Written questions
5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
17 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Slough and Thames Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to financially support the installation of flood defences in (a) Slough constituency and (b) the Thames Valley.
17 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase funding for hospice care.
16 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Shoplifting
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with retailers on the prevention of shoplifting.
16 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps her Department has taken to help prevent (a) violence and (b) abuse against public transport workers.
16 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Home Secretary and (b) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the prevention of violence against retail workers.
16 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Retail Trade: Crime Prevention
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with retailers on the prevention retail crime.
13 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Pensioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the affordability of NHS dental treatment for pensioners not in receipt of Pension Credit.
13 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Pensioners
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of financial support available to pensioners for dental treatment.
13 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Berkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to improve access to dental appointments in (a) Slough constituency and (b) Berkshire.
13 Jun 2025 · Women and Equalities
Period Poverty
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a cross-government strategy to eliminate period poverty.
13 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Paternity Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has any plans to review the length of statutory paternity leave.
13 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has taken recent steps with international partners to enable (a) the UN and (b) other humanitarian organisations to distribute aid in Gaza.
13 Jun 2025 · Home Office
Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, what her planned timeline is for bringing the proposals into effect.
13 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Iron and Steel
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to increase domestic steel production capabilities for products required by the UK defence industry.
13 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average waiting time was to resolve urgent repairs requested for service family accommodation in the last 12 months.
13 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the proportion of British-made steel procured by the UK defence industry in the last year.
13 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
IVF: Eligibility
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with ICBs on removing the need for self-funded artificial insemination before accessing NHS-funded IVF.
12 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps she has taken to (a) prevent vehicle number plate cloning and (b) support victims.
11 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 57318 on Gaza: Humanitarian Aid, if he will publish that letter; and whether he plans to respond to the letter.
11 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Pupils: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of smartphone bans in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools on educational attainment.
11 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Liquefied Natural Gas: Mozambique
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of UK support for the Mozambique Liquefied natural gas project on the UK's international climate commitments.
11 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will review Indefinite Leave to Remain visa fees for family members of non-UK armed forces personnel.
10 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the legality of the arrangements to distribute privatised humanitarian aid in Gaza.
5 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Arms Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2025 to Question 53139 on Ministry of Defence: Weapons, whether he is taking steps to help ensure (a) that weapons exported to Israel for def
4 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Israel: Military Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has provided military assistance to Israel since March 2025.
4 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Arms Trade: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) weapons, (b) munitions and (c) other arms exported to Israel in each of the last four months.
4 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Gaza: Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide an update on surveillance flights over Gaza in the last month.
4 Jun 2025 · Treasury
Business Rates and Corporation Tax: Slough
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total tax revenue collected from (a) business rates and (b) corporation tax was in the Slough constituency in the most recent period for which data is available.
4 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 53953 on Gaza: Infant Mortality, whether he has made an assessment of the likelihood of the British Red Cross humanitarian f
4 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has received unsolicited correspondence from legal experts on the legality of the Israeli blockade on the delivery of aid to the population of Gaza.
Source: official written-questions record.