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Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Holiday Accommodation: Complaints
James McMurdock
Independent, South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many enforcement notices relating to the operation of short-term holiday lets were issued by local authorities in each of the last three years.

Asked 28 August 2026
Answered 5 November 2026
By Matthew Pennycook (Labour, Greenwich and Woolwich)
25723
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Holiday Accommodation
James McMurdock
Independent, South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of residential properties in England that are used primarily as short-term holiday lets.

Asked 28 August 2026
Answered 5 November 2026
By Matthew Pennycook (Labour, Greenwich and Woolwich)
25721
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Holiday Accommodation: Complaints
James McMurdock
Independent, South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of resources available to local authorities to investigate complaints relating to the operation of short-term holiday lets.

Asked 28 August 2026
Answered 5 November 2026
By Matthew Pennycook (Labour, Greenwich and Woolwich)
25724
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Holiday Accommodation: Standards
James McMurdock
Independent, South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that short-term holiday lets comply with a) planning, b) housing and c) fire regulations.

Asked 28 August 2026
Answered 5 November 2026
By Matthew Pennycook (Labour, Greenwich and Woolwich)
25722
Answered
Commons

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Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Vaccination
Lord Kamall
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 1 October (HL3630), and given that they do not collect data on the cost of responding to vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks, what steps they are taking to establish a ...

Asked 23 October 2026
Answered 5 November 2026
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL4498
Answered
Lords
Question for Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to renew contracts with Equiniti Paymaster and Sopra Steria for the administration and payment of Armed Forces pensions when the current contracts expire.

Asked 29 October 2026
Answered 5 November 2026
By Lord Coaker (Labour, Life peer)
HL4705
Answered
Lords
Question for Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the contractual provisions with Equiniti Paymaster and Sopra Steria in relation to the miscalculation of Armed Forces pensions.

Asked 29 October 2026
Answered 5 November 2026
By Lord Coaker (Labour, Life peer)
HL4704
Answered
Lords
Question for Cabinet Office
Public Sector: Procurement
Lord Weir of Ballyholme
Democratic Unionist Party, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the weighting of criteria connected with social value, local economic impact, and employment in public procurement processes; and what is the timeline for the implementation of any cha...

Asked 22 October 2026
Answered 5 November 2026
By Baroness Twycross (Labour, Life peer)
HL4489
Answered
Lords

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Cabinet Office
Schedule 6B Northern Ireland Act 1998: Windsor Framework decisions
Mr Hamish Falconer
Minister of State (Minister for Intergovernmental Relations and European Relations)
Labour, Lincoln
Statement made 4 November 2026
HCWS455
Commons
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Responsible Business Conduct
Jonathan Reynolds
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade and President of the Board of Trade
Labour, Stalybridge and Hyde
Statement made 4 November 2026
HCWS454
Commons
Treasury
National Savings and Investments
Torsten Bell
The Minister for Pensions
Labour, Swansea West
Statement made 4 November 2026
HCWS453
Commons
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadcast Media Mergers Update
Lisa Nandy
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Labour, Wigan
Statement made 4 November 2026
HCWS452
Commons

Lords written statements

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Cabinet Office
Schedule 6B Northern Ireland Act 1998: Windsor Framework decisions
Baroness Twycross
Parliamentary Secretary
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 4 November 2026
HLWS463
Lords
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Responsible Business Conduct
Lord Sarwar
Minister of State (Minister for Trade)
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 4 November 2026
HLWS462
Lords
Treasury
National Savings and Investments
Lord Pitt-Watson
The Treasury Lords Minister
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 4 November 2026
HLWS461
Lords
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Broadcast Media Mergers Update
Baroness Twycross
Minister for Heritage
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 4 November 2026
HLWS460
Lords

Commons daily reports

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House of Commons written answers and statements
4 November 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
3 November 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
2 November 2026
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Commons
House of Commons written answers and statements
30 October 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
4 November 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
3 November 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
2 November 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
29 October 2026
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