Brian Leishman

9 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that adequate levels of aviation fuel are available to airports in Scotland.

1 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Conditions of Employment: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support his Department has provided to improving workers' rights in Northern Ireland, in the context of the time taken for the Northern Ireland Executive to implement its Good Jobs Bill.

1 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Conditions of Employment: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the Good Jobs Bill.

23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Rescue Services: Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s policies on the operational limits of Search and Rescue winching systems on helicopters contracted to conduct offshor

23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Offshore Industry: Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the (a) Maritime and Coastguard Agency, (b) Civil Aviation Authority and (c) Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on oil and gas employers’ proposals on the weigh

23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Rescue Services: Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many merchant seafarers have been winched to safety from commercial vessels in (a) territorial and (b) international waters on the UK Continental Shelf by HM Coastguard Search and Rescue helicopters in each

23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Rescue Services: Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many offshore energy workers have been winched to safety from (a) fixed offshore oil and gas installations, (b) floating production storage and offloading units and (c) offshore wind farms on the UK Contine

9 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestine: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister’s letter to President Abbas of 21 September 2025, what discussions she has had with her Palestinian counterpart on the UK’s historical ro

9 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestine: Foreign Relations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister’s letter to President Abbas of 21 September 2025, whether she has considered issuing a formal apology on behalf of His Majesty’s Governme

15 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HMRC will publish full staffing projections for Managed Service Provider and HMRC customer services staff.

14 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Western Sahara: Self-determination of States

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will have discussions with her Moroccan counterpart on the suppression of protests and events supporting self-determination in occupied Western Sahara.

14 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade: Occupied Territories and Western Sahara

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answers of 1 April 2025 to question 41654 on Trade: Occupied Territories and Western Sahara, if he will update that guidance to include the need for consent to comply with international

26 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bowel Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle inequalities in bowel cancer screening participation.

26 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HMRC will publish full staffing projections for Managed Service Provider and HMRC customer services staff.

26 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how HMRC will ensure that workforce planning decisions do not incentivise replacement of permanent staff with externally supplied labour.

26 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Managed Service Companies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Managed Service Provider staff and HMRC employees will have differing pay, terms, training and progression.

11 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to UK steel safeguarding measures and import quotas on small and medium-sized enterprises that rely on a stable supply of imported steel;

4 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to ensure that all of the future surpluses accrued by the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme can be used to increase the pensions of members of that Scheme.

4 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of utilising the undistributed surplus in the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme to fund a pension bonus to members in 2026-2027 financial year.

4 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing the standstill feature from the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme.

25 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Western Sahara: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with her Moroccan counterpart on access to Western Sahara for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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

Food: Western Sahara

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to take steps to help ensure that the labelling of food originating in Western Sahara is not (a) mislabelled and (b) misleading.

2 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Russia: Tankers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the seizure of the Russian-flagged oil tanker Marinera and the removal of its captain and first officer from UK jurisdiction by United States Coast Guards, what engagement the Government receive

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Import Controls: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will outline the differences between the Border Control Post requirements in place for (a) exports and (b) imports at (i) Grangemouth, (ii) Rosyth, (iii) Burntisland and (iv) Me

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Freight: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to promote modal shift of freight from road to sea; and when she last discussed this matter with counterparts in the Scottish Government.

27 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Ferries: Europe and Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Scottish Government and (b) ferry operators on the crewing model that will be used on the vessels used to provide Roll-on Roll-off passenger and freight ferry se

6 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Deployment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK armed forces personnel are embedded in the US Gerald Ford carrier strike group in the Caribbean.

5 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Guyana: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has provided (a) training and (b) assistance to Guyana to protect its Exclusive Economic Zone.

5 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Guyana: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK armed forces personnel are present in Guyana.

15 Dec 2025 · Scotland Office

Refineries: Grangemouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what is the specific purpose is of the Government's £14.5 million funding for Granngemouth; whether this funding is expected to be allocated to technologies identified in the Project Willow scope; and whether th