Written Statements

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Enter an MP's name to view all written statements they have submitted. Written statements in Parliament are directed to the House of Commons and the House of Lords. They are used to inform Members of Parliament about issues for which they are responsible. The Government uses written statements to inform MPs about their work, policy, and activities. These statements are typically used to put the day-to-day business of Government on the official record and in the public domain.

Commons HCWS1289
Lanarkshire AI Growth Zone Designation and Delivery Update on the AI Opportunities Action Plan
Today I am updating the House on a number of developments: the designation of Lanarkshire as the UK’s newest AI Growth Zone, the establishment of the AI and the Future of Work Programme, the expans...
Made: 2026-01-29
Kanishka Narayan
Kanishka Narayan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Online Safety
Lab
Department: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
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Commons HCWS1288
Publication of Government Response to the consultation on Capacity Market: proposal regarding locational changes of Capacity Market Units (CMUs)
I am tabling this statement to inform members of the publication of a consultation response relating to the Capacity Market (CM) titled ‘Government Response to consultation on proposal regarding lo...
Made: 2026-01-29
Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Minister of State (Minister for Energy)
Lab
Department: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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Commons HCWS1287
Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme Levy 2025-26
The Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme (Levy) Regulations 2014 require active employers’ liability insurers to pay an annual levy, based on their relative market share, for the purpose of meeting ...
Made: 2026-01-29
Sir Stephen Timms
Sir Stephen Timms
Minister of State (Minister for Social Security and Disability)
Lab
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
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Commons HCWS1286
Resetting the S106 system
The government has a manifesto commitment to deliver the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation and to strengthen planning obligations to ensure new developments pr...
Made: 2026-01-28
Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State for Housing and Planning
Lab
Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Commons HCWS1285
Final Police Funding Settlement (England and Wales) 2026-27
My Rt Hon Friend, the Home Secretary, has today laid before the House the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2026-27 (HC 1638). The Report sets out the Home Secretary’s determination for 2026-...
Made: 2026-01-28
Sarah Jones
Sarah Jones
The Minister of State for Policing and Crime
Lab
Department: Home Office
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Commons HCWS1284
Syria
Recent events in Syria have been deeply concerning, with violent clashes in Aleppo and across North-East Syria, mass displacement of civilians, and a deteriorating humanitarian situation. I wanted ...
Made: 2026-01-28
Mr Hamish Falconer
Mr Hamish Falconer
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan
Lab
Department: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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Commons HCWS1283
Social and Affordable Housing Renewal: Progress Update
On 2 July 2025, we published a five-step plan to kickstart a decade of social and affordable housing renewal and set out this plan to the House in a Written Ministerial Statement (HCWS771). Today, ...
Made: 2026-01-28
Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State for Housing and Planning
Lab
Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Commons HCWS1282
Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022
I wish to provide an update to the House regarding the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022 (‘the Act’).The New Decade, New Approach deal which was instrumental to the restoration of t...
Made: 2026-01-28
Hilary Benn
Hilary Benn
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Lab
Department: Northern Ireland Office
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Commons HCWS1281
Consultation on Reform to the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966
My Honourable Friend, the Minister for Biosecurity, Borders and Animals, Baroness Hayman of Ullock, has made the following Written StatementWe are a country that cares deeply for animals, whether t...
Made: 2026-01-28
Dame Angela Eagle
Dame Angela Eagle
Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs
Lab
Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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Commons HCWS1280
Schedule 6B Northern Ireland Act 1998: Windsor Framework decision
On 2 February, I will be meeting with the European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Maroš Šefcovic for this Government’s second meeting of the Withdrawal Agreement Joint Committee. As ...
Made: 2026-01-28
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
Lab
Department: Cabinet Office
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Commons HCWS1279
Building Safety
Today, the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) moves from the Health and Safety Executive to become a new non-departmental body of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. We are also...
Made: 2026-01-27
Samantha Dixon
Samantha Dixon
Minister for Building Safety, Fire and Democracy
Lab
Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Commons HCWS1278
Statement by the Minister of State for Housing and Planning
As a government, we made a clear and unambiguous commitment in our manifesto to act where previous governments had failed and finally bring the feudal leasehold system to an end. We did so on the b...
Made: 2026-01-27
Matthew Pennycook
Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State for Housing and Planning
Lab
Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Commons HCWS1277
Local Government Best Value
This Government is committed to taking the action necessary to fix the foundations of local government. Today, I am updating the House on the steps we are taking to support two councils to recover ...
Made: 2026-01-27
Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness
Lab
Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Commons HCWS1276
Eighth ‘Learning from lives and deaths – People with a learning disability and autistic people’ (LeDeR) report
I would like to acknowledge today the publication of the updated eighth report on Learning from lives and deaths – People with a learning disability and autistic people (LeDeR) produced by King’s C...
Made: 2026-01-27
Dr Zubir Ahmed
Dr Zubir Ahmed
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Innovation and Safety
Lab
Department: Department of Health and Social Care
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Commons HCWS1275
Draft Charter for Budget Responsibility: Autumn 2025
At Budget 2025 the government strengthened the fiscal framework to deliver on its commitment to hold one major fiscal event per year, supporting the economy with greater policy certainty. Respondin...
Made: 2026-01-27
Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Minister for Pensions
Lab
Department: Treasury
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