Written questions

1,565 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Egypt: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her Egyptian counterpart on religious expression online in Egypt; and what steps her Department is taking to help protect freedom of religio

26 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the written statement of 20 January 2026 on Mobile Phones and Social Media: Use by Children, HCWS1262, when she plans to publish the consultation on proposed measures

23 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Livestock Industry: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of withdrawing the visa concession for temporary employment as sheep shearers on (a) animal welfare in Wales and (b) the We

23 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Livestock Industry: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with a) British Wool, b) the Farmers' Union of Wales and c) NFU Cymru on the withdrawal of the visa concession for temporary employment as sheep shearers.

23 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Livestock Industry: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with the Welsh Government on the withdrawal of the visa concession for temporary employment as sheep shearers.

23 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

India: Christianity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2025 to Question 90911 on India: Christianity, what assessment she made of the potential impact of her Department's discussions with civ

5 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how will property subject to tenancies agreed under (a) the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 and (b) the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 be valued for the purposes of calculating an estate's inheritance tax liability.

5 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Kurds

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help protect and support Kurdish communities in North-East Syria.

5 Feb 2026 · Treasury

National Wealth Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure equitable funding by the national wealth fund across all nations of the United Kingdom.

5 Feb 2026 · Treasury

National Wealth Fund: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the spending of the national wealth fund in Wales.

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

Floods: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of data on the impact of flooding on social housing tenants.

2 Feb 2026 · Treasury

VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made and assessment of the potential merits of completing an updated assessment of the potential savings to the Exchequer from withdrawing the postponed VAT accounting process, taking into account (a

28 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment she has made of levels of relative spending per head on reserved matters in (a) Wales and (b) England.

28 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Treasury's press release entitled Government announces support package that backs British pubs, published on 27 January 2026, what her proposed timeline is for the Barnett Formula Consequentials

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Home Discount Scheme: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support his Department is providing to individuals who live off grid and who are on low incomes who do not meet the eligibility criteria for the Warm Homes Discount.

27 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Multinational Companies: USA

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of recent exemptions or carve-outs granted to large United States multinational enterprises under the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and

16 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Grok

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent the creation of non-consensual sexualised images through the Grok Imagine app in the UK.

15 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department made of the potential impact in Wales of increasing the threshold of Agricultural Property and Relief and Businesses Property Relief to £2.5 million.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Driverless Vehicles: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has had discussions with Tesla UK regarding the potential child safety implications of vehicle-integrated artificial intelligence systems.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

X Corp: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has had discussions with X on the potential impact of the output of its Grok AI on child safety.

2 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Exploitation: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she made of the potential merits of including provisions for a statutory Independent Child Exploitation Advocate, modelled on section 48 of the Modern Slavery Act, in the Crime and Pol

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Horizon IT System: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many sub postmasters resident in Wales have had claims related to the Horizon IT system (a) settled and (b) not settled.

5 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what are the Zone A rates for retail properties used to calculate the business rates due in (a) Aberystwyth, (b) Tregaron, (c) Aberaeron, (d) Lampeter, (e) Llandysul, (f) Cardigan, (g) St Dogmaels, (h) Crymych, (i)

3 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2025 to question 95185, what the updated average annual change in the Welsh Government’s capital budget is between 2025-26 and 2029-30; and whether that budget will increase.

28 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Gaza: Military Aircraft

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse has been of UK military flights over Gaza since October 2023.

27 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Disposable Income: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has her department made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2025 on the forecasts for (a) living standards (b) Real Household Disposable Income in Wales, as compared to the pre-Autumn Budget

27 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Welsh Government: Borrowing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will the 10% increase in the size of the Welsh Government's (a) annual capital borrowing limit (b) cumulative capital borrowing (c) overall limit on the size of the Wales Reserve, (d) annual limit for drawing down f

27 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Income Tax: Tax Rates and Bands

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of additional people who will paying the (a) basic rate and (b) higher rate of income tax broken down by country, in the context of the extension of the income tax threshold

27 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of inflation on the real terms value of the £505 million in Barnett Formula consequential funding for the Welsh Government announced at the Autumn Budget 2025.

27 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has she made of the impact of the additional Barnett Formula consequential funding for the Welsh Government announced at the Autumn Budget 2025 on the average annual growth of the Welsh Government’s

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