Written Questions

To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to the answer of 29 April 2026, to Question 129162, on Cabinet Office: Written Questions, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter sent to Departmental Parliamentary Clerks on WPQs and FOIs.

To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to the answer of 17 March 2026, to Question 119365, on Members: Dual Jobbing, whether it is HM Government’s policy intention to seek to amend the House of Commons Code of Conduct to ban Hon. Members taking se

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance has been given by (a) her department and (b) Ofwat, on whether hosepipe bans apply to those on social water tariffs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations his department has received from the Labour Rural Research Group since July 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is her policy on the use of surge pricing for household water bills, and what plans she has to to stop the introduction of (a) seasonal water metering and (b) rising block tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, further to the OFWAT press release, "£3.4bn of funding set to unlock further improvements for water company customers, communities and the environment", of 13 August, 2026, what is Ofw

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 12 March 2026, to Question 118223, on Water Charge, whether the cost of WaterSure is borne by (a) taxpayers, (b) water firms profits or (c) households n

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 16 December 2025, to Question 94728, on DEFRA: Redundancy Pay, what was the name of the staff member of Flood Re who received the exit package of up to

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether household customers with smart water meters can refuse to be moved onto a (a) seasonal or (b) progressive water meter tariff where a water company wishes to introduce such a ta

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 17 September 2025, to Question 76604, on Water Charges: Social Tariffs, what is the estimated yearly cross-subsidy, to an average household not on a soc

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 118224, on Water Charges: Conservation, what is the statutory basis for the use of (a) progressive water metering and (b) sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 118224, on Water Charges: Conservation, whether the innovative tariff options being considered will include the extension of

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what is the status of the Electoral Commission’s investigations into donations to the Reform UK Party and Reform regulated donees by

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission has provided on the definition of journalism for the purposes of the Section 47(3) of the Ele

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has undertaken an investigation into donations and loans made to and by Britain Means Business.

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will make it their policy to issue standardised guidance to Electoral Returning Offices on how to conduc

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Electoral Commission Response to Minister Dixon: spending limit review (13 July 2026), what is the proposed ti

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what is the Electoral Commission's policy on publishing the name of an intermediary donor to a regulated donee where an agent channe

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to ensure that sponsorship donations listed on their registers on their website are ac

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to para 71 of the Explanatory Notes to the representation of the People Bill as introduced in the House of Commons on

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has made an assessment into (a) unlawful family voting and (b) intimidation outside polling station

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the answer of 29 April 2025, to Question 48132, on Elections: Expenditure, what guidance has the Electoral Commiss

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has launched an investigation into the donation made by Christopher Harborne to the Hon Member for

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance has the Electoral Commission given on whether the registration of donations made to Parliamentary candidates prior to

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, on what date was George Cottrell first registered on the electoral roll as an overseas elector, and aligned to which constituency.