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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to answer of 31 March 2026 to Question 119904 on Cabinet Office: Redundancy Pay, whether guidance exists on the circumstances in which exit payments to civil servants are eligible for the £30,000 tax-fr...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 119904 on Cabinet Office: Redundancy Pay, whether guidance exists on exit payments being subject to the £30,000 tax-free allowance when (a) Permanent Sec...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support amusement arcades in coastal towns.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings special advisers in her Department have held with representatives of (a) Alphabet and (b) its subsidiaries since 4 July 2024.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings Ministers in her Department have held with representatives of (a) Alphabet and (b) its subsidiaries since 4 July 2024.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers, updated November 2024, whether a special adviser can (a) undertake can party political work on a UK Parliamentary by-election campaign and (b) be secon...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken to publish the Defence Investment Plan on armed forces morale.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance is given to civil servants relating to participation in Pride events; and whether staff are allowed to participate during working hours.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Correspondence from the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards to Alex Burghart MP, published 5 June 2026, whether Ministers are responsible for the actions of their Ministerial Priva...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there are mechanisms to review the conduct of a Minister in office after they have left that office, including where the Government may wish to reclaim Ministerial exit payments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department’s contract with Palantir permits interoperability with other Palantir platforms in government; and what assurances his Department has received that systems used for live operational decisio...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2026, to question 4926 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, what criteria need to be met before the second phase of delivering an improved Ajax vehicle can begin.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made in developing the use of machine vision for lock-on and terminal phase of one-way effectors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of publishing in full the Joint Intelligence Committee strategic assessment, National security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and na...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to reduce delays and overspend in Ministry of Defence contracts awarded to foreign contractors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the block capability is of the UK Boxer mechanised fleet.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen research and development collaboration with AUKUS partners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5103 on Boxer Vehicles: Procurement, how many Boxer vehicles and of what variant have been received by the 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status is of the RAF E-7 Wedgetail AWACS programme.