Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask His Majesty's Government when they last conducted a Joint Analysis of Conflict and Stability in Nigeria; and whether they intend to conduct another one.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports by Caleb Mutfwang, Governor of Plateau State, Nigeria, that more than 60 villages had been destroyed by jihadist militias and that such destruction constituted a genocide.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 12 May 2025 (HL6924), what steps they have taken to ensure those who committed human rights violations and abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are hel
To ask His Majesty's Government, in light of reports of genocide in Plateau State, Nigeria, whether they have considered such reports in light of their obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; and what ac
To ask His Majesty's Government whether it is within the remit of the Coalition for Atrocity Prevention and Justice established in relation to Sudan to arrest Omar al-Bashir in accordance with the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to participate in the 2027 Transitioning away from Fossil Fuels conference in Tuvalu; and what other steps they plan to take to support the conference efforts to improve access to finance for mitigation an
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the adoption across the NHS of the new name polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (previously polycystic ovary syndrome) and what steps they are taking to improve medical professional
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure the appropriate regulation of children's toys powered by artificial intelligence.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to introduce quantitative legal standards defining safe and unsafe levels of airborne fungal exposure within homes and other buildings, particularly in light of the Imperial College London Wellhom
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by the Secretary of State for Transport on 19 May that there has been an “increase in time and costs” associated with the construction of HS2 (HC Deb, col 416), why they are continuing with the const
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend the powers of Local Authority Enforcement Officers to issue fines for traffic offences which are not routinely prosecuted by police officers, where they can provide photographic evidence.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a legal requirement for operators of solar energy projects to establish in advance financial provision, which is both monitored and regularly updated, by means of a performance bond, insura
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of insecurity in Mali on Christian communities; and what steps her Department is taking with international partners to support the
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of released gamebirds on populations of native invertebrates, reptiles and ground-nesting birds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of using raised laying cages for breeding pheasants and partridges on the welfare of those birds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department last commissioned research on the ecological effects of gamebird shooting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of tidal power on achieving Carbon Budget 7.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the number of homes in North East Somerset and Hanham constituency to be fitted with low-carbon heating systems under policies supporting Carbon Budge
To ask His Majesty's Government when an operator of a solar energy project abandons a site in the UK, whether the cost of decommissioning the site falls solely on the owner of the site.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the West of England Mayoral Authority on the implementation of Carbon Budget 7.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department has spent on advertising on podcasts in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department permits (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials to use (i) Chat GPT, (ii) Google Gemini, (iii) Claude, (iv) Deepseek and (v) Grok as part of their official duties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department permits civil servants employed in the UK to work from overseas on a regular basis.