Mark Pritchard

12 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

United States Africa Command

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will have discussions with his US counterpart on the (a) strategic contribution of Red Sea region and (b) the potential merits of retaining the United States Africa Command.

12 May 2025 · Treasury

Treasury: Training

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that officials in her Department are adequately trained on potential economic statecraft mechanisms that could be deployed against the UK.

12 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iraq and Yazidis: Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to support the Free Yezidi Foundation to help tackle violence against women and girls within (a) Yezidi and (b) Iraqi society.

12 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Yazidis: Children and Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) locate and (b) free enslaved Yazidi (i) women and (ii) children.

12 May 2025 · Home Office

Terrorism: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help counter the UK operations of the GRU’s Department of Special Tasks.

12 May 2025 · Home Office

Terrorism: Russia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with her US counterpart on taking joint steps to counter efforts by the Russian GRU to bring down transatlantic aircraft through the development of incendiary devices.

12 May 2025 · Home Office

Islamic State: Central Asia

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to stop ISIS-K members from using conventional visa routes to travel to the UK from the central Asian republics.

6 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to introduce (a) identity checks and (b) spending limits for crypto betting.

6 May 2025 · Church Commissioners

Christianity: Anniversaries

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England plans to take to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.

6 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Russia: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with his counterpart in Nepal on the (i) number of Nepalese nationals who are and (ii) steps Nepal is taking to help prevent its nationals fighting as mercenaries for the Russian Feder

6 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Russia: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will hold discussions with his counterpart in Ghana on the (i) number of Ghanaian nationals who are and (ii) steps Ghana is taking to help prevent its nationals fighting as mercenaries for the Russian Feder

6 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Antisatellite Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with (a) state and (b) private sector allies and partners to reduce the risk to the UK's (i) national and (ii) economic security of Russia’s developme

6 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Space Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to ensure a space defence strategy is included in the outputs from the Strategic Defence Review.

2 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Regeneration: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what regeneration funding she is making available for (a) Newport, (b) Shifnal and (c) other rural market towns.

2 May 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Religion

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill on faith communities.

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Power Stations: Belarus

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the International Atomic Energy Agency on (a) the safety of the Ostrovets nuclear plant in Belarus and (b) the potential impact of that nuclear plant on the s

25 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

North Korea: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding and extending sanctions against Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

25 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make it her policy to abolish Ofcom if its code of conduct for technology companies does not improve children's online safety.

23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Judiciary: Political Impartiality

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will have discussions with senior judges on maintaining political impartiality when making (a) professional and (b) personal comments in public.

23 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Judicial Appointments Commission for England and Wales: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will reform the Judicial Appointments Commission to ensure improved (a) transparency and (b) diversity in the appointments process.

22 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Charities and Non-governmental Organisations: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) NGOs and (b) charities in receipt of funding from his Department that have issued legal proceedings against the Gov

22 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Defence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will amend the (a) Military Aid to the Civil Powers (Emergency Powers) Act 1964 and (b) Civil Contingencies Act 2004 to ensure parliamentary oversight during national crises.

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Aviation: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will ask the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the Joint Business Agreement between British Airways, Iberia, Finnair, American Airlines and Aer Lingus on the pricing model for tran

22 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offences against Children: Suspended Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) adults and (b) juveniles convicted of (i) downloading and (ii) procuring online child abuse images received suspended custodial sentences in the latest period for which figures are available.

22 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offences against Children: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will ask the Sentencing Council to increase custodial sentences for people convicted of procuring child abuse images.

22 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on safeguarding civilian national infrastructure required for the (a) mobilisation and (b) deployment of the armed forces.

4 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

National Security: Departmental Coordination

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will establish a cross-Government expert group to help (a) innovate responses and (b) devise policy counter-measures to (i) non-traditional and (ii) hard-to-trace grey-zone activities of (A) malign state a

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Broadcasting Programmes

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the BBC on ensuring that the programmes it commissions reflect the views of people from across the UK.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadcasting: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with Ofcom on encouraging competition in broadcast news media.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Media: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with media production companies on producing more content to promote positive male role models.