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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 Church Commissioners
Overseas Trade: Israel and Occupied Territories
Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative, Thirsk and Malton

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether (a) the Church of England, (b) its pension funds and (c) its investment funds support (i) boycotts and (ii) divestment of companies selling (A) goods and (B) services (1)...

Asked 14 May 2025
Answered 20 May 2025
By Marsha De Cordova (Labour, Battersea)
52266
Answered
Commons
Question for Church Commissioners
Archbishops' Council
Danny Kruger
Conservative, East Wiltshire

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, if she will (a) publish the amounts certified under subsection 2(6) of the National Institutions Measure 1998 for each year since that provision came into force and (b) place cop...

Asked 14 May 2025
Answered 20 May 2025
By Marsha De Cordova (Labour, Battersea)
52344
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Supply
Sir Roger Gale
Conservative, Herne Bay and Sandwich

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the average figure for energy production supplies to the grid was for (a) gas, (b) solar farms, (c) wind farms, (d) hydro-electric schemes, (e) nuclear, (f) biomass and (g) interconnecto...

Asked 15 May 2025
Answered 20 May 2025
By Michael Shanks (Labour, Rutherglen)
52577
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Apprentices
Sir John Hayes
Conservative, South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the number of apprenticeship starts in his Department.

Asked 14 May 2025
Answered 20 May 2025
By Catherine West (Labour, Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
52185
Answered
Commons

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Question for Department for Business and Trade
Retail Trade: Employers' Contributions
Lord Taylor of Warwick
Non-affiliated, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support high street shops and to prevent further closures following the rise in National Insurance contributions.

Asked 6 May 2025
Answered 20 May 2025
By Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour, Life peer)
HL7202
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Women
Lord Blencathra
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, what guidance they will issue to (1) the Department of Health and Social Care, and (2) agencies and public bodi...

Asked 12 May 2025
Answered 20 May 2025
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL7368
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Medicine: Professional Organisations
Lord Blencathra
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the decision of the Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025] UKSC 16, what plans they have to issue guidance to (1) royal medical colleges, (2) healthcare professional organisations...

Asked 12 May 2025
Answered 20 May 2025
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL7369
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Transport
Bus Services: Franchises
The Lord Bishop of St Albans
Bishops, Bishops

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce cross-subsidy between rural and urban areas for franchised bus services where routes exist that are not themselves profitable.

Asked 7 May 2025
Answered 20 May 2025
By Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Labour, Life peer)
HL7278
Answered
Lords

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Department for Business and Trade
British Steel
Sarah Jones
Minister of State
Labour, Croydon West
Statement made 20 May 2025
HCWS649
Commons
Department for Work and Pensions
Office for Nuclear Regulation Corporate Plan 2025/26
Andrew Western
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Transformation)
Labour, Stretford and Urmston
Statement made 20 May 2025
HCWS648
Commons
Treasury
Consumer Credit Regulation
Emma Reynolds
The Economic Secretary to the Treasury
Labour, Wycombe
Statement made 19 May 2025
HCWS647
Commons
Department for Business and Trade
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) - May 2025
Mr Douglas Alexander
Minister of State for Trade Policy and Economic Security
Labour, Lothian East
Statement made 19 May 2025
HCWS646
Commons

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Department for Business and Trade
British Steel
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Legislation)
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 20 May 2025
HLWS648
Lords
Department for Work and Pensions
Office for Nuclear Regulation Corporate Plan 2025/26
Baroness Sherlock
Minister of State (Minister for Lords)
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 20 May 2025
HLWS647
Lords
Treasury
Consumer Credit Regulation
Lord Livermore
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 19 May 2025
HLWS646
Lords
Department for Business and Trade
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) - May 2025
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Legislation)
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 19 May 2025
HLWS645
Lords

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House of Commons written answers and statements
19 May 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
16 May 2025
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15 May 2025
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House of Commons written answers and statements
14 May 2025
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19 May 2025
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15 May 2025
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House of Lords written answers and statements
14 May 2025
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House of Lords written answers and statements
13 May 2025
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