Written questions

1,365 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to publish a Digital Sovereignty Strategy to reduce reliance on foreign-owned technology providers in critical public services and infrastructure, and to strengthen th

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

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure Marine Protected Areas that protect harbour porpoises are safeguarded from destructive fishing methods.

16 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason extraction-based orthodontic treatment is the predominant model of care within NHS orthodontic services, in the context of airway-focused and growth-guidance approaches.

16 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide acknowledgement and redress to people who had faces damaged and developed serious side effects after retraction-extraction orthodontics during childhood.

16 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department plans to take during the rainy season to help prevent future atrocities in El Obeid.

16 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations her Department has made to the Sudanese Armed Forces on the opening of a humanitarian corridor into El Obeid to allow the delivery of aid and assistance

16 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that records from the UK National Breast Implant Registry for 1993 to 2006 are retained and preserved.

14 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Energy: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government has assessed (a) the impact of the zero rate of VAT on the installation of energy-saving materials on the uptake of such materials and (b) the potential impact on households and businesses of

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

Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to end the use of fast-growing broiler chicken breeds in UK poultry production.

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to produce noise assessments to reflect the best and worst case scenarios that may be created by expansion at Heathrow in terms of a) numbers of people exposed to noise b) number of people cu

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, why the Appraisal of Sustainability of the draft Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement only modelled one set of indicative flight paths that seek to minimise the number of newly impacted people.

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, why the Appraisal of Sustainability of the draft Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement only modelled one set of indicative flight paths that seek to minimise the number of newly impacted people.

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to increase the length of the night period when local communities are not exposed to aircraft noise from Heathrow.

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in preparing the Heathrow Expansion Appraisal Report, what consideration her Department gave to modelling the potential monetised costs of noise pollution from expansion.

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Faroe Islands

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether animal welfare concerns relating to the Faroe Islands' grindadráp whale and dolphin hunt will be considered during the 2026 review of the UK–Faroe Islands trade agreement.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimates her Department has made of the monetised costs of aircraft noise pollution for communities under Heathrow flight paths exposed to noise above 43dB.

7 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the use of generic service licences for animal experiments, granted without identification of the specific substance to be tested, and what steps she is taking to ensure that a robu

2 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Anglo Portuguese School of London: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to speed up the completion of building works at the Anglo Portuguese School of London; and if she will ensure that key facilities, including the play deck and kitchen, are co

1 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Offences: Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has analysed international examples of requiring intervening Intelligent Speed Assistance technology for high-risk and repeat speeding offenders.

1 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Offences: Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has a national definition of a high-risk repeat speeding offender.

1 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Offences: Speed Limits

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has asked police forces to provide data on repeat speeding offenders to inform future road safety policy.

29 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Naloxone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to expand access to naloxone in communities.

29 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the levels of the use of dogs at the MBR Acres facility in Cambridgeshire; and whether she plans to take steps to end the breeding and supply of dogs for scientific tes

29 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure the routine freezing of suitable brain tumour tissue samples to improve patient access to genomic testing, personalised treatments and research.

29 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Game: Birds

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the environmental and animal welfare impacts of the breeding, release and shooting of game birds, and whether she plans to introduce a ban on these prac

29 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to treatments for pancreatic cancer and increase survival rates.

10 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, and whether he is supporting the development of new scanning technologies or screening methods to detect pancrea

10 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palantir

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the NHS Federated Data Platform contract with Palantir ahead of the 2027 break clause, in the context of reported concerns about undisclosed access to identifiable patient data an

8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of corridor care and delayed transfers from emergency departments on patient safety, including the reported 16,000 deaths annually; and what steps his Depa

29 May 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Sudan: Non-governmental Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations her Department has made to the Rapid Support Forces on their requirement for international NGOs to register in Darfur; and what steps she is taking to he

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