Sir John Hayes

21 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide a list of training programmes used by civil servants in her department since 2020.

20 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Radiation Exposure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on his review of the records of nuclear test veterans.

20 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released early in Lincolnshire in the last 12 months.

20 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office

Honours: Lincolnshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many honours were awarded to people (a) living and (b) working in Lincolnshire in each of the last ten years; and what the level of each award was.

20 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Smuggling

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to reduce the number of illegal tobacco and vaping products on sale in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.

20 Apr 2026 · Wales Office

Wales Office: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether her Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.

20 Apr 2026 · Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Office: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.

20 Apr 2026 · Scotland Office

Scotland Office: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether his Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.

20 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.

20 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.

17 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cystic Fibrosis: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of prescription charges on people with Cystic Fibrosis in Lincolnshire.

17 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Chagossians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her department has kept records of complaints made by Chagossian asylum seekers fleeing Mauritius and applying for asylum in the United Kingdom in the last 10 years.

17 Apr 2026 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.

17 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.

17 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.

17 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.

17 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: South Holland and the Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to boost flood defences in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.

15 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Crisis and Resilience Fund: Lincolnshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the Crisis and Resilience Fund for off-gas grid households using heating oil will be allocated to Lincolnshire.

15 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.

15 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Fuel Oil: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent heating oil theft in rural communities in Lincolnshire.

14 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the last 12 months.

14 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Treasury: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the past 12 months.

14 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting (a) legislation and (b) policy in the past 12 months.

14 Apr 2026 · House of Commons Commission

Legislative Drafting: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether House of Commons officials have used artificial intelligence to assist with drafting legislation in the past 12 months.

14 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her department has undertaken polling of the Chagossian people in respect to the 2025 UK/Mauritius Treaty concerning the Chagos Archipelago.

14 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Chagossians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of asylum claims of Chagossians to the United Kingdom from a) Mauritius and b) the Seychelles since July 2024.

13 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (1) legal representatives and (2) officials her Department sent to the Judicial Review in the Supreme Court of the British Indian Ocean Territory on Friday 13 March

13 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will list all law firms her department has consulted regarding British Indian Ocean Territory this year.

13 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Indian Ocean Territory

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to her Department was of litigation undertaken in the Supreme Court relating to the British Indian Ocean Territory in the last 12 months.

13 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chagos Islands: Mauritius

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the investigation by the United Nations of the proposed deal with Mauritius on the Chagos Islan