Ben Lake

8 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to secure the release of Dr Abu Safiya and other medical staff from Israeli prisons, following the findings by UN Special Rapporteurs on 7

7 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Seeds: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2026 to Question 2218 Seeds: Imports, what measures is the government taking to safeguard domestic agriculture and horticulture from the risk of bacter

6 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Probate: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for a grant of probate were submitted in a) English and b) Welsh in each year since 2021.

1 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Rescue Services: Ceredigion Preseli

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's revised volunteer model for Coastguard Rescue Officers on the level of maritime and coastal search and rescue provisi

26 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Radio Frequencies: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has had discussions with HM Treasury on alternative uses of spectrum-related revenues to support national connectivity and resilience objectives.

26 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telecommunications: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Technology what discussions she has had with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and DNOs on ensuring rapid restoration of power to telecommunications sites during major inc

26 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Television Licences: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what analysis her Department has conducted on the potential benefits and impacts of redirecting a portion of Annual Licence Fee revenues towards resilience-enhancing measures.

24 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK National Screening Committee plans to build use of Stockholm3 into its screening model.

18 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has she made of the potential merits of reducing VAT to 10% for hospitality businesses in Wales.

10 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Imports: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will commission the Office for Budget Responsibility to undertake an independent assessment of the fiscal impact of (a) withdrawing postponed VAT accounting for imports and (b) requiring payment of import VAT

10 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Imports: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 51908, whether she has made an estimate of (a) the cash-flow to the Exchequer of withdrawing postponed VAT accounting for imports, including the interest foregone on

29 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Probate: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the time taken to issue a grant of probate.

21 May 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hannah Schafer

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with international partners to help secure the release of Hannah Schafer.

19 May 2026 · Ministry of Defence

France: Military Alliances

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has considered inviting French forces to participate in Arctic cold-weather training at Camp Viking in Norway under the framework of the Lancaster House Treaties.

19 May 2026 · Ministry of Defence

France: Military Alliances

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has considered extending the Lancaster House Treaties to include a formal mechanism for Franco-British cooperation on Arctic and High North security.

19 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Marriage Act 1949: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the consultation on the Marriage Act 1949 reforms will be launched.

19 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones: Aerials

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what proportion of mobile phone mast sites servicing rural areas have alternative power generation or a battery back-up that can be accessed during an unplanned power outage.

19 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Power Failures

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what was the average duration of an unplanned power outage in each Distribution Network Operator area in each of the last five years.

19 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Power Failures

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many unplanned power outages occurred in each of the last five years.

18 May 2026 · Treasury

Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance HMRC has issued to freight forwarders and customs agents on the steps they should take to verify the genuine UK establishment status of importers before submitting indirect customs declarations; and wh

18 May 2026 · Treasury

Imports: Tax Evasion

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many freight forwarders and customs agents have received demands from HMRC for unpaid import VAT or customs duty in respect of declarations submitted on behalf of importers who were subsequently found to be (a)

18 May 2026 · Treasury

VAT: Registration

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many addresses in the United Kingdom are currently registered as the VAT address of 100 or more businesses; and what processes HMRC has in place to verify that such addresses represent legitimate serviced office

18 May 2026 · Treasury

VAT: Registration

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration has been given to adding (a) a company registration number field to the HMRC VAT number checker service and (b) a VAT registration number field to the Companies House public register, so that the

18 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Foreign Companies: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Companies House address verification procedures in preventing overseas entities from registering UK companies at virtual office addresses, residential pro

18 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Economic Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, since the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 came into force, how many companies have been (a) investigated by Companies House for filing dormant accounts whilst conducting active tradi

18 May 2026 · Treasury

Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration has been given to providing freight forwarders and customs agents with real-time access to the current VAT registration status of importers, so that agents can verify eligibility for Postponed VAT

18 May 2026 · Treasury

Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many UK VAT registration numbers have been identified as having been used in customs declarations submitted under PVA (Postponed VAT Accounting) after the registration was cancelled, and what steps HMRC took to

18 May 2026 · Treasury

VAT: Registration

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, since January 2021, how many applications for UK VAT registration from companies incorporated in the UK within the previous 24 months have been (a) accepted without a compliance check, (b) accepted following a compl

18 May 2026 · Treasury

Customs: Digital Technology

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many BIRDs-authorised traders have had authorisation (a) suspended, (b) withdrawn, (c) reviewed following compliance investigations and (d) referred to HMRC's Fraud Investigation Service since the introduction o

18 May 2026 · Treasury

Customs: Digital Technology

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many BIRDs declarations submitted in each year between 2022 and 2025 were associated with (a) UK-incorporated companies that had been registered at Companies House for fewer than 24 months at the time of submiss