Written Questions

95541 questions on record

All Commons Lords

Enter an MP's name to view all written questions they have submitted. Written questions are formally addressed to government departments and require official written responses. In the House of Commons, these may be directed to the Secretary of State for a given department, or to a junior Commons Minister where the Secretary of State sits in the House of Lords. In the House of Lords, questions are addressed collectively to "His Majesty's Government" rather than to a specific Secretary of State or department.

Lords HL1
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in establishing a national school for government and public services.
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Baroness Alexander of Cleveden
Lab
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-05-19
Since the Chief Secretary’s announcement in January 2026, we have developed an initial curriculum, begun on in-house design and expanded our capacity. The School is due to launch later this year.
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Lords HL23
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce legislation to ban the keeping of laying hens, pullets and breeder layers in cages.
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Baroness Fookes
Con
To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answered 2026-05-19
The Animal Welfare Strategy (see attached) states that ending the use of cages is a key priority for this Government. A UK-wide consultation on laying hen cage reform was launched on 12 January 202...
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Lords HL137
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have with clearing the illegal waste dump on Bolton House Road, Bickershaw, near Wigan.
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Baroness Sheehan
LD
To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answered 2026-05-19
On 14 May Defra officials visited the site and met with local partners and residents to discuss the clearance operation. Discussions focused on site logistics, access rights, the ability of the mar...
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Lords HL37
To ask His Majesty's Government what new actions, not already in place prior to the establishment of the Maternity and Neonatal Investigation led by Baroness Amos, are being taken to reduce maternal deaths, stillbirths and neonatal mortality.
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Lord Mott
Con
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-05-19
The Government has implemented several initiatives since June 2025 aimed at reducing maternal deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal mortality. In December 2025, we introduced a new early warning system...
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Lords HL36
To ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 23 March (HL15674), on the basis of what data they conclude "the vast majority of births in England are safe" when the Care Quality Commission have previously iden...
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Lord Mott
Con
To: Department of Health and Social Care
Answered 2026-05-19
Data from the Office of National Statistics, Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK, and Imperial College London show that death and serious harm ...
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Lords HL16409
To ask His Majesty's Government what financial cuts or efficiencies the Ministry of Defence has been asked to make in the financial years 2026-27 and 2027-28.
Tabled: 2026-04-15
Lord Empey
UUP
To: Ministry of Defence
Answered 2026-04-29
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
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Lords HL15578
To ask His Majesty's Government, in regard to Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to the appointment of Lord Mandelson as HM Ambassador to Washington, published on 11 March (HC1774-1...
Tabled: 2026-03-16
Baroness Finn
Con
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-04-29
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member
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Lords HL16584
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to mark Lesbian Visibility Week.
Tabled: 2026-04-20
Baroness Wilcox of Newport
Lab
To: Cabinet Office
Answered 2026-04-29
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
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Lords HL16410
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Collins of Highbury on 14 April (HL Deb col 197), where it is set out that a document such as the EHRC’s Code of Practice on Services, Public Functions and Associations cannot be laid...
Tabled: 2026-04-15
Baroness Falkner of Margravine
XB
To: Women and Equalities
Answered 2026-04-29
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
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Lords HL16452
To ask His Majesty's Government what advice they have received on whether the Equality and Human Rights Commission code of practice for services, public functions and associations has any bearing on employers' obligations; and, further to the rema...
Tabled: 2026-04-16
Baroness Falkner of Margravine
XB
To: Women and Equalities
Answered 2026-04-29
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
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Lords HL16617
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to utilise industrial capacity in Northern Ireland to support the defence investment plan.
Tabled: 2026-04-21
Lord Hay of Ballyore
DUP
To: Ministry of Defence
Answered 2026-04-29
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
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Lords HL16616
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on the defence investment plan.
Tabled: 2026-04-21
Lord Hay of Ballyore
DUP
To: Ministry of Defence
Answered 2026-04-29
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
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Lords HL16620
To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to maintain the place of Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom.
Tabled: 2026-04-21
Lord Hay of Ballyore
DUP
To: Northern Ireland Office
Answered 2026-04-29
The UK Government is committed to delivering for all communities in Northern Ireland which is an important part of the United Kingdom. The Spending Review provided the Northern Ireland Executive wi...
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Lords HL16694
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on 17 April (HC123654), and with reference to paragraph 1.6 of the Ministerial Code, what is the public interest...
Tabled: 2026-04-23
Lord Gilbert of Panteg
Con
To: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Answered 2026-04-29
I will deposit a copy of the equivalent information for FCDO premises in London in the Libraries of both Houses. This will be published in due course in the deposited papers database on Parliament’...
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Lords HL16435
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of national gas storage capacity, further to recent reports of interest in the UK's undersea gas pipeline network from the government of Russia.
Tabled: 2026-04-15
Earl Russell
LD
To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answered 2026-04-29
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. I will correspond directly with the noble Earl.
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