Written questions
1,329 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Employment Tribunals Service: Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that workers receive tribunal awards in cases where the respondent company has entered (a) administration and (b) liquidation.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Employment Tribunals Service: Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade if his Department will publish (a) the number of requests it has received from claimants for respondents to (i) fined and (ii) named under the Employment Tribunal penalty enforcement and naming scheme a
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Employment Tribunals Service: Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many claimants who have used the employment tribunal penalty enforcement scheme since 2016 have received (a) full and (b) partial payment of their awards; and what the total value of (i) awards rec
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Employment Tribunals Service: Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the employment tribunal penalty enforcement scheme in ensuring payment of awards since 2016.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Employment Tribunals Service: Enforcement
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to improve the enforcement regime for payment of awards made in the employment tribunal.
16 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Overseas Investment: Israeli Settlements
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has considered barring (a) financial institutions, (b) banks and (c) other corporations headquartered in the UK from investing in settlement-based companies.
16 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) revising the UK-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement to explicitly prohibit the importing of goods (i) produced and (ii) sourced (A) in whol
16 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Trade Agreements: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what consideration has the UK given to the suspension of the UK-Israel Trade and Partnership Agreement contingent upon Israel’s compliance with the human rights provision in the agreement and with the
16 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Imports: Occupied Territories
To ask the Chancellor for the Exchequer, whether guidance is given to the food sector on potential criminal culpability in the importation of (a) goods and (b) services from the illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
16 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Import Controls: Israeli Settlements
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of taking legislative steps to prevent the importation of goods from the illegal territories in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
16 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Import Controls: Israeli Settlements
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of goods from the illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are passed-off as coming from Israel.
16 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Import Controls: Israeli Settlements
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what checks are made on the postal codes of goods to identify whether the origin of such goods are from (a) the illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and (b) Israel.
16 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Import Controls: Israeli Settlements
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to differentiate between goods and services from (a) illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and (b) Israel.
16 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israeli Settlements: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to UN General Assembly Resolution ES-10/24, published on 18 September 2024, whether she has taken steps to cease the importation of (a) products and (b) servic
4 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the (a) Southeastern and Network Rail Alliance and (b) proposed Anglia Railways will be integrated into Great British Railways.
4 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what mechanism the DfT Operator Limited and Network Rail will be brought into Great British Railways.
4 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the nations and regions of Great Britain will be reflected in the governance structure of Great British Railways.
4 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with trade unions on the formation of Anglia Railways.
4 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which organisation is leading strategy for the transfer from (a) the privately owned train operating companies to the Department for Transport Operator (DfTO) and (b) from DfTO to Great British Railways.
15 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hussam Abu Safiya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information he holds on the (a) status and (b) health of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya.
15 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Hussam Abu Safiya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to his Israeli counterpart calling for the immediate unconditional release of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya from custody.
11 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Winter Fuel Payment: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people will receive Winter Fuel Payment in winter 2025-26 in (a) Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency, (b) Middlesbrough local authority area, (c) Tees Valley combined authority area an
11 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Winter Fuel Payment: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received Winter Fuel Payment in winter (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 in (i) Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency, (ii) Middlesbrough local authority area, (iii) Tees Valley combine
11 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office
State Retirement Pensions: North East
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people of state pension age there are in (a) Middlesbrough and Thornaby East constituency, (b) Middlesbrough local authority area, (c) Tees Valley combined authority area and (d) the North East.
10 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israeli Settlements
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral statement of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of 4 June 2025 on Israel and the Occupied
10 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral statement of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of 4 June 2025 on Israel and the Occupied
10 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral statement of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of 4 June 2025 on Israel and the Occupied
10 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: F-35 Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs' oral contribution of 4 June 2025 in response to a question fro
10 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: F-35 Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs' oral contribution of 4 June 2025 in response to a question fro
10 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
F-35 Aircraft: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral contribution of 4 June 2025, Official Report, column 338, whether (a) his Department and (b) any F-35 partner nation requested a (i) policy and (ii) technical working group review of e
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