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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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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Labelling
Alex Mayer
Labour, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her department has taken since the publication of the outcome of Fairer Food Labelling consultation to consider the potential role of method of production labelling reform.

Asked 19 October 2026
Answered 22 October 2026
By Stephen Morgan (Labour, Portsmouth South)
35802
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Poultry: Animal Welfare
Alex Mayer
Labour, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimates her Department holds of the proportion of turkeys in England that are produced under free-range farming systems.

Asked 19 October 2026
Answered 22 October 2026
By Stephen Morgan (Labour, Portsmouth South)
35800
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pigs: Animal Welfare
David Chadwick
Liberal Democrat, Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when they expect the consultation on banning high-concentration carbon dioxide gas stunning of pigs to be launched; and what timetable they envisage for the phasing out of this practic...

Asked 16 October 2026
Answered 22 October 2026
By Stephen Morgan (Labour, Portsmouth South)
35698
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bovine Tuberculosis: Testing
David Chadwick
Liberal Democrat, Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of investing in alternative and supplementary diagnostic methods for bovine TB, as a means of reducing reliance on the s...

Asked 16 October 2026
Answered 22 October 2026
By Stephen Morgan (Labour, Portsmouth South)
35697
Answered
Commons

Lords written questions and answers

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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Rights of Way: Registration
Baroness Scott of Needham Market
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring forward the necessary legislation to repeal the 2031 cut-off date for registering historical rights of way in the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.

Asked 12 October 2026
Answered 22 October 2026
By Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Labour, Life peer)
HL4002
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Young People
Baroness Stedman-Scott
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people aged 18 to 24 started a Universal Credit claim in the 12 months to May 2026; and, of those people, how many had (1) PAYE employment earnings recorded through HMRC's Real Time Information system, and (2) self...

Asked 5 October 2026
Answered 22 October 2026
By Baroness Sherlock (Labour, Life peer)
HL3878
Answered
Lords
Question for Women and Equalities
Discrimination
Lord Smith of Finsbury
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to commence section 14 of the Equality Act 2010 relating to dual characteristics; and what assessment they have made of the potential impact of commencement on older LGBTQ+ people.

Asked 16 September 2026
Answered 22 October 2026
By Lord Collins of Highbury (Labour, Life peer)
HL3652
Answered
Lords
Question for Home Office
Police: Pay
Baroness Doocey
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to include a specific direction in their next remit letter to the Police Renumeration Review Body to examine and make recommendations on targeted pay frameworks and market supplements for digital, cyber...

Asked 13 October 2026
Answered 22 October 2026
By Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour, Life peer)
HL4043
Answered
Lords

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Cabinet Office
Strengthening community resilience across the UK
Dan Jarvis
Minister of State (Security Minister)
Labour, Barnsley North
Statement made 22 October 2026
HCWS409
Commons
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
The Renewables Obligation to Exchequer Scheme Expenditure: 1 July to 30 September 2026
Ms Polly Billington
Minister for Energy Consumers
Labour, East Thanet
Statement made 22 October 2026
HCWS408
Commons
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Six-monthly report on Hong Kong 1 January to 30 June 2026
Ed Miliband
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Labour, Doncaster North
Statement made 22 October 2026
HCWS407
Commons
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Representation of the People Bill – Contingencies Fund Advance
Florence Eshalomi
Minister of State for Homelessness, Democracy, Communities and Faith
Labour, Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
Statement made 22 October 2026
HCWS406
Commons

Lords written statements

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Cabinet Office
Strengthening community resilience across the UK
Baroness Twycross
Parliamentary Secretary
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 22 October 2026
HLWS418
Lords
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Six-monthly report on Hong Kong 1 January to 30 June 2026
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 22 October 2026
HLWS417
Lords
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
The Renewables Obligation to Exchequer Scheme Expenditure: 1 July to 30 September 2026
Baroness Curran
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 22 October 2026
HLWS416
Lords
Department for Education
Progress towards improving children’s outcomes, giving every child the best start in life
Baroness Smith of Malvern
Minister of State (Minister for Skills)
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 22 October 2026
HLWS415
Lords

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House of Commons written answers and statements
22 October 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
21 October 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
20 October 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
19 October 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
22 October 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
21 October 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
20 October 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
19 October 2026
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