To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has had on proposed changes to the disabled students' allowance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of the effect of (a) zero hours contracts, (b) sub-contracting work previously provided by directly-employed staff and (c) the activities of employment agencies on (i) the integrity of the national…

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will bring forward legislative proposals designed to prevent the ill treatment of workers in sectors where employers and agencies use zero hours and self-employment contract models to transfer cost and risks to workers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the integrity of the national minimum wage in the (a) retail, (b) care and (c) construction sectors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what proportion of new jobs created since 2010 were (a) advertised through employment agencies, (b) generated through self-employment contracts and (c) on the basis of zero hours contracts.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 and the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025, to what extent his Department considered the duties and rights of the (a) Administration of Estates Act 1925, (b) Fatal Accidents Act 1976,…

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to help ensure that bereaved families are treated equitably within the compensation scheme and retain a route to seek recognition of the full extent of injuries suffered by their relatives.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the compensation proposals for the estates of infected individuals who died before the establishment of Infected Blood Support Schemes in 2017; and whether those estates will have equivalent routes to…

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he will set out the evidential routes through which the estates of deceased infected individuals will be able to seek compensation for psychological injuries experienced before death, including in cases involving significant mental health…

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Infected Blood Compensation Authority will accept a range of evidence for assessing injuries suffered by deceased victims - including medical, social care, police, employment and family records, and partial or fragmentary documentation - in…

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Government’s proposed Special Category Mechanism on access to enhanced awards and appeals for infected and affected people, including individuals who were unable to enrol in post‑2017…

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the consistency of the proposed Special Category Mechanism with the recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to help facilitate the participation of bereaved families and representatives of deceased victims in the Technical Expert Group consultation on the Special Category Mechanism; and for what reasons written submissions…

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the consultation undertaken on the proposed Special Category Mechanism was assessed against (a) the Gunning Principles and (b) the Cabinet Office Consultation Principles, including requirements relating to adequate time, consultation at a…

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether an equality impact assessment has been undertaken of the eligibility criteria for the proposed Special Category Mechanism.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with (a) local authorities and (b) Local Resilience Forums on supporting telecommunications resilience during power outages.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that digital identity does not become a de facto requirement for participation in (a) commerce, (b) governance and (c) daily life.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to provide alternative identity verification routes for individuals who do not wish to submit (a) facial and (b) other biometric data in the context of the proposed introduction of digital ID cards.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the occupancy levels of premises (a) owned and (b) leased by (i) the Government and (ii) its agencies in (A) Cornwall and (B) the Isles of Scilly.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the age profile of women giving birth in England has been in each year since 2001.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) male and (b) female live births there have been in (i) England as a whole and (ii) each region of England in each month since January 2001.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many live births there were in each constituent country of the UK in each quarter of 2012.

To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2015 to Question 222329, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful claims have been made by parochial church councils in court against lay rectors for recovery of chancel repair…

To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what powers parochial church councils possess to convey (a) capital, (b) property and (c) other assets to a local community organisation or charity they are (i) seeking to assist and (ii) whose objections or plan they…

To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how many and which parochial church councils (a) have and (b) have not registered their entitlement to the benefit of recovery of channel repair liability.

To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how many court cases have been brought by parochial church councils to recover channel repair liability since the Aston Cantlow judgement by the House of Lords in 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 26 February 2013, Official Report, column 383W, on Travellers, (1) if he will list the members of the Ministerial Working Group (a) before and (b) after the Cabinet reshuffle of September 2012;(2) whether…

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department is taking to facilitate community involvement in the preparation of its Roma Strategy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what (a) communications, (b) meetings and (c) discussions she has had with (i) her ministerial colleagues, (ii) representatives of the British Museum, (iii) Greek Government representatives and (iv) others on the request from the…

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2025 to Question 34047 Small Businesses: Training, what steps his Department is taking to support SMEs to adopt AI; and whether this support includes management-practice support to maximise productivity…

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what (a) trading rules and (b) tariffs on trade apply between the UK and settlements within the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will increase the powers of the Grocery Code Adjudicator.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason he decided to amend section 106 agreements in respect of small and medium sized builders and rural areas not covered by section 157 of the Housing Act 1985.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the (a) social and (b) environmental impacts of the housing opportunities for inadequately housed people arising from his decision to change section 106 agreements for (i) builders and (ii) rural…

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which ministers are responsible for the implementation of the commitments arising from the work of the Ministerial Working Group on Gypsies and Travellers; and when he expects his Department to fully deliver each of those…

