Written questions

230 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sustainable Farming Incentive

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether farmers in Higher Level Stewardship schemes will be able to apply for the new Sustainable Farming Incentive schemes.

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Honey: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to help tackle the mis-labelling of honey products.

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Honey: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Directive (EU) 2024/1438 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 amending Council Directives 2001/110/EC relating to honey, what assessment he ha

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Honey: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Directive (EU) 2024/1438 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2024 amending Council Directives 2001/110/EC relating to honey, what discussions he h

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Machinery: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund will support farm businesses implementing fire suppression measures on agricultural machinery.

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Machinery: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assistance his Department is providing to farming businesses wishing to implement fire suppression measures on agricultural machinery.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Towns Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any Town Fund projects under the Town Deals programme have applied for an extension.

12 Jun 2025 · Women and Equalities

LGBT+ People: Care Homes

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of developing a strategy on supporting LGBTQ people in care.

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Somerset

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraph 4.62 of HM Treasury's document entitled Spending Review 2025, published on 12 June 2025, what proportion of flood defence spending from 2026-27 to 2028-29 w

16 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to deliver devolution to councils that are not part of the Devolution Priority Programme.

1 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Products: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the European Commission's document entitled Vision for Agriculture and Food, published on 19 February 2025, if he will hold discussions with animal welfare organisati

1 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Eggs: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of a sales ban on imported (a) eggs and (b) egg products produced on farms that use battery cages.

1 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Products: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade to require the (a) import and (b) sale of (i) eggs, (ii) pork and (ii) fur to meet UK animal welfa

30 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether consumer standards set by the Regulator for Social Housing apply to socially rented residential pitches on local authority (a) owned and (b) managed Gypsy and Traveller s

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Breakfast Clubs: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have a place on the breakfast clubs pilot programme.

30 Jan 2025 · Women and Equalities

LGBT People: Care Homes

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle LGBT discrimination in care homes.

28 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department is providing those impacted by flooding following Storm Herminia.

19 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Digital Technology: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle digital exclusion.

9 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve access to electric vehicle charging for disabled people.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Environmental Land Management Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers and land managers successfully applied for capital grants for environmental land management in (a) Glastonbury and Somerton constituency and (b) England in 2024.

25 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Catering: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning single-use food service materials for dine-in settings that have more than 20 covers.

25 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using (a) refillable and (b) returnable packaging to help support the transition to become a circular economy.

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rural England Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much of the Rural England Prosperity Fund has been spent.

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rural England Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to extend the Rural England Prosperity Fund.

13 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Treaties

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what position the UK will take on (a) chemical recycling and (b) a mass balance approach in negotiations on the Global Plastics Treaty.

13 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Consumption and Production

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2024 to Question 9584 on Plastics: Treaties, what level of (a) production and (b) consumption of primary plastic polymers is sustainable.

13 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Treaties

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on negotiations on the Global Plastics Treaty in South Korea.

13 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Treaties

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of levels of international funding needed to support new financial mechanisms that would be required under the Global Plastics Treaty.

17 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has carried out an impact assessment of ending the £2 bus fare cap.

8 Oct 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Project Gigabit: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much and what proportion of the Project Gigabit fund has been allocated to rural areas.

Source: official written-questions record.