Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to national planning guidance on the ability of local authorities to take account of local circumstances when dete

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17th July 2026 to Question 18946, whether the operational incident response plans for the Lower Thames Crossing will be subject to public consultation before they are finalised.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 17th July 2026 to Question 18946, whether National Highways will publish performance standards for responding to incidents on the Lower Thames Crossing before the road opens.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the time required to restore normal traffic flow following incidents of varying severity on the Lower Thames Crossing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of incidents on the Lower Thames Crossing on traffic volumes in South Basildon and East Thurrock.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what key performance indicators National Highways will use to measure the effectiveness of incident management on the Lower Thames Crossing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of construction traffic associated with the Lower Thames Crossing on villages in South Basildon and East Thurrock.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Lower Thames Crossing on local road usage in villages surrounding the route after the scheme becomes operational.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 18th July 2026 to Question 18949, how many visa applications have been refused on the grounds of evidence of antisemitic extremism in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 18th July 2026 to Question 18949, what assessment she has made of the proportion of reported antisemitic incidents on university campuses in which the alleged perpetrator was an

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to appoint the Prime Minister’s Special Representative on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict.

To ask His Majesty's Government which Minister will participate in the high-level debate at the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly; and what policy priorities they plan to promote there.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to strengthen the rights of victims to participate in decisions relating to offenders' release and supervision.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish a list of the “well-connected stations” within the meaning of Policy S5(1)(h) and Annex B of the August 2026 National Planning Policy Framework; and, if not, why not.

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide funding or technical assistance through the UK’s international development programmes for post-conflict environmental remediation, toxic clearance, and mine or unexploded ordnance clearance i

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the rights to protest and privacy are not infringed by the pilot project to use underground fibre optic cables as sensors at a defence site, announced in their press release of 24 A

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the practicality, benefits and risks of reintroducing the Dalmatian pelican to the UK; and what steps they are taking to support further investigations of this matter.

To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of the Agriculture and the water environment: 2026 report, published by the Environment Agency on 30 June, which identified antimicrobial resistance in materials spread on agricultural land, what plans they ha

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely impact of the EU ban from 3 September on imports of Brazilian beef and chicken on (1) the volume of imports into the UK, (2) returns to British farmers, and (3) antimicrobial res

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the need to incorporate standardised microbiome endpoints in the safety assessment of food additives; and what plans they have to ensure that food regulation reflects the cumulative effects

To ask His Majesty's Government what cost benefit analysis they undertook of the savings that could be achieved by making Old Oak Common the HS2 London terminus; and whether they will publish this analysis.

To ask His Majesty's Government how the Euston Development Company is funded; and how much, if any, of its funding will come from the public sector.

To ask His Majesty's Government which elements of the Euston Master Plan Development will be funded by (1) the private sector, and (2) the public sector; and which department will administer any public funding.

To ask His Majesty's Government what alternatives they evaluated when seeking to reduce the cost of the HS2 connection between Old Oak Common and Euston.

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of (1) the projected outstanding cost of HS2 as of 1 April 2026, and (2) the proportion of which allocated to the development of Euston station and the Euston approaches.