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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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The most recent four written questions in the House of Commons

Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Sarah Edwards
Labour, Tamworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions the Department has had with the Home Office regarding the development and maintenance of a cross-government risk register to assess and manage the risk of public...

Asked 4 November 2026
Answered 12 November 2026
By Florence Eshalomi (Labour, Vauxhall and Camberwell Green)
41053
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Andrew George
Liberal Democrat, St Ives

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has undertaken an assessment of the potential impact of business rates reliefs and other fiscal incentives available to self-catering holiday accommodation...

Asked 4 November 2026
Answered 12 November 2026
By Jim McMahon (Labour, Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton)
40833
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Chris Philp
Conservative, Croydon South

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to consult the public on the application by the Home Office for full planning permission seeking the continued use of Crowborough Training Camp as a non-detain...

Asked 4 November 2026
Answered 12 November 2026
By Matthew Pennycook (Labour, Greenwich and Woolwich)
40894
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Air Pollution: Warnings
Barry Gardiner
Labour, Brent West

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the Met Office has a policy or is commissioned by his Department to issue and proactively send episode-specific air-quality warnings to news media, separately from supplyin...

Asked 15 October 2026
Answered 22 October 2026
By Chris McDonald (Labour, Stockton North)
Answer corrected
By Chris McDonald (Labour, Stockton North)
35228
Answered
Commons

Lords written questions and answers

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Question for Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Sugar: Slavery
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
Green Party, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure sugar produced under conditions of modern slavery is not sold in products in the UK.

Asked 29 October 2026
Answered 12 November 2026
By Lord Sarwar (Labour, Life peer)
HL4697
Answered
Lords
Question for Home Office
Immigration Controls
Lord Pack
Liberal Democrat, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 12 October (HL3983), what records they hold, if any, regarding when ministerial agreements were given to make published concessions outside the Immigration Rules...

Asked 29 October 2026
Answered 12 November 2026
By Lord Collins of Highbury (Labour, Life peer)
HL4741
Answered
Lords
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Brain Cancer: Health Services
Baroness Hayman
Crossbench, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what the responsibilities are envisaged for the newly-announced role of national brain cancer and brain tumour clinical lead; and whether those responsibilities will apply across the entire patient pathway.

Asked 2 November 2026
Answered 12 November 2026
By Baroness Merron (Labour, Life peer)
HL4800
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Transport
East Coast Mainline: Standards
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
Conservative, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on service quality and passenger satisfaction on the East Coast Mainline following (1) timetable changes in 2025 and (2) the reduction of train length from nine to five carriages...

Asked 29 October 2026
Answered 12 November 2026
By Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill (Labour, Life peer)
HL4719
Answered
Lords

Commons written statements

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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Designation of Radio Selection Services under Part 3B of the Communication Act 2003
Ian Murray
Minister for Creative Industries, Media and Online Safety
Labour, Edinburgh South
Statement made 12 November 2026
HCWS469
Commons
Ministry of Justice
Reforming childhood criminal records disclosure
Jake Richards
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Sentencing, Human Rights and Technology
Labour, Rother Valley
Statement made 12 November 2026
HCWS468
Commons
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Departmental Minute for the new Contingent Liability arrangements for space activities in orbit
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Reindustrialisation)
Labour, East Renfrewshire
Statement made 12 November 2026
HCWS467
Commons
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) Update
Emma Hardy
Minister for Water and Flooding
Labour, Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
Statement made 12 November 2026
HCWS466
Commons

Lords written statements

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (pEPR) Update
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 12 November 2026
HLWS478
Lords
Ministry of Justice
Reforming childhood criminal records disclosure
Lord Lemos
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 12 November 2026
HLWS477
Lords
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Designation of Radio Selection Services under Part 3B of the Communication Act 2003
Baroness Twycross
Minister for Heritage
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 12 November 2026
HLWS476
Lords
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Departmental Minute for the new Contingent Liability arrangements for space activities in orbit
Baroness Lloyd of Effra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Space, Cyber and Regulatory Reform)
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 12 November 2026
HLWS475
Lords

Commons daily reports

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House of Commons written answers and statements
11 November 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
10 November 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
9 November 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
4 November 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
11 November 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
10 November 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
9 November 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
4 November 2026
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