Written questions

609 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero to identify how the UK can meet the latest World Health Organization air quality guidelines, inclu

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reducing PM2.5 to 10 micrograms per cubic metre.

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that her Department meets the latest World Health Organization air quality guidelines, including the interim targets of 20 micrograms per

24 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy that no retrospective eligibility conditions will be applied to existing British National (Overseas) visa holders who have settled in the UK on the basis of the rules or

24 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's open consultation on Earned settlement, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of applying the proposed tax-contribution requirement to (a) non-w

24 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce new English language requirements for dependants on the British National (Overseas) visa route who were accepted under conditions that did not include such requirements.

24 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact on families arriving from Hong Kong under the British National (Overseas) visa route of introducing a minimum income requirement at the Indef

24 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that any changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain eligibility criteria do not retrospectively disadvantage British National (Overseas) visa holders who arriv

24 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the proposed minimum income requirement set out in the Government’s consultation on Indefinite Leave to Remain rules will apply to applicants on the British National (Overseas) visa route.

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Drax Power Station: Timber

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Drax's sourcing from old growth forests in Canada on the UK's environmental and sustainability commitments.

19 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coeliac Disease: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will consider providing financial support for children living with Coeliac disease.

19 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timeline is for publishing the final Local Government Outcomes Framework.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Power Stations: Biofuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of the biomass burned in large-scale biomass power stations was sourced from old growth or primary forest in 2024.

18 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Small Modular Reactors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the waste heat from SMR turbine halls is used in a way that contributes to achieving net zero.

18 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Universities: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 79133 on universities: research, what assessment she has made of the impact of the MRC funding model changes on universities.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Reading: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what measures the government is taking to develop a culture of reading for pleasure in schools as part of the new curriculum.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Basic Skills: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timeline is for the (a) new oracy framework and (b) combined oracy, writing and reading framework.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Literacy: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will promote multimodal literacy as part of the new curriculum rollout.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Vessels: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward legislation to formalise the license variation requiring English fishing vessels under 12m to operate iVMS while at sea.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether all catches are recorded and accounted for in UK fisheries.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Catches

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure that fishing catches are recorded and accounted for.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Vessels: Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 29 October 2025 to question 83898, what incentives there are for volunteer participants in the design and test phase for demersal trawls using mesh sizes up t

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Vessels: Monitoring

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 29 October 2025 to question 83898, how many (a) pelagic trawls over 24m and (b) demersal seines over 10m enrolled as volunteers to design and test Remote Elec

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Vessels: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a list of fishing vessel licences including sanctions for fisheries and labour offences.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Coastal Areas and Fisheries: Sustainable Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that funding delivered through the Fisheries and Coastal Growth Fund supports sustainability in fisheries.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fishing Vessels

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 29 October 2025 to question 83891, if she will publish details of grants to the fishing and seafood sector from 2025, including details of vessels receiving f

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Quotas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October to Question 84396, what percentage of the fishing catch quota has been distributed through (a) Fixed Quota Allocation Units, (b) the Quota Applicat

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Brownfield Sites: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made on the potential effect on the creation of habitats as a result of small sites being excluded from BNG as proposed in the Improving the implementation of B

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Brownfield Sites: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of how many jobs in the ecology and nature sectors could be lost as a result of small sites being excluded from BNG as proposed in the Improving the implem

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Brownfield Sites: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what percentage of developments BNG would apply to should small sites be excluded as proposed in the Improving the implementation of Biodiversity Net Gain for minor, medium and brownfi

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