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Written questions allow MPs and Members of the House of Lords to ask for information on the work, policy and activities of Government departments, related bodies, and the administration of Parliament. Oral or written statements to Parliament are also made by the Government and others to inform both Houses of their work. Written statements are normally used to put the day-to-day business of Government on the official record and in the public domain.

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Commons written questions and answers

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The most recent four written questions in the House of Commons

Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Organs: Human Trafficking
Dr Matthew Offord
Conservative, Hendon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential prevalence of attempts to traffic organ donors into the UK.

Asked 23 March 2023
Answered 29 March 2023
By Neil O'Brien (Conservative, Harborough)
172386
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Hospices: Energy
Ms Lyn Brown
Labour, West Ham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the impact that increased energy and other costs are having on hospices and end of life care provision; and what plans he has to support hospices beyond the en...

Asked 23 March 2023
Answered 29 March 2023
By Helen Whately (Conservative, Faversham and Mid Kent)
172373
Answered
Commons
Question for Home Office
Home Office: Billing
Seema Malhotra
Labour, Feltham and Heston

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the proportion of invoices her Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in (a) the 2021-2022 financial year and (b) each of the last 12 mo...

Asked 21 March 2023
Answered 29 March 2023
By Chris Philp (Conservative, Croydon South)
170622
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Special Educational Needs: Health and Social Services
Sir Robert Buckland
Conservative, South Swindon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure improved engagement and support for children and families from health and social care services as part of the SEND Improvement Plan.

Asked 23 March 2023
Answered 29 March 2023
By Neil O'Brien (Conservative, Harborough)
172401
Answered
Commons

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Question for Treasury
Electronic Government
Lord Lipsey
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to make the Government Gateway more accessible for new users.

Asked 20 March 2023
Answered 29 March 2023
By Baroness Penn (Conservative, Life peer)
HL6633
Answered
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Question for Treasury
Silicon Valley Bank UK
The Lord Bishop of St Albans
Bishops, Bishops

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Penn on 14 March (HL Deb col 1282), what exemptions to the Banking Act 2009 they granted to HSBC as part of its purchase of Silicon Valley Bank.

Asked 20 March 2023
Answered 29 March 2023
By Baroness Penn (Conservative, Life peer)
HL6646
Answered
Lords
Question for Treasury
Music Venues: Tax Allowances
Lord Bassam of Brighton
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for granting tax relief for grassroots music venues to grant them parity with theatres, orchestras and other cultural institutions.

Asked 20 March 2023
Answered 29 March 2023
By Baroness Penn (Conservative, Life peer)
HL6604
Answered
Lords
Question for Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Homosexuality
Lord Lexden
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Goldie on 17 October 2022 (HL Deb col 953), what progress they have made in implementing the provisions in Part 12 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 to enable those con...

Asked 14 March 2023
Answered 29 March 2023
By Baroness Goldie (Conservative, Life peer)
HL6467
Answered
Lords

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Department for Work and Pensions
Supporting people nearing the end of their lives
Tom Pursglove
Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work
Conservative, Corby
Statement made 29 March 2023
HCWS689
Commons
Home Office
Hong Kong veterans’ settlement route
Robert Jenrick
The Minister of State for Immigration
Conservative, Newark
Statement made 29 March 2023
HCWS688
Commons
Department for Business and Trade
UK and Singapore Investment Treaty Negotiation
Kemi Badenoch
Secretary of State for Department for Business and Trade
Conservative, Saffron Walden
Statement made 29 March 2023
HCWS687
Commons
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence Regulation White Paper
Michelle Donelan
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
Conservative, Chippenham
Statement made 29 March 2023
HCWS686
Commons

Lords written statements

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Home Office
Hong Kong veterans’ settlement route
Lord Sharpe of Epsom
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Home Office
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 29 March 2023
HLWS674
Lords
Department for Business and Trade
UK and Singapore Investment Treaty Negotiation
Lord Johnson of Lainston
Minister for Investment
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 29 March 2023
HLWS673
Lords
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence Regulation White Paper
Viscount Camrose
Minister for AI and Intellectual Property (House of Lords)
Conservative, Excepted Hereditary
Statement made 29 March 2023
HLWS672
Lords
Department for Education
Post-16 Qualifications Update
Baroness Barran
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System and Student Finance
Conservative, Life peer
Statement made 29 March 2023
HLWS671
Lords

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House of Commons written answers and statements
28 March 2023
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House of Commons written answers and statements
27 March 2023
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House of Commons written answers and statements
24 March 2023
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House of Commons written answers and statements
23 March 2023
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28 March 2023
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House of Lords written answers and statements
27 March 2023
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House of Lords written answers and statements
24 March 2023
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House of Lords written answers and statements
23 March 2023
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