Written questions
181 written questions tabled, most recent first.
15 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Driverless Vehicles: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of (a) Baidu and (b) other Chinese software companies' compliance with the extraterritorial elements of the People's Republic of China (i) National intell
15 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Driverless Vehicles: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the outage of Baidu self-driving cars in Wuhan.
15 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Driverless Vehicles: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many licences for testing self-driving cars have been given to (a) Baidu and (b) other automotive companies partnered with Chinese providers.
4 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Telecommunications Cables: Seas and Oceans
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking with international partners like Taiwan on undersea cable resilience.
4 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Uyghurs: Intimidation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of state intimidation on Uyghur families in the diaspora.
16 Dec 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ding Yuande
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Chinese counterparts concerning the detention of Falun Gong practitioner, Ding Yuande; and what diplomatic steps she is taking to
16 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Migrant Workers: Visas
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of applying bandings to regional areas of the UK to the base minimum salary thresholds and occupation-specific going rates for businesses employin
16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Agency: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the Legal Aid Agency's Sign in to Legal Aid Services implementation has been delayed; what specific security issues have arisen; and when updates on its postponed launch will be made available.
16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Agency: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of disaster recovery planning at the Legal Aid Agency prior to the cyber-attack of April 2025.
16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to compensate legal aid providers for disruption caused by the cyberattack on the Legal Aid Agency in April 2025.
16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Agency: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the the Legal Advice Agency data breach in April 2025, whether his Department and the LAA had a prepared disaster recovery plan prior to the breach.
16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Agency: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, after the April 2025 data breach of the Legal Advice Agency, what specific steps have been taken, and what further measures are planned, to ensure that a similar security breach does not occur again.
16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the determined method by which unauthorised access was gained to the Legal Aid Agency's online digital systems during the April 2025 data breach.
16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, regarding the cyber attack in April 2025 on the Legal Aid Agency (LAA), other than the information on the LAA’s website, what steps have been taken to notify legal aid applicants that their confidential data has
16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what types of personal and sensitive data were compromised in the April 2025 cyber attack on the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) including whether the breach included information on vulnerable individuals such as victims
26 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Myanmar: Rohingya
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent diplomatic steps she has taken with her international counterparts to ensure the protection of Rohingya women and girls in Myanmar.
18 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
China and Hong Kong: British National (Overseas)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Indo-Pacific) made representations on the non-recognition of the BNO passport by (a) China and (b) Hong Kong during her re
20 May 2024 · Home Office
British National (Overseas): British Nationality
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to support people from Hong Kong with British National (Overseas) visas to apply for British citizenship to help ensure they are able to access pensions m
13 Mar 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Village Halls: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 5.141 of the Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, when the Platinum Jubilee Village Hall Fund will open to new applicants.
28 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Mozambique: Religious Freedom
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of religious freedom in Mozambique; and if he will hold discussions with his counterparts in that country on religious freedom.
22 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nnamdi Kanu
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department has taken to help ensure Nnamdi Kanu is not subject to capital punishment.
22 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Nnamdi Kanu
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the legality of the continued incarceration of Nnamdi Kanu.
28 Jun 2023 · Home Office
Asylum: St Helens
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to use Alexandra Business Park in St Helens to house asylum seekers.
9 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health and Care Act 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to raise awareness of section 170 of the Health and Care Act 2022.
9 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Organs: Crime
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many offences under section 170 of the Health and Care Act 2022 have been recorded.
9 May 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Organs: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued (a) guidance and (b) other advice to (i) medical professionals, (ii) health and care partnerships and (iii) other health-related bodies on the potential impact of
17 Jan 2023 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he will respond to the correspondence of 12 December 2022 from the hon. Member for St Helens South and Whiston on energy intensive businesses that purchased oil before the na
25 Oct 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Energy Bills Rebate: Park Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that those living on Caravan and Mobile Home parks are included within the Energy Bill Support Scheme where their electricity bills a
5 Sep 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care
Abortion: Analgesics
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing fetal pain relief during abortion procedures, in a similar way to that provided to fetuses in utero during open fetal surgery for
11 Jul 2022 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Theatre: Prescot
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the Shakespeare North project in Prescot on arts education and the local regeneration of the town for residents following her visi
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