Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,591 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the High Court's ruling on the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to introduce mandatory labelling of precision-bred (gene-edited) foods.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure full traceability of precision-bred organisms across the food and farming supply chain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential role of social media monetisation and advertising revenue in incentivising the creation and spread of extremist, misogynistic an
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what consideration she has given to the potential merits of restricting or removing monetisation for accounts that repeatedly promote extremist content, harassment, misogyny or misinfor
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what powers under the Online Safety Act 2023 she has used to address the financial incentives that reward harmful online content, and whether the Government plans to strengthen those po
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions her Department has had with social media platforms on demonetising accounts that repeatedly breach platform standards on harmful content.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the written answer of 17 June 2026 to question 9454, if she will publish a list of councils that are compliant and those which are not.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing fiancé visa holders to work where they have a pending application to switch to a spouse and partner visa.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the report by the National Audit Office entitled Energy efficiency installations under the Energy Company Obligation, published on 14 October 2025, what assessment he has ma
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what powers the proposed consumer protection service will have to compel installers and delivery partners to undertake remedial works.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many properties in Fylde constituency have been identified as potentially requiring inspection under the Find and Fix programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many households are expected to be eligible for remediation through the National Energy Foundation where installers are no longer trading and no valid guarantee exists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether additional consumer protection measures will be incorporated into the Warm Homes Plan.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Public Interest Test will be published in full for each service assessed.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost of developing and publishing departmental Insourcing Strategies.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential financial liabilities associated with bringing outsourced services back into the public sector.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Government contracts currently held by businesses based in Lancashire may be subject to future Public Interest Tests.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed reforms to insourcing on opportunities for skilled private sector employers in Fylde to provide services to Government departments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will publish the most recent available data on employment in the creative industries sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will publish annual data on the number of jobs in the creative industries, broken down year by year from 2016 to 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 52060, whether her Department has plans to amend the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 to allow widows to continue to receive pension income foll
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the National Association of Retired Police Officers’ Love or Money campaign; and whether her Department
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support police officer (a) widows and (b) widowers who have lost their partner in active duty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of cultural industries as a driver of soft power.