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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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Commons written questions and answers

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The most recent four written questions in the House of Commons

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Incinerators: Planning Permission
Samantha Niblett
Labour, South Derbyshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government to crack down on waste incinerators with stricter standards for new builds, published 30 December 2024, whether inc...

Asked 14 January 2025
Answered 17 January 2025
By Mary Creagh (Labour, Coventry East)
23991
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Planning Permission: Air Pollution
Joe Robertson
Conservative, Isle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 18950 on Planning Permission: Air Pollution, if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) equality impact and (b) environmen...

Asked 13 January 2025
Answered 17 January 2025
By Emma Hardy (Labour, Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice)
23647
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste: Codes of Practice
Joe Robertson
Conservative, Isle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2024 to Question 19918 on Waste: Codes of Practice, if he will publish the responses to the consultation on making the Code of Practice statutory.

Asked 13 January 2025
Answered 17 January 2025
By Mary Creagh (Labour, Coventry East)
23649
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Waste: Codes of Practice
Joe Robertson
Conservative, Isle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of (a) 20 December 2024 to Question 19918 and (b) 3 January 2025 to Question 19918 on Waste: Codes of Practice, for what reason his Department has not issued the...

Asked 13 January 2025
Answered 17 January 2025
By Mary Creagh (Labour, Coventry East)
23648
Answered
Commons

Lords written questions and answers

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Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Ketamine
Lord Weir of Ballyholme
Democratic Unionist Party, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking through public health campaigns to warn people of the dangers of ketamine.

Asked 13 January 2025
Answered 17 January 2025
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL4019
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Prostate Cancer: Ethnic Groups
Lord Watson of Wyre Forest
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the higher rates of advanced prostate cancer diagnoses among black men.

Asked 13 January 2025
Answered 17 January 2025
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL4016
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Antimicrobials: Drug Resistance
Lord Harris of Haringey
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what work is being undertaken with the devolved administrations to maintain a central risk management process for antimicrobial resistance.

Asked 13 January 2025
Answered 17 January 2025
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL3991
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Exercise: Social Prescribing

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that healthcare professionals have the skills and confidence to prescribe physical activity as a treatment and management tool for people living with long-term conditions.

Asked 13 January 2025
Answered 17 January 2025
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL4003
Answered
Lords

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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
UK Soft Power Council
Mr Hamish Falconer
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan
Labour, Lincoln
Statement made 17 January 2025
HCWS369
Commons
Prime Minister
Machinery of Government
Sir Keir Starmer
Prime Minister
Labour, Holborn and St Pancras
Statement made 17 January 2025
HCWS368
Commons
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Gas Shipper Obligation Consultation
Sarah Jones
Minister of State (Minister for Industry)
Labour, Croydon West
Statement made 16 January 2025
HCWS367
Commons
Home Office
Firearms Licensing Fees
Dame Diana Johnson
The Minister of State for Policing, Fire and Crime Prevention
Labour, Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Statement made 15 January 2025
HCWS366
Commons

Lords written statements

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Leader of the House of Lords
Machinery of Government
Baroness Smith of Basildon
Lord Privy Seal
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 17 January 2025
HLWS366
Lords
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
UK Soft Power Council
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Latin America and Caribbean
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 17 January 2025
HLWS365
Lords
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Gas Shipper Obligation Consultation
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Minister of State (Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 16 January 2025
HLWS364
Lords
Home Office
Firearms Licensing Fees
Lord Hanson of Flint
The Minister of State, Home Office
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 15 January 2025
HLWS363
Lords

Commons daily reports

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House of Commons written answers and statements
17 January 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
16 January 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
15 January 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
14 January 2025
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Lords daily reports

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House of Lords written answers and statements
17 January 2025
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House of Lords written answers and statements
16 January 2025
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House of Lords written answers and statements
15 January 2025
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House of Lords written answers and statements
14 January 2025
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