Written questions
558 written questions tabled, most recent first.
19 May 2025 · Treasury
Accountancy: Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential role of chartered accountants in the use of disguised remuneration tax avoidance schemes.
19 May 2025 · Treasury
Employment Agencies: Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential role of recruitment companies in the use of disguised remuneration tax avoidance schemes.
19 May 2025 · Treasury
Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of making the (a) marketing and (b) operation of disguised remuneration schemes a criminal offence.
19 May 2025 · Treasury
Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason she has ruled out scheme promoters paying a proportion of Loan Charge liabilities.
19 May 2025 · Treasury
Independent Review of the Loan Charge
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason people who have settled have been excluded from the review into Loan Charge settlements.
15 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Omaveloxolone
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to make Omaveloxolone available through the NHS.
14 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Poultry: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of introducing a ban on male chick culling on the egg producing industry.
14 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Poultry: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce a ban on male chick culling.
29 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Egypt: Ahmadiyya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Egyptian counterpart on reports of (a) arbitrary arrests, (b) enforced disappearances and (c) threatened deportations of member
28 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Television
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is considering the future of terrestrial TV distribution in the BBC Charter review.
28 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Television
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of retaining the hybrid model of television distribution.
28 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Freeview Service
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an estimate of the financial support required for people to continue watching television when terrestrial television licenses expire in 2034.
28 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Future of TV Distribution Stakeholder Forum: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the future of terrestrial TV distribution in Northern Ireland.
28 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Future of TV Distribution Stakeholder Forum: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that Northern Ireland is represented in her Department's Future of TV Distribution Stakeholder Forum.
28 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Television: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the future of terrestrial TV distribution in Northern Ireland.
17 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Gambling: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the need for longitudinal research into the impact of online gambling on children and young people.
1 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pakistan: Religious Freedom
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 adequacy of the observance of the Pakistani government to article 22 of the constitution o
21 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Ports and Shipping: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help the (a) ports and (b) shipping industries (a) cut emissions and (b) transition to clean fuels.
21 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Ports
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made on developing a port strategy.
21 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Crew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of seafarers' welfare, in the context of roster patterns.
21 Mar 2025 · Treasury
Claims Management Services: Northern Ireland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending the Financial Conduct Authority's powers to regulate claims management companies in Northern Ireland.
21 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport
Motor Insurance Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Motor Insurance Taskforce (a) last met and (b) is next scheduled to meet.
12 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spent on promotion of freedom of religion or belief in the financial year 2024/25.
4 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Gambling: Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of current provisions to support people serving a custodial sentences who are experiencing gambling harms.
4 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pakistan: Ahmadiyya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his Pakistani counterpart on the arrest of Ahmadi Muslims in Daska, Pakistan, for gathering in their local mosque on 28 February
24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Asylum: Legal Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of providing legal advice to immigrants seeking asylum in each of the last five years.
24 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Cyprus: Foreign Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has plans to meet with his counterpart from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
24 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Democratic Republic of Congo: Christianity
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of attacks on Christian communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and what steps he is t
24 Feb 2025 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has provided to fire and rescue services in each of the last five years.
24 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Crime: Victims
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make it her policy to publish a victim’s charter.
Source: official written-questions record.