Written Questions

95541 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.

Lords HL13
To ask His Majesty's Government how they are monitoring the impact of the introduction of 30 month temporary protection for asylum seekers.
Tabled: 2026-05-13
The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford
Bshp
To: Home Office
Answered 2026-05-29
The Government is committed to keeping all aspects of the asylum system under regular review, including the impact of introducing 30‑month temporary permission to stay under the core protection mod...
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Lords HL12
To ask His Majesty's Government how they will support the most vulnerable asylum seekers, who are granted core protection, to access work and study routes to settlement.
Tabled: 2026-05-13
The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford
Bshp
To: Home Office
Answered 2026-05-29
The Government is committed to keeping all aspects of the asylum system under regular review, including the impact of introducing 30‑month temporary permission to stay under the core protection mod...
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Lords HL194
To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance the (1) Ministry of Defence, and (2) Armed Forces, have given to members of the Armed Forces on whether they may formally or informally affiliate with private members' clubs, including single sex clubs.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Con
To: Ministry of Defence
Answered 2026-05-28
I refer the noble Lord to the reply given by my hon. Friend, the Minister for Veterans and People (Louise Sandher-Jones), in the House of Commons on 27 January 2026 to the hon. Member for Bridlingt...
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Lords HL32
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the Attorney General has recused himself from advising on (1) all aspects of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023, or (2) only those clauses of that Act that prevent payment of ...
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Baroness Hoey
To: Attorney General
Answered 2026-05-28
By long-standing convention, observed by successive Governments, the fact of, and substance of advice from, the law officers of the Crown is not disclosed outside government. This convention is ref...
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Lords HL247
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment have they made of the detention of religious leaders and attacks on places of worship in Myanmar; and what steps are they taking to support accountability for violations of freedom of religion or bel...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Lord Weir of Ballyholme
DUP
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-28
I refer the Noble Lord to the answer provided on 10 April to Question HL15957.
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Lords HL294
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the June 2025 judgment of the European Court of Human Rights reaffirming the Immovable Property Commission as an effective domestic remedy.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Lord Rogan
UUP
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-28
I refer the Noble Lord to the answer I gave him on 17 November 2025 in response to Question HL11561.
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Lords HL110
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the joint briefing by Gingerbread, Surviving Economic Abuse, and Women’s Aid, “Maintenance is used as a weapon all of the time”: Domestic Abuse and the Child Maintenance Service, pu...
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
Lab
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-28
In order to support victims/survivors of domestic abuse, all Child Maintenance Service (CMS) caseworkers receive extensive training and follow a well-managed process with clear steps to support and...
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Lords HL218
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Health and Safety Executive regarding its proposals to lower the permitted level of lead in the blood from 60 micrograms per decilitre to 15 micrograms per decilitre, and the ...
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay
Con
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-28
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is currently consulting on proposed changes to the Control of Lead at Work Regulations (CLAW) 2002 to enable the impact of these proposed levels in the working...
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Lords HL63
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Sherlock on 19 January (HL13272 and HL13273), whether information on the shape and remit of the Vanguard Taskforce and the Workplace Health Intelligence Unit has now been ...
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson
Con
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-28
Work is progressing at pace on the Keep Britain Working Vanguard Phase following publication of the review’s final report in November. Led by Sir Charlie Mayfield, Co-Chair of the Vanguard Phase, w...
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Lords HL102
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 27 April (HL16209), what steps they will take to implement the recommendations of the report by Liverpool City Council, A Review of Safety Related Matters: L...
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Baroness Griffin of Princethorpe
Lab
To: Department for Business and Trade
Answered 2026-05-28
Under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, event organisers must already conduct their activities in such a way that the public are not exposed to risk. They must also make suitable risk as...
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Lords HL71
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to increase the current period of statutory paternity leave entitlement to more than two weeks.
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Lord Weir of Ballyholme
DUP
To: Department for Business and Trade
Answered 2026-05-28
Through the Employment Rights Act, the Government have made Paternity Leave a ‘day one’ right as of 6 April this year. This brings an extra 32,000 fathers and partners into scope of the entitlement...
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Lords HL213
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have received regarding the costs and regulatory burdens of environmental permitting regulations for farm practices; and how they intend to address these concerns.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Con
To: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answered 2026-05-28
Defra engages a range of representations relating to the costs and regulatory burdens of different aspects of the environmental permitting regulations on farming. The Environment Agency designs per...
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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
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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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
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
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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