Written Questions

667581 questions on record

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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.

Commons 2797
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has assessed the recommendations of the Independent Greenhouse Gas Removal Review, published on 23 October 2025; and what is his timeline for responding to that...
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Mr Richard Holden
Mr Richard Holden
Con
To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answered 2026-05-28
On 23 October 2025 the GGR Independent Review was published, setting out a range of recommendations to government. The government welcomes this report and will consider the recommendations and resp...
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Commons 3056
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of new technologies on the grooming and exploitation of children.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Cameron Thomas
Cameron Thomas
LD
To: Home Office
Answered 2026-05-28
The Government is unequivocal in its commitment to protecting children from all forms of child sexual exploitation and abuse.The Online Safety Act is a landmark and foundational step in tackling on...
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Commons 2996
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of EU de minimis charges and associated handling fees on UK retailers fulfilling consumer orders to customers in the Republic of Ireland from distributio...
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Mr Joshua Reynolds
Mr Joshua Reynolds
LD
To: Treasury
Answered 2026-05-28
The Government have been following the development of the EU’s customs reforms closely, including the removal of the €150 customs duty relief for imports into the EU (including from the UK). These ...
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Commons 2706
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to increase productivity.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Jim Shannon
Jim Shannon
DUP
To: Treasury
Answered 2026-05-28
The Government is committed to increasing productivity as a central driver of sustainable economic growth and rising living standards.To support this, at the 2026 Mais Lecture, the Chancellor annou...
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Commons 2877
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure investment in the national grid, including batteries and other upgrades to capacity.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Damien Egan
Damien Egan
Lab
To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answered 2026-05-28
Government is working with delivery partners to speed up delivery of network infrastructure and increase grid capacity through reforms to planning, support for communities and strategic network des...
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Commons 2722
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he is considering reintroducing or adapting the Energy Bills Discount Scheme for households supplied via heat networks; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of...
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Neil Coyle
Neil Coyle
Lab
To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answered 2026-05-28
The Department and Ofgem are actively monitoring the contract prices paid by heat network operators since the Middle Eastern crisis started and considering all options available to mitigate higher ...
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Commons 2979
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to identify alternative financing models for flexible gas generation that ensure price stability for households and businesses.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Chris Bloore
Chris Bloore
Lab
To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answered 2026-05-28
This government has been clear that the answers to the challenges around affordability, energy security and sustainability point in the same direction, clean energy. Clean Power means that by 2030,...
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Commons 2848
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a national advertising strategy to promote the Fuel Finder scheme to Motorists.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Dr Luke Evans
Dr Luke Evans
Con
To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answered 2026-05-28
The Government is promoting Fuel Finder primarily by making fuel price data openly available to third parties, allowing it to be incorporated directly into motorists’ commonly used apps and service...
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Commons 2846
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to promote the Fuel Finder scheme to Motorists.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Dr Luke Evans
Dr Luke Evans
Con
To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answered 2026-05-28
The Government is promoting Fuel Finder primarily by making fuel price data openly available to third parties, allowing it to be incorporated directly into motorists’ commonly used apps and service...
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Commons 2725
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Ofgem on extending the current regulatory framework for heat networks to include price protections in addition to consumer standards.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Neil Coyle
Neil Coyle
Lab
To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answered 2026-05-28
The Department has provided the heat network regulator, Ofgem, with broad powers relating to heat network price regulation. These include powers to investigate and intervene where heat network pric...
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Lords HL87
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to endorse the Global Charter for Fisheries Transparency, or to take other steps to end slavery in the UK supply chain, particularly given the fall in the number of inspections of seafood coming...
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Green
To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answered 2026-05-28
This Government supports the principles underpinning the Global Charter for Fisheries Transparency but has no current plans to endorse it. This Government is already leading in areas such as benefi...
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Commons 2727
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what legislative timetable he has set for introducing further regulation of heat networks, including any provisions relating to price protections for consumers.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Neil Coyle
Neil Coyle
Lab
To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answered 2026-05-28
Government legislated to introduce statutory redress, advice and advocacy from April 2025 and Ofgem regulation of heat networks from January 2026. Government has provided Ofgem with broad powers to...
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Lords HL84
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Callanan on 15 May 2023 (HL7503), what discussions they have held with the UK Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories (CDOTS) regarding carbon emissions, including extendin...
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Green
To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answered 2026-05-28
The UK is committed to extending the Paris Agreement to all eligible Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories (CDOTs) that wish to join, bringing them into scope of the UK’s Nationally Determine...
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Lords HL77
To ask His Majesty's Government will they ensure that the "Energy Independence Bill" proposed in the King's Speech made on 13 May includes provisions to augment energy storage through new pumped-storage hydroelectric schemes.
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Lord Wigley
Lord Wigley
PC
To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answered 2026-05-28
The Energy Independence Bill will legislate for the powers the government needs to fight people’s corner and go further and faster on our clean energy mission. The full detail of the Energy Indepen...
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Commons 2723
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the extent to which current regulation of heat networks provides equivalent protections to those available to domestic gas and electricity consumers, in...
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Neil Coyle
Neil Coyle
Lab
To: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answered 2026-05-28
The introduction of Ofgem’s regulatory powers in January 2026 aimed to introduce similar protections for heat network customers to domestic gas and electricity customers. However, there are some im...
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