Written questions
438 written questions tabled, most recent first.
23 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Royal Mail: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Ofcom’s financial penalties in improving Royal Mail’s ability to meet its performance targets; and if he will take steps to ensure that future fines
22 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Palestine
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 80475 on Israel: Palestine, what response she has received from the Israeli Government in relation to her calls to allow
22 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Performance Certificates: Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to take steps to help protect tenants from (a) eviction and (b) rent increases following government-funded low-carbon improvement works carried out by landlords.
22 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Insulation: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether consumers will be exempt from paying for remediation costs to fix faulty insulation installations under the (a) ECO4 and (b) GBIS schemes if the costs exceed £20,000.
22 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Fishing Vessels: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to ratify the International Maritime Organisation 2012 Cape Town Agreement on the safety of fishing vessels.
22 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, for what reason the UK opposed advancing discussions on a new optional protocol on free education at the Intergovernmental Working Group on Free Education in September 2025;
21 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: National Grid
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help support the (a) development and (b) adoption of vehicle to grid technology.
20 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the number of people who have been unable to verify their identity using the Gov.uk One Login service due to mismatches with third-party data; and what s
17 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to reform processes for the (a) monitoring and (b) management of (i) ponds, (ii) headwater streams and (iii) other small waters.
17 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Business: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the scope of his Department’s review of Responsible Business Conduct will include (a) environmental harms in UK company supply chains in their own right, (b) environmental and human rights harm
17 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Business: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department will publish the (a) terms of reference and (b) timeline of the review of responsible business conduct; and whether there will be a public consultation on the review.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
National Security: Climate Change
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, for what reason the publication of a joint intelligence committee report into the destabilising impact of the climate and nature crises on national security has been delayed.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a best price guarantee for rail passengers.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of capping long-distance rail fares.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of freezing rail fares.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
River Wye: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2025 to Question 33250, what progress her Department has made on joint cross-border research on the River Wye.
10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 2025 to Question 50550 on Personal Independence Payment: Appeals, what steps he is taking to reduce the median clearance time for mandatory reconsiderations.
10 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Global Partnership for Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to make a financial pledge to the Global Partnership for Education.
10 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Marwan Barghouti
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question HL2234 on Israel: Palestinians UIN, whether the International Committee of the Red Cross is given regular access
10 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Marwan Barghouti
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the former Secretary of State for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on 1 September 2025, Official Report, column 77,
10 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Palestine
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to (a) hold discussions with her Israeli counterpart on and (b) take steps to help (i) support the release of Marwan Barghouti and (ii) end arbitrary detent
10 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Marwan Barghouti
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report for the Inter-Parliamentary Union entitled PALESTINE: the trial of Mr. Marwan Barg
10 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Climate Change and Renewable Energy
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to instruct the Bank of England to publish a strategy detailing how it will support the UK’s (a) climate and nature goals and (b) green energy mission.
10 Oct 2025 · Treasury
Economic Growth
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the correspondence entitled Monetary Policy Remit, published on 15 November 2024, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Monetary Policy Committee’s progress in (a) delivering lon
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Rape: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ensure that rape victims are given clear (a) communication and (b) timelines for progressing their cases.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Rape: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish (a) plans and (b) a timeframe for reducing the time taken to bring rape cases to court.
10 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Rape: Criminal Investigation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to prevent rape suspects from leaving the country during an active investigation.
10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 39353 on Housing: Fees and Charges, whether he plans to implement the recommendations in the final report of the Older People’
16 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting a target for social housing.
12 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Cider
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of raising the minimum juice content for cider to 50%.
Source: official written-questions record.