Written questions
1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Inland Waterways: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve the structural integrity of the canal network.
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Inland Waterways
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has produced a recent risk assessment for the impact of canal embankment breaches on narrowboats.
12 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Inland Waterways: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an emergency contingency fund to support (a) waterways-dependent businesses and (b) tourism in the context of the
8 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of commissioning neighbourhood level respiratory diagnostic hubs.
8 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to help ensure that health boards and trusts collect and publish data on the provision of respiratory diagnostics.
8 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the potential impact of chronic respiratory conditions on the NHS this winter.
8 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help (a) increase capacity for and (b) reduce inequalities in access to respiratory diagnosis.
8 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Respiratory Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will outline the criteria used to decide which conditions should receive a modern service framework; and whether respiratory health meets these criteria.
8 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to support educators, supervisors, mentors and trainers in the 10 Year Workforce Plan and work with employers to increase capacity for medical education and training.
8 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the 10 Year Workforce Plan will expand the number of medical specialty training places to meet population demand, beyond the 1,000 proposed in the 10 Year Health Plan.
8 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to incorporate the National Audit Office recommendations regarding the 2023 Long Term Workforce Plan into the development of the 10 Year Workforce Plan.
8 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the National Audit Office recommendations in its analysis of the 2023 Long Term Workforce Plan (a) in general and (b) specifically the recommendation that
7 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
Community Transport: Charities
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to reduce the (a) regulatory and (b) administrative requirements placed on transport-focused charities.
7 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
Community Transport: Charities
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support charities providing community transport.
7 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Horses: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to reclassify equine germinal products imported from the EU as medium risk.
6 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Horses: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will assess the merits of suspending mandatory border control point checks for consignments of equine semen sent from approved EU centres.
6 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Horses: Import Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to speed up the processing of (a) equines and (b) equine semen at border control points.
6 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Bank Services: Post Offices
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure access to cheque deposit services in rural areas.
6 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Bank Services: Post Offices
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on access to banking services of Lloyds Banking Group’s decision to discontinue cheque deposit services at Post Offices from 31 December 2025.
6 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Bank Services: Post Offices
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions her Department has held with Lloyds Banking Group regarding its decision to remove cheque deposit services from Post Offices under Banking Framework 4.
2 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of NHS spending on pharmaceutical products on levels of NHS staffing, equipment and activity in the context of the UK-US trade deal.
2 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of NHS spending on pharmaceutical products on patients in the context of the UK-US trade deal.
2 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of NHS spending on pharmaceutical products on the economy in the context of the UK-US trade deal.
2 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Insurance: Small Businesses
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure insurers do not use litigation to prevent small business policyholders from making claims.
2 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will work with the Financial Conduct Authority to issue guidance to insurers on the resolution of Covid-19 Business Interruption claims not resolved when the limitation deadline is reached.
2 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the March 2026 limitation deadline on unresolved Covid-19 Business Interruption claims.
2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Obesity
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her department's food strategy will include measures to address obesity and dietary-related diseases separate to those announced in the 10-year health plan for England.
2 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the healthy food standard policy will reduce health inequalities and improve access to healthy food for deprived communities.
2 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the publication of the new nutrient profiling model announced in the 10-year health plan for England.
2 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Food: Nutrition
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how he plans to enforce the targets set for businesses under the new healthy food standard policy announced as part of the 10-year health plan for England.
Source: official written-questions record.