Written questions

1,507 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Pigs: Slaughterhouses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the planned consultation on banning the use of high-concentration carbon dioxide gas stunning for pigs will include a proposed timetable for phasing out that method.

14 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Motorways: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Third Report of the Transport Committee of Session 2021–22, Rollout and safety of smart motorways, HC26, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that emergency refuges on All Lane Ru

13 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps their department will take to ensure all police forces will be kept updated to latest trends and best practice relating to modern slavery and human trafficking now support through the Moder

13 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Ethiopia: Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Ethiopian counterpart on evidence published by the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab on the use of Ethiopian Nati

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

Shellfish: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to include decapod crustaceans in the Animal Welfare Act 2006; and if she will publish a timeline for an announcement on that decision.

16 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Human Trafficking and Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether their department plans to collect and publish data on the number of modern slavery and human trafficking police investigations, after this is no longer done by the National Police Chiefs’ Coun

16 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Seabed

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 Greenpeace’s report entitled Equity, Benefit-Sharing and Financial Architecture in the Internat

13 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Furs: Farms

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the working group on fur, announced in the Animal Welfare Strategy, will include virologists and environmental scientists with expertise in the public health and environmental

11 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Chevening Scholarships Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Chevening Scholars have subsequently claimed asylum in the UK.

10 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Vessels: Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring remote electronic monitoring systems on all pelagic freezer trawlers of 100 meters or more operating in English waters

10 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure a coordinated national policing response to modern slavery, in the context of the removal of funding for the Modern Slavery and Organised Immigration

5 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Middle East: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the FCDO 2030 restructure on availability of qualified staff at gold, silver and bronze commander level to respond to

4 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what safeguards will be included in the UK-EU sanitary and phytosanitary agreement to ensure the UK maintains the ability to set animal welfare standards unilaterally, for example to b

4 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the removal of funding from the Modern Slavery and Organised Immigration Crime Unit on dedicated national policing funding for modern

24 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions there have been with EU negotiators about what falls within scope of the term agri-food product for the purposes of the UK-EU sanitary and phytosanitary agreement; and

11 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mexico: Sexual and Reproductive Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 November 2025 to Question 90695, what further steps she is taking with international partners to support Official Development Assistance programm

23 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Crime and Police Bill 2024-26, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure a mandatory duty to report child sexual abuse for people undertaking key roles with children and

23 Jan 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Offences Against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Crime and Police Bill 2024-26, what assessment her Department has made of adequacy of training for reporting child sexual abuse for people that organise sporting and related

23 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Crime and Police Bill 2024-26, what assessment his Department has made of adequacy of training for reporting child sexual abuse for (a) healthcare professionals and (b) people

23 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers and Voluntary Work: Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Crime and Police Bill 2024-26, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of training for reporting child sexual abuse for (a) school teachers and (b) people who volunteer to

19 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Development Aid: Rainforests

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to make a decision on funding for the Tropical Forests Forever Facility.

5 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

UK Integrated Security Fund: Nigeria

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which projects in Nigeria (a) receive funding from the Integrated Security Fund and (b) have ceased to receive funding from the Integrated Security Fund in the previous five financial years.

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Shellfish: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the Seafish, Shellfish Association of Great Britain and the Crab and Lobster Management Group on the adequacy of the Codes of Practice for

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Small Modular Reactors: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has put processes in place to prioritise UK produced steel in procurement for small modular nuclear reactor projects.

8 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to work with the UK’s zoos and aquariums to provide opportunities for conservation translocations and the reintroduction of native species as set out in the Environm

3 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Shellfish

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to extend the scope of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 to include decapod crustaceans; and what the timeline is for any work required prior to the decision.

1 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the assurance processes are under which the Post Opening Project Evaluation (POPE) of Major Schemes are conducted.

1 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestine: Reconstruction

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government will be represented at the Gaza Reconstruction Conference in Egypt and at what ministerial level the UK will be represented; and whether the Government

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Highly Protected Marine Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the 3 Highly Protected Marine Areas that were designated in 2023 will be implemented.

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has received completed Post Opening Project Evaluation (POPE) reports from National Highways since 2021.

Source: official written-questions record.