Written questions, answers and statements

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reinstating mandatory independent external audits of local authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her department has issued to local authorities on applying blanket conditions to pavement licenses across multiple premises, including the extent to which such cond...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral statement by the Prime Minister of 1 September 2026, Official Report, whether she plans to revoke Regulation 45 of the Council Tax (Administration and ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the oral statement of 7 September 2026, Column 678, on Local Government Reorganisation, whether unitary council elections will take place in May 2028; and what arrange...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have a formal procedure for responding when a person residing in the UK is designated or sanctioned by a foreign government on the basis of an alleged association with a terrorist organisation, particularly whe...

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have they have, if any, to recognise chess as a sport in England.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have assessed the amount of additional water required to the meet the needs of AI and associated industries and services; and whether they have targets for additional supply of water for each of the regions of ...

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support UK businesses to make greater use of artificial intelligence to develop new products and services.