Written questions
6,533 written questions tabled, most recent first.
18 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iran: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to make representations to Reza Pahlavi on the conflict between Iran and Israel.
17 Jun 2025 · Treasury
Tobacco: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54690 on Tobacco: Excise Duties, whether her Department has undertaken analysis on the reasons for the 10% fall in tobacco duty receipts.
16 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what changes he plans to make to the British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004 following the Treaty with Mauritius.
16 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make provision for legally binding agreement protections for Chagossian (a) cultural and (b) historical locations following implementation of the agreement with Ma
16 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagossians: Resettlement
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to provide rights of (a) abode, (b) resettlement and (c) return to Chagossians in the context of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004
16 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Chagossian people will be assured of their right of abode within the British Indian Ocean Territory before transfer of sovereignty.
16 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will make provision to ensure that the current availability of visitation by UK Chagossians to their ancestral islands will continue after any transfer of s
16 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it his Departments policy to permit the Chagossian people a say over their self-determination.
16 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagossians: Resettlement
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) Chagossians resident in the UK and (b) all other Chagossians have (i) rights of abode, (ii) resettlement, (iii) return and (iv) oth
16 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagossians: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department defines the Chagossian people as a distinct racial group of shared ethnic and cultural origin who are entitled to (a) recognition, (b) consideration an
16 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Chagossians: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will conduct a consultation with Chagossians on the (a) restoration of the right of (i) abode and (ii) resettlement, (b) loss of (A) visitation permissions and (B) prac
16 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of trends in the level of late diagnosis of (a) blood cancers and (b) solid tumour cancers.
16 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure early diagnosis targets in cancer can be (a) measured and (b) monitored for (i) blood cancers and (ii) other unstageable cancers.
16 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of an alternative to staging when measuring early diagnosis for (a) blood cancers and (b) other unstageable cancers.
16 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
St Helena: Bank Services and Financial Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 54687 on St Helena: Bank Services and Financial Services, which of the areas set out will help support Saint Helena to provi
13 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Oppression: Hong Kong
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help protect Hong Kong democracy activists in the UK who have bounties placed on them by the Hong Kong government.
13 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Visas: Latin America
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria were used to determine the re-imposition of visit visa requirements for Colombia; and what determination he made using those criteria for other Latin American countries.
13 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hong Kong: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has his Department made of the effect of the Hong Kong National Security Law on the (a) safety and (b) rights of (i) British Nationals (Overseas) passport hol
13 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Commonwealth: Foreign Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the Commonwealth’s role in advancing the UK’s Global Britain strategy post-Brexit.
13 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Commonwealth: Digital Technology and Internet
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote (a) digital connectivity and (b) internet access in (i) small island development states and (ii) other nations in the Commonwea
13 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Commonwealth: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to implement the recommendations of the report by the Eminent Persons Group entitled A Commonwealth of the People – Time for Urgent Reform, publi
13 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Civil Disorder: Ballymena
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in the Republic of Ireland on recent events in Ballymena.
13 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hong Kong: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has met with Hong Kong pro-democracy activists since 4 July 2024.
13 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Kwok Yin-sang
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Hong Kong authorities on the reported prosecution of Kwok Yin-sang, the father of a British National (Overseas) passport holder in exi
13 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hong Kong: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his counterpart in (a) Hong Kong and (b) China on the wellbeing of wanted people of Hong Kong origin residing in the UK.
13 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hong Kong: Foreign Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has met the Chief Executive of Hong Kong since taking office.
13 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Colombia: Fungicides
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with his Colombian counterpart on the potential impact of the mancozeb ban on (a) bilateral trade and (b) regional stability.
13 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Colombia: Immigration Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Colombian counterpart on their offer to host a UK technical delegation to assess migration and border control improvements.
13 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fungicides: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has provided funding for research into the (a) development and (b) trial of multi-site fungicide alternatives to mancozeb that are viable for tropical fruit expo
13 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fungicides
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of banning mancozeb by the end of 2025 on the (a) socio-economy and (b) security of the UK's trading partners.
Source: official written-questions record.