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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 of Health and Social Care
Babies: Screening
Bob Blackman
Conservative, Harrow East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many babies were born with conditions not picked up during screening tests in each of the last ten years for which data is available.

Asked 9 June 2025
Answered 17 June 2025
By Ashley Dalton (Labour, West Lancashire)
58197
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services and Social Services: Recruitment
Graham Leadbitter
Scottish National Party, Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the proposed changes in the White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 20...

Asked 11 June 2025
Answered 17 June 2025
By Stephen Kinnock (Labour, Aberafan Maesteg)
904639
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Gastrointestinal Cancer: Health Services
Bob Blackman
Conservative, Harrow East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of people with lower gastrointestinal cancers waiting beyond 62 days from urgent referral for their first definitive treatment.

Asked 9 June 2025
Answered 17 June 2025
By Ashley Dalton (Labour, West Lancashire)
58196
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Bowel Cancer: Mortality Rates
Bob Blackman
Conservative, Harrow East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to improve survival rates for bowel cancer.

Asked 9 June 2025
Answered 17 June 2025
By Ashley Dalton (Labour, West Lancashire)
58195
Answered
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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Gaza

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Israeli Defence Force’s reported use of the ‘Dahiya Doctrine’, the targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure; and of whether it is compatible with international humanitarian la...

Asked 4 June 2025
Answered 17 June 2025
By Lord Collins of Highbury (Labour, Life peer)
HL8112
Answered
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Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Eritrea: Christianity
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Democratic Unionist Party, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the treatment of Christians in Eritrea, particular with regard to prolonged detention without trial; and what steps they are taking with international partners to seek the release of prison...

Asked 4 June 2025
Answered 17 June 2025
By Lord Collins of Highbury (Labour, Life peer)
HL8098
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Business and Trade
Manganese
Lord Wigley
Plaid Cymru, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to identify deposits of manganese in the sea bed within UK territorial waters.

Asked 5 June 2025
Answered 17 June 2025
By Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour, Life peer)
HL8204
Answered
Lords
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Egypt: Religious Orders
The Lord Bishop of Southwark
Bishops, Bishops

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Egypt concerning the ruling of the Ismailia Court of Appeal on 27 May on the world’s oldest continuous Christian monastery at St Catherine, Sinai, regarding the ownershi...

Asked 3 June 2025
Answered 17 June 2025
By Lord Collins of Highbury (Labour, Life peer)
HL8074
Answered
Lords

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Department for Transport
Dart Charge
Lilian Greenwood
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport
Labour, Nottingham South
Statement made 17 June 2025
HCWS708
Commons
Ministry of Defence
Army Commonwealth Cap
Luke Pollard
Minister for the Armed Forces
Labour, Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Statement made 17 June 2025
HCWS707
Commons
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Women, Peace and Security Annual Report
Stephen Doughty
Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories
Labour, Cardiff South and Penarth
Statement made 17 June 2025
HCWS706
Commons
Home Office
Firearms licensing: sound moderators
Dame Diana Johnson
The Minister of State for Policing and Crime Prevention
Labour, Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Statement made 17 June 2025
HCWS705
Commons

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Ministry of Defence
Army Commonwealth Cap
Lord Coaker
Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 17 June 2025
HLWS706
Lords
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Afghanistan
Baroness Chapman of Darlington
Minister of State for International Development, Latin America and Caribbean
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 17 June 2025
HLWS705
Lords
Home Office
Firearms licensing: sound moderators
Lord Hanson of Flint
The Minister of State, Home Office
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 17 June 2025
HLWS704
Lords
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Reorganisation
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 17 June 2025
HLWS703
Lords

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House of Commons written answers and statements
16 June 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
13 June 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
12 June 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
11 June 2025
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16 June 2025
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13 June 2025
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12 June 2025
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11 June 2025
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