Written questions
1,690 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 Nov 2025 · Treasury
Climate Change: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of a financial levy on UK industries historically linked to environmental degradation with revenue allocated to affected countries.
24 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Climate Change: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to establish a dedicated fund to support nations experiencing climate-related loss and damage linked to the UK’s historical industrial emissions.
21 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Debts Written Off
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with the G7 and G20 on the expansion of the Common Framework for Debt Treatments to provide deeper and more timely debt cancell
21 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Debts Written Off
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the African Union and CARICOM regarding the role of debt cancellation in broader reparations discussions.
21 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the feasibility of a UK-supported debt-for-climate swap programme to help low-income countries finance climate resilience projects.
21 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Developing Countries: Debts Written Off
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with international financial institutions, including the IMF and World Bank, on cancelling or restructuring debt for Global Sou
21 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Climate Change: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with international partners on the development of legal frameworks for climate reparations.
21 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Indigenous Peoples: Natural Resources
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support Indigenous communities affected by historic UK-linked resource extraction projects.
21 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the UK’s contributions to international climate funds, such as the Loss and Damage Fund, in addressing the environm
21 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with Commonwealth nations on climate finance to address the impact of climate change on small island developing states.
21 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Slavery: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with international bodies, including the United Nations, on the issue of reparations for historical injustices.
21 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the role of UK aid in supporting economic and social initiatives aimed at addressing the legacy of colonial exploitation and enslav
21 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Slavery: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions her Department has had with CARICOM member states regarding the ten-point reparations plan put forward by the CARICOM Reparations Commission.
21 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Cultural Heritage: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had recent discussions with universities and cultural institutions on the potential merits of establishing scholarships or research funding for communities impacted by
21 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Museums and Galleries: Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department had held discussions with museums and other cultural institutions on the potential merits of engaging with communities on colonial-era acquisitions and the transatlantic sl
21 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Human Remains: Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to take steps with museums and other institutions to repatriate African ancestral remains to their countries of origin.
21 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Restitution: Human Remains
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the All Party-Parliamentary Group on Afrikan-Reparations's report entitled Laying Ancestors to Rest, published in March 2025, what assessment her Department has made of the pote
21 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Human Remains: Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the All Party-Parliamentary Group on Afrikan-Reparations's report entitled Laying Ancestors to Rest, published in March 2025, what assessment her Department has made of the pote
21 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to increase support for women and girls in conflict-affected and climate-vulnerable regions.
21 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that funding for programmes supporting women’s and girls’ rights, education, and health is maintained in the current and future
19 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Restoring order and control: a statement on the Government’s asylum and returns policy, published on 17 November 2025, what steps her Departmen
19 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed asylum reforms on the mental health of vulnerable groups, including (a) asylum seeking children and (b) survivors of trauma.
19 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps will be taken to involve individuals with lived experience and civil society groups in shaping the modern slavery legislation proposed in the Restoring Order and Control policy paper publis
19 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Slavery
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to release the proposed modern slavery legislation, referenced in the Restoring Order and Control policy paper published on 17 November 2025.
19 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prosthetics: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2025 to Question 87401 on Prosthetics and Wigs: Ethnic Groups, whether he will ensure that there is guidance or a requirement for NHS Trusts to procure breast
19 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prosthetics and Wigs: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 12 November 2025 to Question 87400 on Prosthetics and Wigs: Ethnic Groups, whether he will make an assessment of the impact of limited access to suitable breast prosthesis
17 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Gender Based Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to introduce Jade's Law.
17 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Children: Bereavement Counselling
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of implementing the measures set out by The Joanna Simpson Foundation and Children Heard and Seen on support for children bereaved by domestic homicide
17 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Health Professions: Hazardous Substances
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he will require NHS employers to provide ongoing education, training and health surveillance for all staff (a) who handle or (b) may be exposed to hazardous medicinal products.
17 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Hazardous Substances: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to promote the use of engineering controls such as (a) biological safety cabinets and (b) closed system drug transfer devices during the preparation and administration of hazardo
Source: official written-questions record.