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions in each year since it was set up the Ministerial Working Group on Gypsies and Travellers has met; which ministers attended each such meeting; and what steps have been taken by ministers in pursuance of the…

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with (a) her Greek counterpart and (b) the Board of the British Museum on the potential merits of returning the portion of the Parthenon sculptures which are held by the Museum to Athens.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will review the Government's justification to legal title for the Parthenon Sculptures held by the British Museum.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many UK universities that are registered with the Office for Students publish the (a) quantity and (b) type of contact hours for courses advertised to prospective students.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take with the Office for Students to ensure that universities provide prospective students with transparent data (a) in general and (b) on what proportion of courses are delivered online.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that post 16 year old pupils who live on the Isles of Scilly have equality of affordable opportunity to state sector study as their mainland counterparts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was provided to the Council of the Isles of Scilly for post-16 education for students in each of the last five years for which records are available; and how much was (a) unspent and (b) returned.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students are required by geographic circumstances to board at night to receive post-16 education by local authority area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to introduce statutory turnaround times for consents teams handling compulsory purchase and necessary wayleave applications, to reduce end-to-end project timelines.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps are in place to allow land rights negotiations and Section 37 applications to proceed in parallel.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will engage with industry and landowner representatives to develop innovative, respectful statutory land access powers to support the delivery of Clean Power 2030.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that reforms to planning permission are matched by improvements to the processes for acquiring land and rights over land, so that grid connection projects are not delayed by unresolved land…

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the additional costs and delays to customers resulting from the current statutory processes for acquiring land and rights for electricity network upgrades.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of current land rights processes on the UK's ability to meet its Clean power 2030 targets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what consideration has been given to aligning the statutory powers available to electricity network operators for land access with those available to water and telecoms utilities, to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of network…

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will commit to developing new statutory mechanisms which provide electricity network operators with outcome-certain, timely, and cost-effective land access, while maintaining strong relationships with landowners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what funding his Department (a) has provided and (b) intends to provide, including through energy company obligations, to help reduce domestic energy bills between the 2020-21 and 2030-31 financial years, broken down by (i) cash…

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of funding to tackle fuel poverty has been allocated to home insulation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether free and independent recourse is available to customers when water companies classify customer disputes as legal enforcement matters.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that the automatic compensation South West Water has announced for customers affected by Storm Goretti is funded from the company’s profits and reductions in executive bonuses; and…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with South West Water on the adequacy of its communication strategy during recent service disruptions, including whether she will ask the company to issue a formal statement committing to a revised…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with utility companies on directing customers to online information during service disruptions; and what steps she will take to ensure that essential information is provided through communication…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of imported pork produced using farrowing crates on the competitiveness of UK farmers that do not use farrowing crates.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a ban on farrowing crates on pig production capacity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with counterparts in (a) Austria, (b) Sweden, (c) Switzerland, (d) Norway, (e) Germany, and (f) New Zealand on their (i) banning and (ii) phasing out of farrowing crates for pigs; and what…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator has (a) received information on purchasers not explaining variable price changes within seven days of a price review and (b) taken steps to ensure producers receive (i) timely…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator has undertaken enforcement action when a purchaser has not provided a compliant written milk contract.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the updated cross-government contingency plan for outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza; and whether that plan includes arrangements for (a) local authority resourcing and (b) mutual aid.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the UK’s trading partners on certification and surveillance requirements to enable the use of avian influenza vaccination in poultry while maintaining export access.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria her Department plans to use to determine whether to pilot targeted vaccination of poultry against highly pathogenic avian influenza.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of national and regional carcass disposal capacity available for use during an avian influenza outbreak in 2025–26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve communications with registered and unregistered bird keepers when avian influenza control zones are established.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator for supporting producers with (a) non-compliant and (b) missing written milk purchase contracts under the regulations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of wild bird and mammal surveillance for highly pathogenic avian influenza on UK coastlines; and whether she plans to increase funding for carcass testing in…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans for badger culling in England to end.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will set targets in the updated Environmental Improvement Plan for the biodiversity recovery of (a) wetlands, (b) peat bogs (c) coastal strips, (d) grasslands, (e) woodlands and forests and (f) other significant habitats.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to conclude the Environmental Improvement Plan rapid review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) raw sewage and (b) other polluting discharges into (i) rivers and (ii) coastal waters were recorded by (A) the Environment Agency, (B) public and citizen science organisations and (C) South West Water in the area…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that public bodies sponsored by his Department will be free to fulfil their duties based on evidence and scientific fact.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the oral Answer of 29 January 2015, Official Report, column 996, what steps her Department took to ensure that if pilot culls had achieved the target of 70 per cent reduction in badger numbers in (a) 2013 and (b)…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the oral Answer of 29 January 2015, Official Report, column 996, when she plans to publish her Department's estimate of the percentage reduction in badger numbers achieved in both pilot cull areas as a result of last…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the oral Answer of 29 January 2015, Official Report, column 996, what percentage reduction in badger numbers was achieved in each of the two 2014 pilot culls.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assumptions her Department used to estimate the cost of installing back‑up power at mobile phone masts, including assumptions on (a) the number of sites covered, (b) the type of back‑up power provision assumed,…

