Written questions
5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
21 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ethiopia: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the safety of ethnic Amhara communities in Ethiopia.
21 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ethiopia: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support his Department is providing to humanitarian organisations operating in conflict-affected areas of Ethiopia.
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Private Rented Housing: Slough
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps he has taken to protect renters' rights in Slough constituency.
21 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
British Overseas Territories: Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of UK Overseas Territories on progress made on adopting publicly accessible registers of company beneficial ownership.
21 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Pakistan: Religious Freedom
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Pakistan on levels of religious freedom in that country.
20 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Community Relations: South East
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps he has taken to support community cohesion in (a) the South East and (b) Slough.
17 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Multiple Myeloma: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include diagnosis targets for myeloma in the national cancer plan for England.
16 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Multiple Myeloma: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to help reduce the time taken to diagnose myeloma.
16 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Multiple Myeloma: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the average time taken to diagnose myeloma in the South East.
16 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Afghanistan: Women's Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with international partners on women and girls' rights in Afghanistan.
16 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Firearms: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Law Commission report entitled Firearms Law: Reforms to Address Pressing Problems, published on 16 December 2015, whether she plans to implement the recommendation on codifying t
16 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Street Cleaning: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with local councils on improving street cleanliness.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many officials were investigated under their Department's disciplinary processes in each of the last five years.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many officials were investigated under their Department's disciplinary processes in each of the last five years.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials were investigated under their Department's disciplinary processes in each of the last five years.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many officials were investigated under their Department's disciplinary processes in each of the last five years.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Education
Department for Education: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials were investigated under their Department's disciplinary processes in each of the last five years.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many officials were investigated under their Department's disciplinary processes in each of the last five years.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Electricity and Natural Gas: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to decouple gas and electricity prices.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Space Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has (a) made contingency plans and (b) undertaken cross-government exercises to respond to potential (i) significant deterioration in and (ii) complete loss of (A) satellite
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to prepare the rail network for adverse weather in winter 2025.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many officials were investigated under his Department's disciplinary processes in each of the last 5 years.
15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Streptococcus: Babies
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce group B strep infections in newborn babies.
15 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Firearms: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the average cost to the public purse of processing an application to renew a shotgun licence.
15 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
United Arab Emirates: Arms Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on whether the United Arab Emirates has exported military equipment for use by the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan.
15 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Iraq: Children and Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with his counterpart in Iraq on the rights of (a) women and (b) children in that country.
15 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Investment: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to protect consumers against fraudulent investment opportunities presented online through the use of deepfakes.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Cycling: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) number and (b) monetary value of fines issued for non-compliance with obligatory lighting and reflectors for bicycles in the Thames Valley area in 2024.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Cybersecurity: Business
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent steps her Department has taken to help support businesses to (a) identify and (b) rectify cybersecurity issues.
14 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) development and (b) rollout of biomarker tests to support early detection of (i) pancreatic cancer and (ii) other less survivable cancers in p
Source: official written-questions record.