Written questions
784 written questions tabled, most recent first.
14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Slaughterhouses: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the FSA last reviewed and updated the scientific evidence, research and data underpinning the Official Controls legislation referred to in PQ Answer 120762.
14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Slaughterhouses: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will direct the FSA to publish the terms of reference and timetable for conduct of their review of current and emerging abattoir technologies and their potential regulatory use including what
14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Inspections
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many billing errors the Food Standards Agency made in charging food business operators for Official Controls in each of the last 3 years, and what was the total monetary value of these in each
14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food Poisoning
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many major food incidents have there been in each of the last 5 years and of those how many were meat related.
21 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Marwan Barghouti
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to representatives of the Government of Israel on the treatment of Marwan Barghouti.
17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Graft versus Host Disease: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will a) review the ongoing data collection work of the British Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and Cellular Therapy registry and b) work with partners in the spac
17 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Transplant Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to consider transplants, including stem cell and bone marrow transplants, as part of the Getting It Right First Time programme.
16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Cancer: Immunotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that access to CAR-T therapies for mantle cell lymphoma is consistent across the UK, in the context of its continued availability in Scotland.
16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Blood Cancer: Immunotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the removal of access to a CAR-T therapy for mantle cell lymphoma on patients; and if his Department will consider learnings from
16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food Standards Agency: Parliamentary Scrutiny
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Food Standards Agency is subject to an appropriate level of Parliamentary scrutiny.
16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Slaughterhouses: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the meat processing industry is subject to permanent on-site regulatory presence and inspection of every item; what the evidentiary basis is for this practice; and how this level of
16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring food businesses responsible for processing meat and meat products in line with the regulatory approach used elsewhere in the food industry by allowing them to be fully responsible
16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce more effective uses of technology and science evidence-based approaches to the delivery of Official Controls by the Food Standards Agency.
16 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Meat: Hygiene
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will direct the Food Standards Agency to publish details of the overhead costs associated with charging businesses for meat hygiene controls, specifically the costs of (a) administering the b
10 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Hotels: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the business rates system on the hotel sector.
10 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Hotels: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she has taken to ensure that the hotel sector has not been disproportionately impacted by the rise in business rates.
10 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Hotels
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the cumulative implications for the hotel sector of (a) the recent changes to business rates, (b) the rise in employers’ National Insurance Contributions and (c) the rises in the rate
10 Mar 2026 · Treasury
Hotels: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made that the support offered to the hotel sector on business rates is sufficient to protect jobs and investment, in the context of the significant rise in valuations.
27 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 89382 on Social Services: Investment, whether his Department plans to (a) increase public sector funding and (b) incentivise private sector inve
27 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 89382 on Social Services: Investment, what assessment his Department has made of the main barriers to (a) public sector funding and (b) private
27 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to Question 89382 on Social Services: Investment, whether his Department plans to consider the (a) previous and (b) forecast (i) levels and (ii) adequacy of
20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Tomography
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS 10 Year Plan, what steps his Department is taking to to double the level of CT and MRI scanner capacity; and what plans he has to develop stronger and more structured part
12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure equitable cancer research funding across the country.
12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the funding for local authority stop smoking services announced in the National Cancer Plan is a one-off allocation for 2026-27.
12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to set out national quality standards for rehabilitation for all people with cancer within cancer manuals, alongside those for prehabilitation announced in the National Cancer Plan
12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to develop the universal, digital-first prehabilitation offer for people with cancer in the National Cancer Plan into a fully structured, personalised, community-based offer of bot
29 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to mandate public electric car charging providers to display the price of electricity clearly at the service station.
27 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Private Rented Housing: Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help protect private renters from rent increases after landlords invest to improve the energy efficiency of homes in line with the new energy efficiency
20 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Playing Fields: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what impact assessment has been done for the removal of Sports England as a statutory consultee for the planning application involving playing fields.
20 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Nuclear Power: Supply Chains and Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for (a) Defence and (b) Energy Security and Net Zero on the development of a coordinated supply chain and training opportunities for defence and
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