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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.

All oral statements and any written content from before 2014 can be found in Hansard.

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Commons written questions and answers

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Question for Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Sole Traders: Registration
Nadia Whittome
Labour, Nottingham East

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of creating a public register of sole traders.

Asked 28 August 2026
Answered 7 September 2026
By Blair McDougall (Labour, East Renfrewshire)
22046
Answered
Commons
Question for Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
Elections: Journalism
Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative, Thirsk and Malton

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission has provided on the definition of journalism for the purposes of the Section 47(3) of the Ele...

Asked 28 August 2026
Answered 7 September 2026
By Sir Jeremy Wright (Conservative, Kenilworth and Southam)
21238
Answered
Commons
Question for Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
Reform UK: Finance
Kevin Hollinrake
Conservative, Thirsk and Malton

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what is the status of the Electoral Commission’s investigations into donations to the Reform UK Party and Reform regulated donees by...

Asked 28 August 2026
Answered 7 September 2026
By Sir Jeremy Wright (Conservative, Kenilworth and Southam)
21237
Answered
Commons
Question for Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
Electoral Commission
Sir James Cleverly
Conservative, Braintree

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what representations has the Electoral Commission previously made to HM Government on the Government publicly consulting on the impl...

Asked 28 August 2026
Answered 7 September 2026
By Sir Jeremy Wright (Conservative, Kenilworth and Southam)
20432
Answered
Commons

Lords written questions and answers

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Question for Department for Transport
Euston Station: Regeneration
Lord Berkeley
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government which elements of the Euston Master Plan Development will be funded by (1) the private sector, and (2) the public sector; and which department will administer any public funding.

Asked 1 September 2026
Answered 7 September 2026
By Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Labour, Life peer)
HL2799
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Transport
Euston Delivery Company
Lord Berkeley
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government how the Euston Development Company is funded; and how much, if any, of its funding will come from the public sector.

Asked 1 September 2026
Answered 7 September 2026
By Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Labour, Life peer)
HL2798
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line: Costs
Lord Berkeley
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of (1) the projected outstanding cost of HS2 as of 1 April 2026, and (2) the proportion of which allocated to the development of Euston station and the Euston approaches.

Asked 1 September 2026
Answered 7 September 2026
By Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Labour, Life peer)
HL2801
Answered
Lords
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

Commons written statements

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Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Modernising Corporate Reporting consultation
Kate Dearden
Minister of State (Minister for the Future of Work)
Labour, Halifax
Statement made 7 September 2026
HCWS313
Commons
Treasury
Economic Growth
John Healey
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
Labour, Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
Statement made 7 September 2026
HCWS312
Commons
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

Lords written statements

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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

Commons daily reports

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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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Lords daily reports

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