Written Questions

Opera: Wales

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, the Secretary of State for Wales has to meet with the Welsh Government to discuss continuing support for Opera in Wales.

Railway Stations: Access

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to commission research on securing level access to trains in the UK (1) by lowering the track bed where it is possible to do so, (2) by rising the platform height where it is not possible to lower the t

Great Western Railway: Overcrowding

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, the Secretary of State for Transport has had with Great Western Railway regarding recent disruptions to its services, particularly in terms of reliability and over-crowding.

Undocumented Migrants: Deportation

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights on the deportation of illegal immigrants.

Intelligence Services: Accountability

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of the Public Office (Accountability) Bill on the functions of the intelligence and security services.

Artworks: Export Controls

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the Export Control Act 2002 in ensuring that works by artists and caricaturists of the Georgian age are protected from export and require the appropriate licence granted by th

Universal Credit

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the taper rate of Universal Credit should be changed.

Political Institutions: Northern Ireland

To ask His Majesty's Government whether proposed reforms to Northern Ireland’s political institutions will be discussed in accordance with paragraph 15 of the consultation paper Ground Rules for Substantive All-Party Negotiations, published on 15 March 19

Terrorism: Northern Ireland

To ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 8 May (HL6823), what progress has been made on the independent public history examining UK Government policy in Northern Ireland during the Troubles; a

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to make further progress with the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill.

Psychiatric Hospitals: Hospital Beds

To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) high, (2) medium, and (3) low, secure beds in mental health units were available in every region of England in each of the last five years.

Sea Mines: Strait of Hormuz

To ask His Majesty's Government whether it remains their policy to support de-mining work in the Strait of Hormuz.

Typhoon Aircraft: Turkey

To ask His Majesty's Government how many UK jobs are supported, directly and indirectly, by the UK-Türkiye Typhoon export agreement; and how those jobs are distributed by region.

NATO

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contribution of non-EU allies to European defence and security; and what discussions they have had with NATO and EU counterparts on ensuring that the capabilities, expertise and strateg

Pension Funds

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of their modelling on superfunds, published in June 2025, which suggested that a profit extraction trigger of around 150 per cent of the Authorisation Capital Requirement provided an appropria

Capital Gains Tax

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of changing the rates of Capital Gains Tax to move in line with income tax rates; and what assessment they have made of how effective such a change would be.

Taxation

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of taxation on working people.

Inheritance Tax: Probate

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will extend non-payment of inheritance tax on personal estates from six to 12 months because of severe delays to the obtaining of probate.

West Bank: Cultural Heritage

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with the government of Israel regarding the threat made by the Israeli Minister of Finance to take control of Solomon's Pools in Area A of the West Bank.

Syria: Education and Reconstruction

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to make future UK assistance for education and reconstruction in Syria contingent upon demonstrable progress towards a national curriculum that promotes pluralism, respect for religious and eth

Fire Resistant Materials: Furniture

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken in response to the 5,793 upholsterers who called for an end to chemical flame-retardant treatments in response to their 2023 consultation, Smarter Regulation: Fire safety of domestic upholstered f

Fire Resistant Materials: Costs

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with furniture manufacturers over the past two years regarding the costs of adding chemical flame retardants to products sold in the UK.

Financial Services: Dispute Resolution

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the estimated annual volume of cases referred from the Financial Ombudsman Service to the Financial Conduct Authority under the referral mechanism contained in the Financial Services an

Artificial Intelligence: Financial Services

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications of limited access to frontier artificial intelligence models for the competitiveness of the UK's financial services sector.

Darlington Economic Campus

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the status of the new Treasury offices being built in Darlington; and whether Treasury officials planned to be based there will be relocated to Manchester.