Written questions
849 written questions tabled, most recent first.
25 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employee Assistance Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will commission research on (a) productivity, (b) sickness rates and (c) absenteeism in the (i) public and (ii) private sectors where employers offer mental health support (A) by phone, (B) onlin
25 Mar 2025 · Treasury
Nurseries: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing Business Rates relief to nurseries.
25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with independent pharmacy owners on ensuring an equitable contract for community pharmacies.
25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pharmacy: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider linking pharmacy funding to (a) inflation and (b) the National Living Wage.
25 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will ensure all schools have (a) lock down plans which all teaching staff are taught, (b) direct feed panic alarms to local police stations, (c) security bollards at the main entrances and exits and (d)
25 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on (a) domestic extremist threats and (b) other terror related threats against primary and secondary schools; and what assessment she has m
25 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will increase the powers of local education authorities to take action against parents who threaten teaching staff over decisions taken under school disciplinary procedures.
24 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Trading Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will increase (a) criminal sanctions and (b) financial penalties for breaches of Trading Standards laws.
24 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Cosmetics: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to prevent the illegal (a) online sale and (b) importing of skin (i) whitening and (ii) lightening products which cause skin damage.
24 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
TikTok: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will commission research into (a) the types of (i) messages and (ii) videos promoted by TikTok to UK children and teenage users and (b) the role of promoting such content by malig
21 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office
Cars: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of trends in the level of employment in the car manufacturing sector between July and December 2024.
18 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment: Armed Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Defence to encourage young people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance to seek employment in the armed forces.
18 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence
RAF Akrotiri: Guided Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to protect UK defence personnel at RAF Akrotiri from regional ballistic missile attacks.
18 Mar 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) in person and (b) online meetings she had with organisations representing children with special educational needs between 14 July 2024 and 14 October 2024.
10 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Cryptocurrencies: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce increased criminal sanctions for crypto exchange companies who (a) launder stolen crypto currency and (b) allow (i) criminal gangs and (ii) hostile states to trade cryptocurrenci
10 Mar 2025 · Home Office
Migration: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission research into the (a) role of (i) Russia (ii) Belarus (iii) Iran (iv) China and (v) Yemen in the migration of people and (b) potential impact of that migration on national secur
3 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will require housing developers to promptly complete remedial works required to new build properties after completion.
27 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Hoaxes and False Alarms
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase sanctions for people who make fake (a) bomb threats and (b) calls to the emergency services.
27 Feb 2025 · House of Commons Commission
House of Commons: Security
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will bring forward proposals to agree sanctions against (a) hon. Members and (b) members of staff employed by (i) the House of Commons a
27 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Mzia Amaglobeli
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will have discussions with his Georgian counterpart on the detention of the Mzia Amaghlobeli.
26 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Airlines: Competition
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to increase competition among airlines operating in the UK.
26 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Airlines: Competition
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to commission an investigation into trends in the level of competition amongst airlines flying in and out of UK airports.
26 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Airports: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to ensure domestic companies with UK-based shareholdings are prioritised to offer (a) ground and (b) air services for potential expansions at (i) Heathrow and (ii) Gatwick airports.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Intimate Image Abuse: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will ensure that law enforcement agencies have sufficient resources and training to identify and prosecute creators of non-consensual deepfake content.
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Intimate Image Abuse: Artificial Intelligence
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will implement stronger penalties for creating non-consensual deepfake content.
21 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Estate Agents: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will undertake a review of the estate agency sector to assess the effectiveness of existing legislation on ensuring (a) transparency in pricing, (b) accurate descriptions
21 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require imports of (a) meat, (b) dairy and (c) eggs to meet the same animal welfare standards as the UK.
21 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Russia: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help end the detention of OSCE officials (a) Vadym Golda, (b) Maxim Petrov and (c) Dmytro Shabanov by the Russian Federation.
12 Feb 2025 · Home Office
National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that the devolved parliaments and assemblies have sufficient resources to (a) detect, (b) deter and (c) prosecute any malign State activities s
12 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Africa: Russia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the role of Russia's Africa Corps in the migration of people from (a) sub-Saharan Africa and (
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