redevelopment scheme; what private sector investment has been secured; and what estimate he has made of the level of further private sector inves

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many months the opening of White Rose Station will take place after the original project timetable.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the use of artificial intelligence systems to reduce administrative burdens in NHS hospitals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether requirements exist for local authorities receiving active travel funding to publish post-implementation data on (a) cyclist numbers, (b) traffic displacement and (c) journey times.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made to end the use of non-human primates in scientific testing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for the Department to publish a breakdown of the expenditure on the Universal Credit (UC) housing and Housing Benefit (HB) over the last ten years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to quotas for Category 26 of the UK's Steel Safeguard Measures on downstream manufacturers reliant on imported stainless steel tu

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 5478 on Motability: South West, if she will take steps with Motability Foundation to introduce (a) exemptions to the reduced Motability mileage allowances and (

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will launch an inquiry into the level of threat of potential interference from the Russian Government in UK politics to help inform his Department's policies.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of applying a reduced or zero rate of VAT to essential fire safety equipment, such as fire extinguishers.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what levels of funding have been provided to Fair4All Finance and what governance structures are in place for monitoring the spending of this funding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with Natural England on the implementation of the Fursdon Review Recommendation 27 on Dartmoor commons.