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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.

All oral statements and any written content from before 2014 can be found in Hansard.

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The most recent four written questions in the House of Commons

Question for Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Football: Foreign Investment in UK
John Glen
Conservative, Salisbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has held recent discussions with the Premier League on the potential implications for his policies of foreign investment in football.

Asked 29 October 2024
Answered 6 November 2024
By Stephanie Peacock (Labour, Barnsley South)
11558
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Education
Home Education: Registration
Richard Tice
Reform UK, Boston and Skegness

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed Children Not In School register on families who home-educate their children.

Asked 29 October 2024
Answered 6 November 2024
By Stephen Morgan (Labour, Portsmouth South)
11778
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Mobile Phones: Rural Areas
Richard Foord
Liberal Democrat, Honiton and Sidmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that mobile network providers maintain (a) reliable coverage and (b) service quality in rural areas.

Asked 29 October 2024
Answered 6 November 2024
By Chris Bryant (Labour, Rhondda and Ogmore)
11631
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Cheshire East
Connor Naismith
Labour, Crewe and Nantwich

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a shortfall in SEND education provision within Cheshire East on SEND children; and whether she plans to take steps to increase this provision.

Asked 29 October 2024
Answered 6 November 2024
By Catherine McKinnell (Labour, Newcastle upon Tyne North)
11749
Answered
Commons

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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gulf Strategy Fund
Lord Scriven
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made a decision on continuing the Gulf Strategy Fund; if not, when the decision will be made; and what criteria were or will be considered during the policy review.

Asked 22 October 2024
Answered 6 November 2024
By Lord Collins of Highbury (Labour, Life peer)
HL1908
Answered
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Question for Home Office
Mental Health Services: Young People
Baroness Tyler of Enfield
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to take forward the plans for community hubs supporting young people’s mental health mentioned in the Labour Party Manifesto 2024; if so, which Department is responsible for their delivery;?whether these...

Asked 23 October 2024
Answered 6 November 2024
By Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour, Life peer)
HL1957
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Drugs: Rehabilitation
Lord Carlile of Berriew
Crossbench, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish the findings or results of Dame Carol Black’s recent work on drugs in the criminal justice system.

Asked 25 October 2024
Answered 6 November 2024
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL2015
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture
Baroness Fookes
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to encourage the Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture to include the ornamental sector of horticulture within its remit.

Asked 30 October 2024
Answered 6 November 2024
By Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Labour, Life peer)
HL2159
Answered
Lords

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Department of Health and Social Care
Strategic Partnership with Oxford Nanopore Technologies
Andrew Gwynne
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention
Labour, Gorton and Denton
Statement made 6 November 2024
HCWS199
Commons
Cabinet Office
Transparency and Accountability
Pat McFadden
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Labour, Wolverhampton South East
Statement made 6 November 2024
HCWS198
Commons
Treasury
Report on the Use of the Bank of England’s Transfer Power to Resolve Silicon Valley Bank UK
Tulip Siddiq
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury
Labour, Hampstead and Highgate
Statement made 6 November 2024
HCWS197
Commons
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Outcomes from Nature COP16, Cali, Colombia
Mary Creagh
Minister for Nature
Labour, Coventry East
Statement made 6 November 2024
HCWS196
Commons

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Cabinet Office
Transparency and Accountability
Baroness Smith of Basildon
Leader of the House of Lords [Lord Privy Seal]
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 6 November 2024
HLWS197
Lords
Department of Health and Social Care
Strategic Partnership with Oxford Nanopore Technologies
Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 6 November 2024
HLWS196
Lords
Treasury
Report on the Use of the Bank of England’s Transfer Power to Resolve Silicon Valley Bank UK
Lord Livermore
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 6 November 2024
HLWS195
Lords
Home Office
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 - Guidance for the corporate offence of Failure to Prevent Fraud
Lord Hanson of Flint
The Minister of State, Home Office
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 6 November 2024
HLWS194
Lords

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House of Commons written answers and statements
5 November 2024
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House of Commons written answers and statements
4 November 2024
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House of Commons written answers and statements
1 November 2024
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House of Commons written answers and statements
31 October 2024
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House of Lords written answers and statements
5 November 2024
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House of Lords written answers and statements
4 November 2024
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House of Lords written answers and statements
31 October 2024
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House of Lords written answers and statements
30 October 2024
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