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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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Question for Treasury
Agriculture: Kent
Helen Whately
Conservative, Faversham and Mid Kent

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to (a) agricultural and (b) business property relief in the Autumn Budget on family-owned farms in (a) Kent and (b) Faversham and Mid Kent constituency...

Asked 4 December 2024
Answered 12 December 2024
By James Murray (Labour, Ealing North)
17852
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Defence
Nuclear-free Zones: Treaties
Mr Mark Francois
Conservative, Rayleigh and Wickford

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 16455 on Nuclear-free Zones: Treaties, whether talks between the UK and Mauritius covered the obligations of Mauritius under the Treaty of Pelindaba.

Asked 5 December 2024
Answered 12 December 2024
By Luke Pollard (Labour, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
18117
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Defence
British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty
Mr Mark Francois
Conservative, Rayleigh and Wickford

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, Pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2024 to Question 7499 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, whether the agreement covers the employment of descendants of Chagos islanders on the base on Diego Garci...

Asked 5 December 2024
Answered 12 December 2024
By Luke Pollard (Labour, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
18110
Answered
Commons
Question for Treasury
Spirits: Industry
Chris Kane
Labour, Stirling and Strathallan

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking taken to (a) encourage growth in, (b) support small scale craft produce in and (c) reduce barriers to entry to the spirits industry.

Asked 4 December 2024
Answered 12 December 2024
By James Murray (Labour, Ealing North)
17964
Answered
Commons

Lords written questions and answers

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Question for Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Carbon Emissions
Lord Foster of Bath
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to making the UK's 2030 nationally determined contribution legally binding in UK law.

Asked 2 December 2024
Answered 12 December 2024
By Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour, Life peer)
HL3071
Answered
Lords
Question for Ministry of Justice
Prison Service: Training
Lord Farmer
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what leadership training is routinely provided to officers moving up the ranks in the Prison Service.

Asked 26 November 2024
Answered 12 December 2024
By Lord Timpson (Labour, Life peer)
HL2895
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
China: Human Rights
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Crossbench, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have made at the UNHCR regarding violations of Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the Government of China.

Asked 27 November 2024
Answered 12 December 2024
By Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour, Life peer)
HL2959
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Taiwan: Foreign Relations
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Crossbench, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to deepen their engagement with Taiwan, including through seeking full partner status at the Global Cooperation and Training Framework, and whether they intend to support Taiwan’s participation in futur...

Asked 25 November 2024
Answered 12 December 2024
By Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour, Life peer)
HL2802
Answered
Lords

Commons written statements

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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Building the homes we need
Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State for Housing and Planning
Labour, Greenwich and Woolwich
Statement made 12 December 2024
HCWS308
Commons
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Best Value
Jim McMahon
Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution
Labour, Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
Statement made 12 December 2024
HCWS307
Commons
Ministry of Defence
Delivery of the recommendations from Lord Etherton’s Review into the treatment of LGBT veterans between 1967-2000
Al Carns
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Veterans)
Labour, Birmingham Selly Oak
Statement made 12 December 2024
HCWS306
Commons
Treasury
Income tax exemption for payments made under the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme
James Murray
The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
Labour, Ealing North
Statement made 12 December 2024
HCWS305
Commons

Lords written statements

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Department of Health and Social Care
UK wide Commercial Research Delivery Centres funded to support the health and wealth of the nation through research
Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 12 December 2024
HLWS305
Lords
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Best Value
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 12 December 2024
HLWS304
Lords
Leader of the House of Lords
United Kingdom delegation to the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly
Baroness Smith of Basildon
Lord Privy Seal
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 12 December 2024
HLWS303
Lords
Leader of the House of Lords
Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe
Baroness Smith of Basildon
Lord Privy Seal
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 12 December 2024
HLWS302
Lords

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House of Commons written answers and statements
11 December 2024
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House of Commons written answers and statements
10 December 2024
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House of Commons written answers and statements
9 December 2024
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House of Commons written answers and statements
6 December 2024
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House of Lords written answers and statements
11 December 2024
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House of Lords written answers and statements
10 December 2024
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House of Lords written answers and statements
9 December 2024
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House of Lords written answers and statements
6 December 2024
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