Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,346 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will introduce measures to grant Cornwall Council devolved powers to promote and protect the Cornish language.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department will consider establishing a statutory Cornish Language Commissioner with responsibility for advising on, developing and monitoring a formal Cornish Language Developmen
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of placing a statutory duty on Cornwall Council to provide Cornish language instruction in maintained primary schools and academies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of a new ring-fenced funding stream for Cornish-medium education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will consider the creation of a working group to enable the use of Cornish in local courts, administrative proceedings and legal documentation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of mandating year-round quality monitoring at designated bathing waters for sewage, pollution, and other harmful contaminants; and
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what consideration he has given to the potential merits of extending HRL relief to independent coworking spaces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, why serviced offices which split their hereditament are treated differently to coworking spaces for the purpose of business rates relief.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of point-of-sale registration on tackling illegal vehicle sales.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government is taking steps to promote accredited e-bike compliance and inspection training to police forces nationally; and what guidance is being issued to ensure officers can accurately
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had discussions with (a) police leaders and (b) the National Police Chiefs' Council on potential regulatory measures for the sale of (i) off-road vehicles and (ii) high powe
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of orbital mirror constellations on astronomical observation and light pollution in the UK, and whether the Governme
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the communication of the current national terrorism threat level of Severe to communities considered to be at heightened risk of terrorist attack;
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the security funding settlements announced for minority faiths for 2026–27; and if she will make it her policy to keep those settlements under rev
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish a response to the consultation entitled Trust-based pension schemes: Trustees and governance, building a stronger future, which closed on 5 March 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how the scope of social media services to be banned for under 16s will be future proofed for the design of emerging social media platforms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether a list of services within scope of the under 16s social media ban will be produced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the goal is of the decision to ban under 16s from social media; and how she plans to measure whether that goal has been achieved.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to (a) reducing and (b) zero-rating VAT on building renovations for charitable, heritage and community culture use.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration he has given to establishing UK-wide capital funds and low-interest public loans for acquisition and refurbishment of creative and community spaces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what changes will be made to the UK Space Agency's funding and remit following the transition to the Department of Business, Innovation, Science and Trade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to promote the UK space sector; and what role UK Space Agency communications will play.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support and champion the work of Maggie's, and similar charities, in providing practical, emotional and psychological support to people with cancer and their
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she plans to extend the criteria for screening women under 50 for breast cancer to other factors such as lifestyle.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she has made an assessment of the potential for using the (a) BOADICEA and (b) CanRisk models as the criteria for screening women under 50 for breast cancer.