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing alternative models for improving power resilience of mobile telecommunications networks, including the use of (a) shared or mobile back‑up…

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has consulted (a) industry bodies and (b) community representatives on proposals to improve mobile network resilience.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of providing back‑up power to mobile phone masts on consumer electricity costs; and whether this estimate is based on (a) Departmental modelling and (b)…

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of installing back‑up power at mobile phone masts on (a) one‑off capital costs, (b) ongoing operational and maintenance costs and (c) consumer bills.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an estimate of the period of time for which improved power resilience at mobile phone masts would increase consumer bills.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate her Department has made of the cost per customer per year of different mobile network resilience options.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what advice her Department has received from (a) mobile network operators, (b) Ofcom and (c) independent telecommunications resilience experts on the most cost‑effective means of improving back‑up power provision at…

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to publish the analysis underpinning the Government’s estimate of the cost of improving power resilience at mobile phone masts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to undertake further work on improving the resilience of mobile communications infrastructure.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the resilience of mobile communications infrastructure during prolonged power outages; and for what reason mobile phone masts are not required to have emergency back‑up generators to ensure…

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to introduce mandatory requirements under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 for mobile network operators to install emergency generator capacity at mobile phone masts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what consideration her Department has given of the potential merits of requiring mobile network operators to fund the installation of emergency back‑up power for mobile phone masts from company profits rather than through…

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the withdrawal of analogue landline services on public safety, given that Voice over Internet Protocol systems cease to function when households have no access to…

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the transition from analogue to digital landline services on public safety, including the availability of digital telephony during power outages.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure that the proposed digital verification process for the Government’s One Login system is compliant with Article 9 of the UK General Data Protection Regulation in the context of the…

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent assessment she has made of regional occupational AI exposure; and whether her Department plans to publish (a) maps and (b) targets based on this data.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure the affordability of essential transport services to the Isles of Scilly.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 to ensure that hazardous medicinal products with reprotoxic effects are controlled to the same standard as (a) carcinogens and (b) mutagens.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to promote the use of (a) biological safety cabinets, (b) closed-system drug-transfer devices and (c) other engineering controls during (i) preparation and (ii) administration of hazardous medicinal products; and whether…

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to (a) (i) develop and (ii) adopt a list of hazardous medicinal products and (b) require safety data sheets for finished medicines; and if he will take steps with the Health and Safety Executive to make such a list…

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of support for low income workers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to disability payments on the proportion of Universal Credit claimants who will enter employment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 29583 on Apprentices: Artificial Intelligence, what funding her Department has provided to support adult AI literacy and reskilling programmes through (a) pilots via Skills England and (c)…

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2025 to Question 29583 on Apprentices: Artificial Intelligence, whether she will plans to evaluate the outcome of adult AI literacy and reskilling programmes by (a) occupation and (b) region.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to disability payments on the number of claimants in poverty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent guidance his Department has issued to (a) Jobcentre Plus and the (b) National Careers Service on advising graduates entering occupations with high task exposure to AI.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question HL8737, what assessment her Department has made since 2022 of changes in online job advert volumes by Standard Occupational Classification groups ranked by AI exposure; and whether analysis using…

