Written Questions

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that all children (1) receive a minimum of two hours of high-quality physical education per week, and (2) are supported to be physically active for at least 60 minutes a day.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide multi-year capital funding settlements for community sports facilities.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that public investment in sports facilities supports a balanced range of sports, including court-based activities such as tennis and padel.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the importance of accessible, covered and indoor sports facilities to participation of disabled people in sport.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of the rise in the amount of non-stun meat being exported; and what estimate have they made of exports of non-stun meat for each of the last five years.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UN Women report The Cost of War in Gaza on Women and Girls, published on 17 April, particularly that fatalities of Gazan women and girls in the two years of conflict constitute approxim

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the sexual and reproductive violence against Gazan women and girls; and what steps they are taking to address this.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to consult on which protected characteristics will be included in the data collection requirements to bring section 106 of the Equality Act 2010 into force; and what steps they will take to ensure that

To ask His Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of progress on repairing Hammersmith Bridge; and when they estimate that the work will be finished and the bridge re-opened to traffic.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Hanson of Flint on 26 March (HL15813) and 20 April (HL16218 and HL16219), how many project licence applications under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were rejected (1) in

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the UK will (1) participate in, or (2) contribute towards, the Interreg Europe programme, as part of the UK-EU reset.

To ask His Majesty's Government why property owners will be liable for the High Value Council Tax Surcharge when occupiers are liable for council tax as set out in section 6 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992.

To ask His Majesty's Government what precautionary measures they have taken to increase the resilience of cables in the area of the new Chinese embassy in London; and what steps they have taken to move critical communications cables running across or near

To ask His Majesty's Government what the expected timeline for implementing the commitment in the 10-Year Health Plan to provide self-care support and guidance via the NHS App is; and how they will report the impact of this commitment.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that (1) self-care, and (2) community pharmacy, are integrated into the design of neighbourhood health services.

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that patient-facing staff across neighbourhood health services have access to appropriate clinical navigation training and resources required to direct patients to appropriate self-care,

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Vascular and Venous Disease All-Party Parliamentary Group, the Association of British HealthTech Industries and the Royal College of Podiatry, Making the Case for Reform i

To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to the report by the Vascular and Venous Disease All-Party Parliamentary Group, the Association of British HealthTech Industries and the Royal College of Podiatry, Making the Case for Reform in the Vascular Secto

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Coaker on 21 May (HL Deb col 624), and in light of correspondence from the Foreign Secretary to the Chair of the International Development Committee on 1 September 2025 in which he stated tha

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 13 April (HL16099), whether the Settlement - Detailed Datasets published on 21 May contained a discrete category of leave group entitled ECAA; and what data they hol

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the relationship between the decline in grants of indefinite leave to remain under the European Community Association Agreement category between the fourth quarter of 2025 and the first qua

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on farmers of the higher cost of red diesel following the closure of the Straits of Hormuz; and what steps they will take to alleviate any difficulties of increased costs and lac

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UK's exposure to sanctions evasion by hostile state actors as a result of Iranian-backed companies and financial service providers that rebrand or restructure in order to evade sanction

To ask His Majesty's Government how many small businesses ceased to operate in the UK in the financial years (1) 2023–24, (2) 2024–25, and (3) 2025–26; and what assessment they have made of the reasons for these closures.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether there was an increase or a decrease in the number of small business start-ups in 2025–26; and what assessment they have made of the reasons for any change.