Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what measures his Department is considering to protect the dignity of human bodies in the context of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the findings of the Army Reserve Basic Training Review could result in Army Training Regiment Grantham being retained beyond the planned disposal date of Prince William of Gloucester Barracks.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that future Bank of England banknote designs reflect the cultural, historical, and regional diversity of the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Army Reserve Basic Training Review commenced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Army Reserve Basic Training Review was commissioned before the publication of the Strategic Defence Review 2025.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who commissioned the Army Reserve Basic Training Review; and at what level it was authorised.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that funeral directors carry out the lawful burial or cremation of bodies following the Legacy Independent Funeral Directors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has any plans to provide for single oversight of the funeral industry and the handling of bodies and funerals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Health and Social Care and the Department for Business on the regulation of the funeral sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of making all importers of organic wine register as organic businesses in the UK by February 2027.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has considered the merits of allowing small-scale organic importers to use importers knowledge statement's rather than certificates of inspections when importing goods.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of exempting micro-businesses from incoming regulations on the import of organic wines.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has taken steps in response to the recommendation issued by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in January 2025 on removing stigma, informational and technological b

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to amending the eligibility criteria for the Pride in Place programme to allow more than one neighbourhood within a single parliamentary constituency to receive funding where multiple area

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children misidentified as adults and detained under the one in, one out scheme have subsequently had their ages confirmed to be under-18 by (a) a local authority and (b) the National Age Asse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of recent research by the Jesuit Refugee Service UK and the Humans for Rights Network on the misidentification of children by the one in, one out scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the mental health of women going through (a) menopause, (b) perimenopause and (c) hormonal treatment related to menopause.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has identified links between menopause and a heightened risk of suicide; and what support his Department provides to safeguard the mental health of women reaching menopause.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Multiverse on its Ofsted rating.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with Multiverse following its recent Ofsted rating.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help Multiverse improve its Ofsted rating.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help ensure Multiverse improves its exam outcomes.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the antisocial use of motorbikes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will broaden the eligibility criteria for the Energy Intensive Industries Compensation Scheme to include more food manufacturing businesses.

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the Supreme Court's judgment regarding the Cheshire West framework (UKSC/2025/0042), what steps they are taking to ensure that individuals who are reclassified as out-of-scope for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard