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 HL93
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have identified any risks to public confidence arising from the absence of a mandatory publicly accessible register of interests for tribunal judges.
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Baroness Deech
XB
To: Ministry of Justice
Answered 2026-05-28
The conduct of judges is a matter for the independent judiciary. It would therefore not be proper for the Government to require the publication of declarations of interest in relation to any court ...
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Lords HL92
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to commission a review of the effectiveness of the principle set out in the Guide to Judicial Conduct that tribunal judges should avoid extra-judicial activities that are likely to cause them to...
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Baroness Deech
XB
To: Ministry of Justice
Answered 2026-05-28
The conduct of judges is a matter for the independent judiciary. It would therefore not be proper for the Government to require the publication of declarations of interest in relation to any court ...
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Lords HL100
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cost of refunding victims of historic miscarriages of justice for the saved living costs of the time they spent in prison.
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park
Con
To: Ministry of Justice
Answered 2026-05-28
Individuals who have had their convictions quashed following an out of time appeal are eligible to apply for compensation through the statutory Miscarriages of Justice Application Service.On 6 Augu...
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Lords HL67
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of assessments for Personal Independence Payment are conducted (1) face to face, and (2) through paper-based review.
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Baroness Thomas of Winchester
LD
To: Department for Work and Pensions
Answered 2026-05-28
While this information is not currently published by the department, we will be sharing the data in a future statistical release.
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Lords HL308
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the compatibility of the judgment in the Maira Shahbaz case with Pakistan’s obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Tabled: 2026-05-20
Lord Alton of Liverpool
XB
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-27
The UK is committed to defending freedom of religion or belief and the rights of women and girls in Pakistan. We regularly raise concerns about the protection of religious minorities, including for...
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Lords HL307
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan regarding the protection of girls from minority communities following the ruling in the Maira Shahbaz case in March 2026.
Tabled: 2026-05-20
Lord Alton of Liverpool
XB
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-27
The UK is committed to defending freedom of religion or belief and the rights of women and girls in Pakistan. We regularly raise concerns about the protection of religious minorities, including for...
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Lords HL284
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the 51st Report of the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (HL Paper 263, Session 2024–26), published on 12 February, what progress they have made in bringing forward regulations under the Planning ...
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Lord Pack
LD
To: Department for Transport
Answered 2026-05-27
MMO and DfT are currently progressing a draft consultation and associated documents to consult with the sector in the summer 2026. In parallel stakeholder engagement will be undertaken and work wil...
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Lords HL123
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 24 March (HL15443), what steps the Wales Office has taken in the last year to meet its legal duty to keep under review the question of when un...
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Lord Pack
LD
To: Wales Office
Answered 2026-05-27
The Wales Office works closely with other government departments to keep the status of uncommenced legislation falling within areas of its responsibility under review. Decisions on commencement are...
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Lords HL216
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps are being taken to ensure any UK-based investments to Eurasian Resources Group do not directly or indirectly benefit any sanctioned Russian entities.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Lord Mott
Con
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-27
Together with our international partners, we have already imposed on Russia the largest and most severe package of sanctions ever imposed on a major economy, but we continue to keep our sanctions r...
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Lords HL215
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the sanctions against the Russian regime to prevent investment in non-sanctioned companies indebted to sanctioned Russian banks.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Lord Mott
Con
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-27
Together with our international partners, we have already imposed on Russia the largest and most severe package of sanctions ever imposed on a major economy, but we continue to keep our sanctions r...
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Lords HL228
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the Immovable Property Commission in providing legal remedies for British citizens with property claims in Cyprus.
Tabled: 2026-05-18
Lord Rogan
UUP
To: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Answered 2026-05-27
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 HL42
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 10 February (HL14013), what are the consolidated figures from Network Rail’s Annual Report and Accounts and Regulatory Financial Statements of Network...
Tabled: 2026-05-13
Lord Moylan
Con
To: Department for Transport
Answered 2026-05-27
Please see the attached document which contains the information requested.
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Lords HL274
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of innovation and technology in improving road safety outcomes and reducing drink driving reoffending.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
Green
To: Department for Transport
Answered 2026-05-27
The Government recognises the role that innovation and technology can play in improving road safety outcomes and reducing reoffending, alongside effective enforcement, education and penalties. As p...
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Lords HL275
To ask His Majesty's Government what further steps they will take to ensure that drink driving prevention measures are effective and appropriate for the long-term future.
Tabled: 2026-05-19
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
Green
To: Department for Transport
Answered 2026-05-27
The Government’s Road Safety Strategy, published in January 2026, sets out a long‑term, evidence‑led approach to reducing deaths and serious injuries on our roads, including tackling drink driving....
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Lords HL151
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to strengthen national cyber resilience in response to the risks arising from AI increasing the scale and sophistication of cyber attacks.
Tabled: 2026-05-14
Lord Taylor of Warwick
To: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Answered 2026-05-27
The capabilities of artificial intelligence models are accelerating quickly and this presents both risks and opportunities for cyber security, which is why the government takes these developments v...
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