Lord Jackson of Peterborough To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 4 November 2024 (HL1875), what the policy is of (1) the Department for Health and Social Care and (2)...
Neil Duncan-Jordan To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made recent representations to his US counterparts on the case for an end to the economic blockade...
Anna Sabine To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to require HGV drivers to use HGV-specific satellite navigation systems.
James Naish To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to support the fusion energy sector to commercialise its technologies.
Tony Vaughan To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken toward reaching the Government's target of halving violence against women and girls by the end of the decade.
The parliamentary question is a great way for MPs and Peers to discover information which the government may not wish to reveal. Ministers reply via written answers, a list of which gets published daily.
We let you vote on whether or not the answer given is adequate.
Torsten Bell The latest statistical release on Pension Credit applications and awards was published today. It includes data on the number of weekly Pension Credit applications received and cleared, as well as...
Feryal Clark I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online...
Dan Jarvis The Government is announcing today an important reform to the Home Office’s exclusion policy. Under new measures, the Home Office will expand the criteria for exclusion to ensure that while...
Steve Reed Today at the NFU conference, I made several announcements to make farming more profitable:Extending the Seasonal Worker visa route for five more years will give farms a pipeline of workers and...
Georgia Gould We will never forget the 72 lives lost as a result of the Grenfell tragedy and we are grateful to Sir Martin Moore-Bick and the Grenfell Inquiry team for publishing the hugely important Phase 2...
John Healey The Ministry of Defence new cash requirement for the year exceeds that provided by the Main Estimate 2024-2025. The Supplementary Estimate has not yet received Royal Assent. The Contingencies...
Hilary Benn On 19th September 2024 I announced the appointment of Aidan Reilly, Anna Jerzewska and Alastair Hamilton as members of the Independent Monitoring Panel (IMP). I would now like to provide an...
Diana R. Johnson The Business and Planning Act (BPA) 2020 introduced a number of measures to allow businesses to continue to operate during the Covid-19 pandemic. This included a temporary easement to the...
Heidi Alexander On Tuesday 18th February, I launched the public consultation for the government’s upcoming Railways Bill. This consultation sets out our proposals for the most comprehensive reform of...
Stephen Morgan This government is committed to giving children the best start in life, breaking the link between background and opportunity. We are ensuring that families in every community across the country...
Diana R. Johnson I am pleased to launch a consultation on extending licensing hours in England and Wales for the semi-finals and final of the 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championship this summer, contingent...
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Honourable Friend, the Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms, Chris Bryant MP. Today,...
Matthew Pennycook Planning is principally a local activity. It is local plans that set out a vision and a framework for the future development of any given area, addressing needs and opportunities in relation to...
Hilary Benn Today I am laying before Parliament the seventh report from the Independent Reporting Commission (IRC). The Commission was established following the Fresh Start Agreement in November 2015 to...
Sarah Jones Steel is essential for a modern economy, underpinning sectors from construction to advanced manufacturing and driving growth. It plays a vital role in the communities in which it is situated,...
Baroness Twycross I am repeating the following Written Ministerial Statement made today in the other place by my Right Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Lisa Nandy MP: On 20...
Alistair Carns I am pleased to place in the Library of the House today the Ministry of Defence’s formal response to the Service Police Complaints Commissioner’s annual report for 2023. The...
Chris Bryant Today, the Government has laid before Parliament the Digital Inclusion Action Plan - First Steps, which includes a call for evidence on the government’s proposed focus areas. It is...
Peter Kyle We recently launched the AI Opportunities Action Plan to create one of the biggest clusters of AI innovation in the world and deliver a new era of prosperity and wealth creation for our country...
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch In 2023, the previous government appointed Baroness Bertin as the Independent Lead Reviewer to explore issues surrounding the regulation, legislation, and enforcement of online pornography....
Written Ministerial Statements were introducted in late 2002 to stop the practice of having “planted” or “inspired” questions designed to elicit Government statements.
They are just that – statements on a particular topic by a Government Minister.
