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Question for Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Artificial Intelligence: Safety
Dr Ben Spencer
Conservative, Runnymede and Weybridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, which body an AI developer should notify of an incident in which an AI system affects an organisation in the UK.

Asked 19 October 2026
Answered 23 October 2026
By Ian Murray (Labour, Edinburgh South)
36253
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Temperature
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party, Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to deliver effective cooling facilities for patients and staff.

Asked 14 October 2026
Answered 23 October 2026
By Karin Smyth (Labour, Bristol South)
34646
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Standards
Helen Morgan
Liberal Democrat, North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has estimated the cost to the public purse of improving the standard of the maternity and neonatal estate classed as condition category C in NHS England's Maternity and Neonatal Infrast...

Asked 16 October 2026
Answered 23 October 2026
By Karin Smyth (Labour, Bristol South)
35669
Named day
Answered
Commons
Question for Department of Health and Social Care
Maternity Services: Standards
Helen Morgan
Liberal Democrat, North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has estimated the cost to the public purse of improving the standard of the maternity and neonatal estate classed as condition category D in NHS England's Maternity and Neonatal Infrast...

Asked 16 October 2026
Answered 23 October 2026
By Karin Smyth (Labour, Bristol South)
35668
Named day
Answered
Commons

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Question for Department for Education
Education: Reform
Lord Watson of Invergowrie
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have conducted a review of the statutory framework in sections 10 (Co-operation to improve well-being), 12A (Establishment of Children’s Trust Boards), 12B and 12C (Functions and procedures of CTBs), 17 (Childr...

Asked 13 October 2026
Answered 23 October 2026
By Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour, Life peer)
HL4072
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Education
Students: Loans
Lord Empey
Ulster Unionist Party, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government whether loans from Student Finance England are being advanced to students from countries with a poor record of repayment.

Asked 13 October 2026
Answered 23 October 2026
By Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour, Life peer)
HL4046
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Education
Holiday Activities and Food Programme
The Lord Bishop of Leicester
Bishops, Bishops

To ask His Majesty's Government, in light of the expansion of eligibility for Free School Meals, what assessment they have made of the implications for the development and living standards of children in that category who remain ineligible for the Holiday...

Asked 12 October 2026
Answered 23 October 2026
By Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour, Life peer)
HL3967
Answered
Lords
Question for Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Artificial Intelligence: Safety
Lord Nagaraju
Labour, Life peer

To ask His Majesty's Government how their work on global artificial intelligence principles and standards during the United Kingdom’s 2027 G20 Presidency will complement the United Nations Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance and the work...

Asked 5 October 2026
Answered 23 October 2026
By Baroness Lloyd of Effra (Labour, Life peer)
HL3852
Interests declared
Answered
Lords

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Cabinet Office
Strengthening community resilience across the UK
Dan Jarvis
Minister of State (Security Minister)
Labour, Barnsley North
Statement made 22 October 2026
HCWS409
Commons
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
The Renewables Obligation to Exchequer Scheme Expenditure: 1 July to 30 September 2026
Ms Polly Billington
Minister for Energy Consumers
Labour, East Thanet
Statement made 22 October 2026
HCWS408
Commons
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Six-monthly report on Hong Kong 1 January to 30 June 2026
Ed Miliband
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Labour, Doncaster North
Statement made 22 October 2026
HCWS407
Commons
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Representation of the People Bill – Contingencies Fund Advance
Florence Eshalomi
Minister of State for Homelessness, Democracy, Communities and Faith
Labour, Vauxhall and Camberwell Green
Statement made 22 October 2026
HCWS406
Commons

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Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Small Business Regulatory Taskforce: Government Response
Lord Leong
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business and Enterprise)
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 23 October 2026
HLWS419
Lords
Cabinet Office
Strengthening community resilience across the UK
Baroness Twycross
Parliamentary Secretary
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 22 October 2026
HLWS418
Lords
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Six-monthly report on Hong Kong 1 January to 30 June 2026
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 22 October 2026
HLWS417
Lords
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
The Renewables Obligation to Exchequer Scheme Expenditure: 1 July to 30 September 2026
Baroness Curran
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Labour, Life peer
Statement made 22 October 2026
HLWS416
Lords

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House of Commons written answers and statements
23 October 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
22 October 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
21 October 2026
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House of Commons written answers and statements
20 October 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
23 October 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
22 October 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
21 October 2026
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House of Lords written answers and statements
20 October 2026
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