Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who represented the Government at the Zero Waste Forum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to engage with the Government of Zimbabwe following their election to a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2027-2028 term.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to engage with the Government of Austria following their election to a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2027-2028 term.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to engage with the Government of Portugal following its election to a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2027-2028 term.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to engage with the Government of Trinidad and Tobago following its election to a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2027-202
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans she has to engage with the Government of Kyrgyzstan following its election to a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2027-2028 term.
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with under 16s on online safety.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help improve the quality of community policing on the streets of a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of a 'Commonwealth first' approach to trade; and what steps he is taking to develop such an approach.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with her Cabinet colleagues about the potential merits of a Commonwealth first approach to a) trade and b) economic growth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to strengthen defence cooperation between the United Kingdom and members of the Commonwealth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with her Commonwealth counterparts to help improve animal welfare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to review the Highway Code adjusted for the presence of driverless cars.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of powers available to the police to stop suspected illegally modified e-bikes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce a specific category within STATS19 road casualty data collection for collisions involving non-EAPC electric bikes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to publish further details on the National Work-Related Road Safety Charter, including the proposed timetable for launching the pilot.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to publish a list of businesses and organisations participating in the pilot of the National Work-Related Road Safety Charter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requirements her Department plans to include in the National Work-Related Road Safety Charter in relation to people riding (a) mopeds and (b) motorcycles for work on (i) provisional licences and (ii) Compu
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which (a) businesses, (b) trade bodies, (c) public bodies and (d) road safety organisations her Department has consulted on the development of the National Work-Related Road Safety Charter.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a business rates holiday for small businesses in areas that have received Pride in Place funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse was of operating E Wing in HMP Downview in 2025/26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any compensation payments have been made to prisoners convicted of terrorism offences in the past two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff members within the Ministry of Justice Policy Group are responsible for delivering the Lord Chancellor’s duty to encourage judicial diversity; and what the annual budget of this team is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to issue any further badger control licences under the current or any successor cull policy; and if she will make a statement on the timetable for the cess
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the badger vaccination programme on the incidence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle herds.