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Question for Ministry of Defence
Army
Stuart Anderson
Conservative, South Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what percentage of the British Army’s regular forces are undeployable or medically downgraded.

Asked 13 July 2026
Answered 21 July 2026
By Mr Calvin Bailey (Labour, Leyton and Wanstead)
Answer corrected
By Mr Calvin Bailey (Labour, Leyton and Wanstead)
18124
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Education
GCSE: Dyslexia
Adam Dance
Liberal Democrat, Yeovil

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the findings of the British Dyslexia Association's 9 July 2026 Report: GCSE attainment: A decade without progress.

Asked 9 July 2026
Answered 26 August 2026
By Georgia Gould (Labour, Queen's Park and Maida Vale)
17555
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Artificial Intelligence
Kevin McKenna
Labour, Sittingbourne and Sheppey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to establish a national deployment pathway for ambient voice technology, to move beyond repeated local pilots towards system-wide adoption across the NHS.

Asked 14 July 2026
Answered 25 August 2026
By Mr James Frith (Labour, Bury North)
18906
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Health Services: Artificial Intelligence
Kevin McKenna
Labour, Sittingbourne and Sheppey

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that ambient voice technology used in the NHS captures structured, coded clinical data at the point of care rather than unstructured free-text notes; w...

Asked 14 July 2026
Answered 25 August 2026
By Mr James Frith (Labour, Bury North)
18905
Answered
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Question for Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Staff
Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they remain committed to a 50 per cent reduction in headcount across the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and integrated care boards by 2028.

Asked 22 July 2026
Answered 26 August 2026
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL2560
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services: Waiting Lists
Baroness Redfern
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish ophthalmology waiting times in order to address regional variations in and inconsistent commissioning of sight-saving treatment.

Asked 21 July 2026
Answered 25 August 2026
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL2447
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Patient Choice Schemes
Lord Kamall
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 4 June 2026 (HL683), what plans they have to increase the number of services subject to patients' right to choose, particularly non-consultant led community services.

Asked 21 July 2026
Answered 25 August 2026
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL2430
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Antisemitism
Baroness Deech
Crossbench, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of allegations of antisemitic behaviour and racism perpetrated by UK doctors and other healthcare professionals in the workplace; and what steps they are taking to protect Jewish patients and ...

Asked 8 July 2026
Answered 25 August 2026
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL1796
Answered
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Afghanistan
Mr Hamish Falconer
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan
Labour, Lincoln
Statement made 16 July 2026
HCWS293
Commons
Department of Health and Social Care
Public Health measures
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention ​
Labour, Washington and Gateshead South
Statement made 16 July 2026
HCWS292
Commons
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Planning Authority Capacity
Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State for Housing and Planning
Labour, Greenwich and Woolwich
Statement made 16 July 2026
HCWS291
Commons
Home Office
Publication of the Border Security Commander’s Annual Report 2025-26
Shabana Mahmood
The Secretary of State for the Home Department
Labour, Birmingham Ladywood
Statement made 16 July 2026
HCWS290
Commons

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Treasury
Business Rates Relief for Pubs, Clubs and Live Music Venues
Lord Wilson of Sedgefield
Lords Spokesperson
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 23 July 2026
HLWS301
Lords
Department for Transport
Bus Fares
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Minister of State for Transport
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 22 July 2026
HLWS300
Lords
Treasury
Electricity VAT Cut
Lord Stockwood
The Minister for Investment
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 21 July 2026
HLWS299
Lords
Leader of the House of Lords
Machinery of Government Changes
Baroness Smith of Basildon
Lord Privy Seal
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 21 July 2026
HLWS298
Lords

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House of Commons written answers and statements
16 July 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
15 July 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
14 July 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
13 July 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
23 July 2026
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22 July 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
21 July 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
20 July 2026
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