Written questions
351 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice
Legal Aid Agency: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department or the Legal Aid Agency received internal or external warnings between January 2020 and December 2024 concerning cyber security risks or weaknesses in the Legal Aid Agency’s IT systems.
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with technology companies, including developers of navigation applications and private hire bookings, on improving safety features to reduce the need for driver interaction while ve
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department (a) has issued and (b) plans to issue guidance to developers of private hire booking apps and navigation applications on ensuring that such applications can be operated in a hands-free an
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the use of private hiring booking apps and navigation applications by taxi and private hire vehicle drivers on (a) road safety and (b) driver d
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Arms Trade: Export Controls
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what oversight mechanisms are in place to ensure that UK-manufactured military components exported to third countries are not transferred onward in ways that may breach (a) UK export control requiremen
8 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Arms Trade: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of whether UK arms export controls comply with the domestic laws of partner countries.
8 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israeli Settlements
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian impact of demolition orders issued against Palestinian villages in the past year.
8 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israeli Settlements
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has taken diplomatic steps in response to the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion of July 2024 on the legal status of Israel’s presence in the occupie
8 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israeli Settlements
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department is taking steps to implement a ban on the import of goods originating from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory.
8 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israeli Settlements
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to extend UK sanctions to include businesses operating in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
8 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Lebanon: Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK military (a) drone and (b) surveillance flights were conducted over Lebanese territory on the days of reported airstrikes in the past months; and if he will publish details of UK surveillance flights c
8 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Middle East: International Humanitarian Law
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what safeguards are in place to ensure that intelligence gathered by UK assets in the Middle East is not used in operations that breach international humanitarian law.
8 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Defence
Israel and USA: Lebanon
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether intelligence gathered from UK surveillance flights in the past 12 months over Lebanon has been shared with (a) the Government of Israel and (b) the Government of the United States.
8 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Surveillance
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has issued UK-wide guidance on the ethical deployment of surveillance technologies by police forces.
8 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Biometrics
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards she has introduced to help ensure that digital forensic tools cannot be used for (a) remote access and (b) bulk data collection beyond lawful investigations.
8 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Biometrics
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has advised any police forces not to activate facial recognition functions within surveillance software.
8 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Biometrics
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what oversight mechanisms she has introduced to monitor compliance with (a) data protection, (b) equalities and (c) human rights obligations in the use of facial recognition technology.
8 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office
Government Departments: Procurement
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK Government public procurement does not contribute to serious human-rights (a) risks and (b) violations overseas.
8 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department assesses the (a) ethical and (b) human-rights context in which surveillance technologies developed by overseas companies were (i) developed and (ii) deployed before procuring su
8 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Israeli companies have supplied (a) surveillance, (b) digital forensics and (c) facial-recognition technology to UK police forces since 2020.
8 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Police: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which UK police forces and law-enforcement bodies have (a) procured and (b) used (i) surveillance, (ii) digital forensics and (iii) facial-recognition technologies supplied by overseas companies since
5 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Business: Capital Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has evaluated whether economic activity in Freeports, Special Economic Zones, Investment Zones, and Industrial Strategy Zones represents net new investment or relocati
5 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Freeports and Special Economic Zones: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated annual cost to the public purse is of tax reliefs associated with Freeports, Special Economic Zones, Investment Zones, and Industrial Strategy Zones.
5 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Freeports and Special Economic Zones: Conditions of Employment and Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Freeports, Special Economic Zones, Investment Zones, and Industrial Strategy Zones on workers’ rights, pay, and conditions
5 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Business: Capital Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms are in place to ensure democratic oversight and transparency of Freeports, Special Economic Zones, Investment Zones, and Industrial Strategy Zones, particularly w
5 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Freeports: Job Creation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the findings of the Fourth Report of the Business and Trade Committee of session 2023-24 on the levels of job creation from existing freeports compared to those
5 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Business: Capital Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been issued as to whether existing and future Freeports, Special Economic Zones, Investment Zones, and Industrial Strategy Zones will be required to comply with
5 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Business: Capital Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the cumulative impact of Freeports, Special Economic Zones, Investment Zones, and Industrial Strategy Zones on the UK’s overall regulatory framewor
5 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Business: Capital Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many (a) Freeports, (b) Special Economic Zones, (c) Investment Zones, and (d) Industrial Strategy Zones are currently operational or in development across the UK; and what to
5 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
India: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department’s policies of reports concerning revisions to electoral rolls in India which excluded Muslim vot
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