Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to WPQ 16079 answered on 14 July 2026 about 'Marriage, Relatives,' if he will publish the evidence that the number of first cousins choosing to marry in England is declining.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent conversations he has had with health bodies on the increased risk of congenital birth defects to children whose parents are first cousins.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will introduce measures to progress changes to the Marriage Act 1949 and the Sexual Offences Act 2003 to place restrictions on first cousin marriage.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to close the labour productivity gap in the East Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Treasury on aligning transport funding in the East Midlands with other areas in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of the potential development of (a) the Ivanhoe Line and (b) other new railway projects in Leicestershire to (i) support regional connectivity and (ii) ali
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of an enhanced A5 on (a) regional connectivity between the East and the West Midlands and (b) aligning East Midlands transport spending in line with c
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to WPQ 18148 answered on 16 July 2026 about 'Farms Water,' when does she intend to publish an outcome.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent conversations she has had with the British Berry Growers Association about the challenges faced by British Berry Growers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she is having with [a] water companies and [b] the Environment Agency about maintaining food production during periods of drought.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will conduct a comparative assessment of the level of grants provided to horticultural growers and the costs of modern horticultural water infrastructure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will conduct a review of water abstraction licensing for farmers to ensure that any regime better captures winter flows and periods of high rainfall.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conversations is she having with [i] Water Companies and [ii] Environment Agency about communication to affected farmers and landowners about water abstraction changes and infrast
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, What is her Department's policy on allowing residents of a newly formed strategic authority to vote on governance changes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to determine necessary criteria to assess whether strategic authorities are suitably established by the end of 2027 and able to be operational by 2028.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure the prosperity of rural and less economically productive areas where significant business rate-generating sites are transferred to larger urban
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to WPQ 17716 answered on 17 July 2026 about Artificial Intelligence: West Midlands, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of progress in meeting the commitments of t
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, pursuant to WPQ 17716 answered on 17 July 2026 about Artificial Intelligence: West Midlands, what recent estimate he has made of the number of workers receiving essential AI skills
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what recent assessment has he made about trends in the use of AI to misrepresent products to consumers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces veterans are currently awaiting an outcome to their Cash Equivalent Transfer Value enquiry for their pension benefits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of armed forces veterans awaiting an outcome to Cash Equivalent Transfer Value enquiries for pension benefits.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the extent of progress by the Government Actuary's Department in conducting a factors review of Public Sector Pension Schemes.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions she has had with [i] emergency services and [ii] public bodies on the impact of the use of the emergency alerts system on Friday 14 August 2026 to highlight fire prevention and the risks
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment she has made about the [i] relevance and [ii] effectiveness of the current level of threshold for the use of the national emergency alerts system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to WPQ 546 answered on 8 July 2026 about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, if she will have discussions with [a] NHS England and [b] local ICBs on levels of complex post-traumatic stress dis