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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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The most recent four written questions in the House of Commons

Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing
Phil Brickell
Labour, Bolton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of using of Empty Dwelling Management Orders to help increase available housing.

Asked 17 April 2025
Answered 29 April 2025
By Matthew Pennycook (Labour, Greenwich and Woolwich)
46286
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Devolution
Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative, Thirsk and Malton

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish responses from local authorities to the Devolution Priority Programme consultation.

Asked 22 April 2025
Answered 29 April 2025
By Jim McMahon (Labour, Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton)
46770
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Devolution
Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative, Thirsk and Malton

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the responses to the Devolution Priority Programme consultations.

Asked 17 April 2025
Answered 29 April 2025
By Jim McMahon (Labour, Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton)
45664
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animals: Hunting and Smuggling
Sojan Joseph
Labour, Ashford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for bringing forward measures to ban (a) trophy hunting and (b) animal smuggling.

Asked 24 April 2025
Answered 29 April 2025
By Mary Creagh (Labour, Coventry East)
48020
Named day
Answered
Commons

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Question for Ministry of Defence
Indo-Pacific Region: Armed Forces
Lord Kempsell
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the readiness of the UK Armed Forces for action in the Indo-Pacific region.

Asked 12 April 2025
Answered 29 April 2025
By Lord Coaker (Labour, Life peer)
HL6648
Answered
Lords
Question for Ministry of Defence
China: Visits Abroad
Baroness D'Souza
Crossbench, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the reported recent visit of the Chief of Defence Staff to China, whether they will place minutes of meetings held with his Chinese counterparts in the Library of the House; and what assessment they have made of ...

Asked 12 April 2025
Answered 29 April 2025
By Lord Coaker (Labour, Life peer)
HL6638
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Multilateral Aid
Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to honour their existing commitments to multilateral aid for the years of 2025, 2026 and 2027, and how much they anticipate this will be.

Asked 12 April 2025
Answered 29 April 2025
By Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour, Life peer)
HL6640
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Development Aid
Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government, in the light of the announcement that overseas aid spending will be reduced to 0.3 per cent of gross national income (GNI) from 2027, what percentage of GNI will be spent on (1) overseas projects and (2) projects on gender...

Asked 12 April 2025
Answered 29 April 2025
By Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour, Life peer)
HL6643
Answered
Lords

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Department of Health and Social Care
NHS prescription charges
Wes Streeting
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Labour, Ilford North
Statement made 29 April 2025
HCWS611
Commons
Ministry of Defence
Service Complaints Ombudsman’s Annual Report 2024
Al Carns
Minister for Veterans and People
Labour, Birmingham Selly Oak
Statement made 29 April 2025
HCWS610
Commons
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The independent review into the BBC’s Workplace Culture
Lisa Nandy
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
Labour, Wigan
Statement made 29 April 2025
HCWS609
Commons
Department for Transport
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Revenue Certainty Mechanism
Heidi Alexander
Secretary of State for Transport
Labour, Swindon South
Statement made 28 April 2025
HCWS608
Commons

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Department of Health and Social Care
NHS prescription charges
Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 29 April 2025
HLWS610
Lords
Ministry of Defence
Service Complaints Ombudsman’s Annual Report 2024
Lord Coaker
Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 29 April 2025
HLWS609
Lords
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The independent review into the BBC’s Workplace Culture
Baroness Twycross
The Minister for Gambling and Heritage and DCMS Lords Minister
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 29 April 2025
HLWS608
Lords
Department for Transport
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Revenue Certainty Mechanism
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Minister of State for Transport
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 28 April 2025
HLWS607
Lords

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House of Commons written answers and statements
28 April 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
25 April 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
24 April 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
23 April 2025
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28 April 2025
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25 April 2025
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House of Lords written answers and statements
23 April 2025
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House of Lords written answers and statements
22 April 2025
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