Written questions
147 written questions tabled, most recent first.
27 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how will PRN data be accuracy maintained, in the context of lengths of shipping times for exported material.
27 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of requiring exporters to claim PRNs only once material has reached its final destination on those exporters.
27 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has assessed the potential impact of recent levels of availability of the PRN system on levels of reprocessor closures.
27 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of PRN market disruption on the plastics and glass recycling sectors.
27 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste Disposal: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether staffing levels at the Environment Agency are adequate to manage the transition to the new PRN system.
27 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste Disposal: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to decrease the time taken to provide Environment Agency accreditation approvals.
27 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste Disposal: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many reprocessors and exporters are awaiting accreditation approval from the Environment Agency as of January 2026.
27 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has considered the potential merits of providing financial support or temporary relief for recyclers affected by the loss of PRN income.
27 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the PRN system disruption on small and medium-sized reprocessors.
27 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether steps have been put in place to allow retrospective PRN/PERN registrations for the period during which the market has been closed.
27 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency arrangements have been put in place to allow PRN/PERN registration while the new system is unavailable.
27 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she considered putting measures in place to ensure a new digital PRN system was in place prior to the closure of the previous system.
27 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging: Waste Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether an impact assessment on recycling companies was conducted prior to the closure of the existing PRN/PERN system in January 2026.
23 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether full implementation of the McCloud judgement remedy will be completed by April 2027.
21 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport
Speed Limits: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish a consultation on setting speed limits.
21 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Police
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that policing capacity is maintained in areas experiencing (a) increased community demand and (b) a reduction in policing numbers.
21 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Cheshire Constabulary: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessments she has made of trends in the levels of recruitment and retention in Cheshire Police; and how many officers have (a) left and (b) joined the force since July 2024.
21 Nov 2025 · Home Office
Police Community Support Officers: Cheshire
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing the number of police community support officers in Cheshire on levels of crime in that area.
19 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Eggs and Poultry: Ukraine
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of poultry and egg imports from Ukraine on the UK market following the extension of tariff free access in February 2024.
11 Nov 2025 · Northern Ireland Office
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what steps he is taking to replace the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023.
24 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ehlers-danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to create a pathway for NHS (a) diagnosis and (b) care for (i) hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and (ii) hypermobility spectrum disorders.
14 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Emma Reynolds MP received any correspondence from the (a) Treasury and (b) the Cabinet office on the (i) timetable, (ii) options and (iii) modelling for inheritance tax changes since 1 July 2024.
14 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any (a) written briefings, (b) submissions, and (c) minutes on inheritance tax changes were (i) sent to and (ii) copied to Emma Reynolds MP since 1 July 2024.
14 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Thames Water: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the financial resilience of Thames Water.
14 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
UK Relations with EU: Fisheries
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the UK-EU reset agreement, whether her Department has undertaken a cost benefit analysis in relation to its agreement to extend the fisheries arrangements.
8 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Jordan: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of reductions to overseas aid on Jordan.
8 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid: Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of the overseas aid budget is spent on asylum seekers in the UK.
8 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much and what proportion of the overseas aid budget is spent domestically.
8 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Emma Reynolds MP participated in any meetings with the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs on the impact of inheritance tax changes on farmers since 1 July 2024.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Ofwat in protecting consumers from bill increases where a water company becomes insolvent.
Source: official written-questions record.