Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department plans to take to (a) address cases in which property developers repeatedly establish new companies and fail to complete housing developments and (b) imp

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) metrics and (b) performance measures his Department plan to use to assess whether changes to the statutory consultee system are meeting their goal of (i) providing timel

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to assess the potential merits of making local fire and rescue services statutory consultees for industrial lithium ion battery storage planning appl

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that buildings which previously qualified for the Building Safety Fund and have since been transferred to the Cladding Safety Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support British farmers to sustain the commitment to manage 30 per cent of land for nature by 2030.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring (a) protection for (i) rivers, (ii) chalk streams and (iii) coastal waters, and (b) accountability for polluters in t

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 18803 on Hydrocephalus: Diagnosis, whether his Department has taken steps to introduce additional infant head-circumference measurements

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on (a) hairdressers and (b) other small to medium sized high street businesses that do not

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2025 to Question 34509, what (a) tools and (b) training will be provided to new police officers to enable them to tackle violent rural crime; what measures have been

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that music remains central to the mainstream curriculum; whether it has undertaken any formal assessment of the impact of music education on attainment in maths, En

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to UIN 76899, whether the forthcoming Road Safety Strategy will include consideration of the thresholds at which local authorities are expected to act on road-safety concerns.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the feasibility of installing solar panels on government-owned (a) buildings and (b) land.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 34143, what mechanisms her Department uses to monitor (a) train service performance and (b) improvements in the North East Hampshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her policies of the increase in the theft of (a) laurel plants and (b) other horticultural stock from rural properties; and what steps a

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Government’s current strategy to prevent illicit tobacco sale.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to undertake a review of private debt-recovery practices for unpaid fuel transactions; what assessment his Department has made of the (a) fairness and (b) impact on consume

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting elements of the heart-transplant programme established in Poland in the 1980s by Professor Religa.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to improve early morning connections from North East Hampshire constituency to (a) Gatwick Airport and (b) East Croydon.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with European counterparts on vehicle registration mark security.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of retail sale of graffiti spray-paints and related products on levels of criminal damage and vandalism; and whether she plans to introduce further

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress has been made by the Sudan Atrocity Prevention Coalition to ensure justice for the people of Sudan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 7211 on Network Rail: Biodiversity, what funding provision within the Final Determination covers the preparation and implementation of habitat management plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 7215 on Railway Stations: Nitrogen Dioxide, from which budgets funding for Air Quality Improvement Plans is drawn where approval is granted at local level.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 8838, what estimate her Department has made of the average total cost of ownership of (a) a diesel heavy goods vehicle and (b) an equivalent zero emission heav

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 7116, how many of the planned increase of approximately 75 full-time equivalent drivers are expected to be allocated to (a) Thameslink and (b) Great Northern s