Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,591 questions
To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to stop the continuing persecution and killing of Christians in Nigeria; and what representations they have made internationally on behalf of Christians enduring persecution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has his Department spent on the delivery of Challenger 3 as of 16 June 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the total expected cost of delivering the Challenger 3 programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the financial settlement required to deliver the Defence Investment Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies on the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill of the resignation letter by the former Armed Forces Minister of 11 June 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has discussed the spending envelope for the Defence Investment Plan with the Chief of the Defence Staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will state what his Department's budget will be as a percentage of GDP in 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what will the spending envelope for the Defence Investment Plan be.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when will the Challenger 3 programme reach (a) Initial Operating Capability and (b) Full Operating Capability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will state what will be spent on Defence this Parliament as a percentage of GDP in each remaining year of the current Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has been instructed to authorise efficiency savings in each of the remaining financial years of this Parliament.
To ask His Majesty's Government when the third runway at Heathrow will commence construction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has been instructed to authorise efficiency savings in each of the remaining financial years of this Parliament for (a) maintenance, (b) training, (c) reserves training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will implement a cap on the number of reserve service days a reservist can complete in each of the remaining financial years of the current Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there will be a reduction in reservist training in the (a) current and (b) next financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there will be a reduction in training exercises for the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy in the (i) current and (ii) next financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the Defence Investment Plan's impact on UK armed forces readiness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of excluding product codes 14 and 27 from the new steel tariffs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what impact assessment he has made of the changes to steel tariffs on the supply chain for the defence industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what impact assessment he has made of the changes to steel tariffs on the manufacturing sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time is for driving tests at (a) Hawick, (b) Galashiels, (c) Kelso, (d) Duns and (e) Berwick-On-Tweed test centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Shipping Defence Advisory Council in responding to the situation in the a) Strait of Hormuz and b) Middle East.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the ban on pesticides on (1) agriculture, and (2) insect life; and whether they plan to review the use of pesticides in pet parasite medications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UK Maritime Trade Organisation in responding to the situation in the a) Strait of Hormuz and b) Middle East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what action he is taking in response to the findings in the Department's Quantitative Research Report entitled Demolition and Redevelopment or Retrofit Research, published in Mar