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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
Pets: Theft
Alex Brewer
Liberal Democrat, North East Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in what way the animal welfare strategy mitigates the risk of pet theft.

Asked 28 August 2026
Answered 4 September 2026
By Stephen Morgan (Labour, Portsmouth South)
24666
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pets: Theft
Alex Brewer
Liberal Democrat, North East Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of pets reunited with their owner following (a) theft and (b) going missing.

Asked 28 August 2026
Answered 4 September 2026
By Stephen Morgan (Labour, Portsmouth South)
24665
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pets: Tagging
Alex Brewer
Liberal Democrat, North East Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assesement her Department have made of the potential merits of a microchip database for pets to help reunite (a) stolen and (b) missing pets with their owner.

Asked 28 August 2026
Answered 4 September 2026
By Stephen Morgan (Labour, Portsmouth South)
24664
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Procurement
Adrian Ramsay
Green Party, Waveney Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of the revised Social Value Model for delivery of the Government's commitment that 50% of publicly procured food should be lo...

Asked 2 September 2026
Answered 4 September 2026
By Stephen Morgan (Labour, Portsmouth South)
26811
Answered
Commons

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Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation
Baroness Sugg
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to respond to the Hughes Report, published on 7 February 2024, on options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh.

Asked 22 July 2026
Answered 4 September 2026
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL2600
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Community Health Services: Standards
Lord Blackwater
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria they will use to determine whether neighbourhood health services have improved patient outcomes; and whether those criteria will be published before implementation begins.

Asked 23 July 2026
Answered 4 September 2026
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL2633
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Impact Assessments
Lord Moylan
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the consultation by the Department of Health and Social Care, Tobacco and vapes: packaging, appearance and display, published on 10 July, whether impact assessments of anticipated benefits of t...

Asked 23 July 2026
Answered 4 September 2026
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL2728
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Regulation
Lord Moylan
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the consultation by the Department of Health and Social Care, Tobacco and vapes: packaging, appearance and display, published on 10 July, why further regulation is deemed necessary before Part ...

Asked 23 July 2026
Answered 4 September 2026
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL2730
Answered
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Home Office
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules
Jo White
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship
Labour, Bassetlaw
Statement made 3 September 2026
HCWS311
Commons
Ministry of Justice
Youth Custody: Extension of authorisation for PAVA in Young Offender Institutions
Jake Richards
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing, Human Rights and Technology
Labour, Rother Valley
Statement made 3 September 2026
HCWS310
Commons
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Proposed acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery by Paramount: decision of no intervention on Public Interest Intervention or Foreign State Influence grounds
Lisa Nandy
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Labour, Wigan
Statement made 3 September 2026
HCWS309
Commons
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Gamebird Call for Evidence
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Labour, Suffolk Coastal
Statement made 3 September 2026
HCWS308
Commons

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Northern Ireland Office
Parades Commission for Northern Ireland
Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 3 September 2026
HLWS318
Lords
Home Office
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules
Lord Hanson of Flint
The Minister of State, Home Office
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 3 September 2026
HLWS317
Lords
Ministry of Justice
Youth Custody: Extension of authorisation for PAVA in Young Offender Institutions
Lord Lemos
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 3 September 2026
HLWS316
Lords
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Proposed acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery by Paramount: decision of no intervention on Public Interest Intervention or Foreign State Influence grounds
Baroness Twycross
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 3 September 2026
HLWS315
Lords

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House of Commons written answers and statements
4 September 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
3 September 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
2 September 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
1 September 2026
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4 September 2026
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3 September 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
2 September 2026
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1 September 2026
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