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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 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination
Alberto Costa
Conservative, South Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to offer farmers badger vaccination in 2025 to tackle bTB in wildlife populations.

Asked 21 March 2025
Answered 23 May 2025
By Daniel Zeichner (Labour, Cambridge)
40171
Answered
Commons
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Anzhalika Melnikava
Wendy Morton
Conservative, Aldridge-Brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 47676 on Anzhalika Melnikava, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Europe and (b) elsewhere on reports of...

Asked 20 May 2025
Answered 23 May 2025
By Stephen Doughty (Labour, Cardiff South and Penarth)
53507
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Government Assistance
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Labour, Slough

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with local councils on the implementation of VALOUR support centres.

Asked 15 May 2025
Answered 23 May 2025
By Luke Pollard (Labour, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
52644
Answered
Commons
Question for Home Office
Social Security Benefits: Migrants
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour, Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that survivors of domestic abuse with no recourse to public funds (a) are aware of their entitlements and (b) can access welfare.

Asked 14 May 2025
Answered 23 May 2025
By Seema Malhotra (Labour, Feltham and Heston)
52560
Answered
Commons

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Question for Department for Work and Pensions
State Retirement Pensions
Lord Agnew of Oulton
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the cumulative nominal and real-terms state pension expenditure savings in (1) 2025–26, and (2) 2044–45, under the uprating scenario of (a) consumer price index (CPI) only, (b) earnings only,...

Asked 12 May 2025
Answered 23 May 2025
By Baroness Sherlock (Labour, Life peer)
HL7359
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
South Sudan: Humanitarian Aid
The Lord Bishop of St Albans
Bishops, Bishops

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the White Nile river remains open as a humanitarian supply corridor into Upper Nile in South Sudan.

Asked 14 May 2025
Answered 23 May 2025
By Lord Collins of Highbury (Labour, Life peer)
HL7490
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Genocide
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Crossbench, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of prospects for removing the UN Security Council P5 veto right in cases of genocide and other atrocity crimes.

Asked 13 May 2025
Answered 23 May 2025
By Lord Collins of Highbury (Labour, Life peer)
HL7409
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
North Korea: Ukraine
Lord Alton of Liverpool
Crossbench, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the volume of munitions North Korea has sent to Russia in its war against Ukraine; and?whether they plan to engage with the International Criminal Court to ensure that the?involvement of No...

Asked 13 May 2025
Answered 23 May 2025
By Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Labour, Life peer)
HL7408
Answered
Lords

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Ministry of Justice
Independent Sentencing Review
Shabana Mahmood
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Labour, Birmingham Ladywood
Statement made 22 May 2025
HCWS667
Commons
Department for Transport
Transfer of South Western Railway’s services into public ownership
Heidi Alexander
Secretary of State for Transport
Labour, Swindon South
Statement made 22 May 2025
HCWS666
Commons
Ministry of Justice
MoJ: Judiciary and Prison Officers Workforce
Shabana Mahmood
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
Labour, Birmingham Ladywood
Statement made 22 May 2025
HCWS665
Commons
Department for Education
Teacher Workforce
Bridget Phillipson
Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities
Labour, Houghton and Sunderland South
Statement made 22 May 2025
HCWS664
Commons

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Ministry of Justice
Independent Sentencing Review
Lord Timpson
Minister of State for Justice
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 22 May 2025
HLWS666
Lords
Department for Transport
Transfer of South Western Railway’s services into public ownership
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Minister of State for Transport
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 22 May 2025
HLWS665
Lords
Leader of the House of Lords
Annual Report of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner
Baroness Smith of Basildon
Lord Privy Seal
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 22 May 2025
HLWS664
Lords
Department of Health and Social Care
NHS Workforce
Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Patient Safety, Women's Health and Mental Health
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 22 May 2025
HLWS663
Lords

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House of Commons written answers and statements
22 May 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
21 May 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
20 May 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
19 May 2025
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22 May 2025
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21 May 2025
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House of Lords written answers and statements
20 May 2025
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House of Lords written answers and statements
19 May 2025
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