Written questions

2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Neonicotinoids: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is considering legislative options to permanently ban all uses of neonicotinoid pesticides.

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

Neonicotinoids

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how applications for emergency authorisation of banned neonicotinoids will be assessed under the new guidance; and whether an independent scientific advisory committee will be involved

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

Pesticides

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the updated guidance for emergency authorisations of pesticides will apply retrospectively to applications submitted in 2024.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Drinking Water: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many enforcement actions have been taken against water companies for breaches of drinking water quality standards in each of the last three years.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Drinking Water: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how frequently drinking water is tested for compliance with (a) microbiological and (b) chemical safety standards.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Drinking Water: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of public drinking water supplies met national quality standards in the most recent reporting year.

10 Sep 2025 · Attorney General

Offences against Children: Prosecutions

To ask the Solicitor General, with reference to the oral answer to the hon. Member for Fylde of 4 September 2025, Official Report, column 435, in which areas the pilot schemes of weekly listing meetings are being run; and if he will make it his policy to

10 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Development: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to review the processes for adoption of (a) roads and (b) common areas on estates where the developer has become insolvent.

10 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Development: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will commission an inquiry into the (a) (i) conduct and (ii) accountability of housebuilders who go into administration and (b) impact of that administration on homeowners

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what responsibilities remain on liquidators of housing developers for resolving (a) legal title and (b) infrastructure issues impacting homeowners.

10 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Home Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has received representations on inconsistencies in legal requirements for indemnity insurance on similar properties within the same estate; and if he will

10 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Development: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help support homeowners who face delays in property sales due to unresolved title restrictions related to developers in liquidation.

10 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Development: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what protections are in place for homeowners facing (a) legal and (b) financial hardship due to the insolvency of housing developers.

10 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Motor Insurance Taskforce

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the cross-Government Motor Insurance Taskforce is maintaining a formal record of stakeholder engagement; and whether the Credit Hire Organisation was consulted.

10 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Motor Insurance Taskforce

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the letter of 10 January 2025 from the then-Economic Secretary to the Treasury to Anthony Hughes of the Credit Hire Organisation, when her Department plans to meet representatives of the credit hir

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance: Hire Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that credit hire providers serving vulnerable road users are represented in ongoing motor insurance policy discussions.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance: Hire Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has as part of the motor insurance taskforce with representatives of the credit hire and mobility sector on its role in providing replacement vehicles to motorists post-accident.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance: Hire Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that representatives of the credit hire and mobility sector are consulted before the Motor Insurance Taskforce concludes its work.

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Co-operative Group: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 74887 on Retail Trade: Health and Safety, whether (a) he and (b) the Health and Safety Executive has had recent discussions with the Secretary of S

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Retail Trade: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 74887 on Retail Trade: Health and Safety, whether his Department has received representations from (a) trade unions, (b) retail employers and (c) l

10 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Retail Trade: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 74887 on Retail Trade: Health and Safety, how his Department assesses whether (a) employers and (b) local authorities are effectively managing risk

9 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Technical Excellence Colleges

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what locations have been selected for the Defence Technical Excellence Colleges; and how will the £182 million investment in defence skills be distributed.

9 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

UK Defence and Security Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the Office of Defence Exports (ODE) will play in securing government-to-government defence export deals; and what targets have been set for the ODE in its first year.

9 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure equitable regional distribution of defence investment under the new Defence Industrial Strategy.

9 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Plymouth and South Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria his Department used to select Plymouth and South Yorkshire as the initial locations for Defence Growth Deals.

9 Sep 2025 · Women and Equalities

Women's Business Council

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the membership of the Women’s Business Council reflects geographical diversity; and what steps she took to encourage businesswomen from the North West to apply.

9 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Reorganisation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much has the Government spent on updating (a) government websites, (b) signage, (c) stationery and (d) other branded materials as a result of changes in (i) ministerial titles and (ii) departmental structure

9 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Reorganisation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many special advisers left government employment as a result of the government reshuffle; and what was the total cost of (a) severance and (b) compensation payments to those individuals.

9 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Reorganisation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish an account of the total cost of the government reshuffle, listing totals for (a) redundancy payments, (b) severance payments, (c) relocation costs, and (d) administrative costs associated with

9 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for using (i) ghost and (ii) cloned licence plates in each of the last five years.

Source: official written-questions record.