Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,345 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact of drought on food security.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of drought on food price inflation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department is providing to farmers, in the context of ongoing drought conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make funding available to expand the Chilterns National Landscape.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government regarding the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill and changes to support the housing-wi
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will direct the Central East to locate a new Neighbourhood Health Centre in Mid Bedfordshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will support plans to build a new Children’s Hospital in Cambridge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current maintenance backlog is at a) Bedford Hospital and b) Luton & Dunstable Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 12892, what criteria her Department will use to determine whether alternative delivery models for the Life in the UK test are sufficiently secure; and
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 12892, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on cost, customer convenience and test security of remote delivery models for t
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what experts her Department is engaging on alternative delivery models for the Life in the UK test; and whether those experts have been asked to advise on the security risks of fully remote English la
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of findings from high-stakes test providers that have removed or restricted remote testing on security and
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what independent assurance her Department has sought from Ofqual, the National Cyber Security Centre or other relevant expert bodies on identity verification, remote proctoring and AI-enabled cheating
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the security risk assessment for the decision to make the Home Office English Language Test fully remote by default, including the assessment of impersonation, collusion, hidden de
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action she is taking to tackle the illegal a) inhalation and b) sale of nitrous oxide canisters.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to review funding arrangements for Bedfordshire Police.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact on Bedford Borough Council of age assessments associated with the Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the impact on Bedford Borough Council of requirements to provide accommodation and safeguarding support to individuals at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre who are
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support she is providing to Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Hertfordshire Police to tackle backlogs in processing shotgun licences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has considered the potential implications for her policies of the Localis report entitled Plain Dealing Revisited.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government's forthcoming Housing Strategy will give consideration to the potential role of housing-with-care in reducing pressures on the social care system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she intends to establish a Mayoral Authority covering Bedfordshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 102049 on Planning: Local Government, when she plans to publish the regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the Government will publish its Long-term Housing Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve reliability on Thameslink services.