Written questions

1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Sheep: Livestock Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her department has assessed the potential implications of levels of workforce availability of sheep shearers on animal welfare.

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

Sheep: Livestock Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of pressures on the sheep shearing workforce on (a) farm businesses and (b) the sheep industry.

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

Livestock Industry: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has assessed the potential impact on farm businesses and the sheep industry of the withdrawal of visa concessions allowing for temporary employment of sheep shea

10 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Livestock Industry: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation the her Department has had with counterparts at the Department of Envronment, Food and Rurual Affairs on the potential impact on the UK sheep industry of withdrawing the visa concess

10 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Livestock Industry: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consultation her Department has had with counterparts at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the withdrawal of the visa concession for temporary employment as sheep shearers

10 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Livestock Industry: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the withdrawal of the visa concession for temporary employment as sheep shearers on the sheep industry.

5 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of hospital handover delays on ambulance response times in (a) Shropshire and (b) the West Midlands.

5 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Hotels: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she will respond to Question 107479 regarding the Valuation Office Agency’s valuation method for small independent hotels.

5 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he will respond to Question 106613 of 16 January 2026 regarding the timely delivery of NHS mail to patients.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Self-employed: Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to provide self-employed workers who choose to adopt with the same support as employees who are entitled to statutory adoption pay.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Self-employed: Adoption

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of parental allowance for self-employed workers who choose to adopt.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to encourage alternative providers to use the broadband infrastructure installed by Freedom Fibre in North Shropshire constituency.

4 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Emergency Services Network: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new telecommunications masts have been built for the Emergency Services Network in (a) total (b) Shropshire and (c) North Shropshire constituency.

4 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Emergency Services Network

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set out (a) when and (b) in which locations the Emergency Services Network has been used in an operational setting.

4 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Airwave Service and Emergency Services Network: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse of (a) the Airwave network and (b) the Emergency Services Network was in each of the last five financial years.

4 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Airwave Service: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her department holds on the number of incidents where emergency service response times have been impacted by communication network coverage.

4 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Airwave Service: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her department holds on the (a) quality and (b) availability of the Airwave network in (i) Shropshire and (ii) North Shropshire.

4 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Airwave Service: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Airwave network coverage for emergency service delivery in rural areas.

3 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish guidance for members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme who are employed by civil service contractors on how they can access their pensions.

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

Agriculture: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support British food producers facing competition from increased imports following the UK-US Economic Prosperity Deal.

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

Agriculture: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changing US to UK import levels of (a) wheat, (b) maize and (c) ethanol on (i) food security and (b) agricultural businesses.

30 Jan 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support the development of tourism in Shropshire.

30 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Project Gigabit: North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what date the last premises in North Shropshire was connected to full fibre under Project Gigabit; and the date on which the next connection is planned.

30 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme in North Shropshire constituency are able to access their pensions.

28 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK National Screening Committee’s modelling assumes that the introduction of a prostate cancer screening programme would be additional to, or would partially replace, existing opportuni

28 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the level of overdiagnosis arising from opportunistic PSA testing in England in the latest period for which data is available; and whether this was modelled in the comp

28 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Products: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to publish proposals for increased product safety requirements under the Product Regulation and Metrology Act 2025.

28 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the cost of (a) the potential business rates relief for pubs and (b) the cost of extending this relief to (i) the hospitality sector and (ii) the retail sector.

28 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on including retail businesses in the proposed business rates relief for pubs.

27 Jan 2026 · Attorney General

Solicitors: Fees and Charges

To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment she has made of the levels of paid ad spoofing in the no win no fee sector.

Source: official written-questions record.