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2014 to Question 211139, if he will place in the Library the administrative data (Single Housing Benefit Extract) calculation used to estimate the figure of £1 billion pounds; and what estimate he has…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to roll out meningitis vaccines more widely to the population following the news of the recent outbreak in Kent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a formal impact assessment on the abolition of NHS England to include assessment of (a) patient safety risks during the transition, (b) impact on delivery of (i) the 10-year plan and (ii) ongoing programmes and (c) (A)…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for publication of a formal impact assessment on the abolition of NHS England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps will be taken to avoid disruption to frontline services (a) during and (b) after the abolition of NHS England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) clinical leadership and (b) specialist networks currently hosted by NHS England are maintained during and after its abolition.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what research his Department has commissioned on (a) reproductive health incomes and (b) other long-term health effects of occupational exposure to hazardous medicinal products among nursing staff; and what assessment he has made of the…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) nurses and (b) other healthcare professionals exposed to hazardous medicinal products.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that workforce planning maintains the full complement of (a) staffing and (b) skills needed to deliver the highly specialised sarcoma services commissioned by NHS England commissions across all…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to maintain an NHS England commissioned specialist sarcoma service for people in Cornwall under the Peninsula Soft Tissue Sarcoma Service at the Royal Cornwall Treliske Hospital in Truro.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England plans to take to maintain access to the Peninsula Soft Tissue Sarcoma Service in Cornwall.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has carried out an (a) impact, (b) equality, (c) risk and (d) other assessment of the proposed abolition of local Healthwatch organisations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure timely public health messaging on avian influenza in coastal tourist areas during periods of increased seabird mortality.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of NHS and UKHSA laboratory surge capacity for testing suspected human infections with avian influenza in 2025–26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department has issued on (a) PPE, (b) testing and (c) post-exposure prophylaxis for workers exposed to animals infected with avian influenza; and whether she plans to provide financial support for workers required to…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the (a) annual capacity of the Overseas Registration Examination system and (b) number of fully trained overseas dentists already in the UK who are on the waiting list for this examination.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the guidance entitled NHS Financial Support for Health Students (Fourth Edition): NHS Learning Support Fund, published on 29 June 2020, how many regional incentive payments were made to eligible students in areas where…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing mandatory safe registered nurse staffing levels in all forms of hospital settings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what NHS services he plans to commission through private providers in the next 12 months.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what recent assessment he has made of the case for devolving powers to Cornwall as a pilot rural city deal.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what recent discussions he has had with members of the Royal Family on their role in the legislative process.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to devolve power from Westminster and Whitehall.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect on his badger cull policy if the independent scientific panel conclude that the two badger cull pilots were ineffective.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 14 January 2014, Official Report, columns 470-1W, on bovine tuberculosis, how many of the 120 badgers which were subject to post mortem examination were found to have bovine tuberculosis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 14 January 2014, Official Report, columns 470-1W, on bovine tuberculosis, what steps he is taking to ensure the independence of the assessment of the effectiveness of the trials.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to (a) maximise the biodiversity benefits of high nature value (HNV) farming; and what steps he is taking to ensure that HNV farming is effectively monitored.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how his Department will ensure the independent assessment of the (a) humaneness, (b) safety and (c) effectiveness of the two pilot badger culls during the period of the extension of the pilots.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will publish the evidence base on which badger population estimates have been made in (a) the two pilot cull sites and (b) other sites where his Department is monitoring badger numbers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will publish the basis on which his Department or its agencies have estimated the population of badgers in (a) the two pilot cull sites and (b) other sites where badger numbers are monitored by his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make available data from the Government's two pilot badger cull trials on the number of badgers culled in each of the pilot areas (a) at the midway point and (b) on completion of the pilot culls.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make it his policy that raw data on the (a) proportion of area engaged and (b) proportion of badger population culled in each of the two pilot badger cull areas is published within a week of the completion of the…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many recipients of (a) single farm payment and (b) any other CAP payment received (i) more than 1 million euro, (ii) more than 500,000 euro but less than 1 million euro, (iii) more than 300,000 euro but less than 500,000…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, (b) the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and (c) the Chancellor of the Exchequer regarding the review of the…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what criteria he will use to assess the effectiveness of the badger cull pilots;(2) what threshold of effectiveness he has for the two pilot areas to determine whether his badger control programme should proceed beyond…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has made an estimate of the proportion of badgers in the two pilot cull areas which will be (a) trapped, (b) snared and (c) baited before being killed; and what proportion he expects will be killed through other…

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) farms were placed under bovine TB controls, (b) farms had bovine TB reactors and (c) cattle tested positive for bovine TB in each of the two pilot cull areas in each of the last five years for which figures are…

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the expatriate Chagossian community about his policy on the future of the Chagos Islands.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of ambulance service category A 8-minute responses were initially met by (a) a team and vehicle capable of providing patient transport, (b) first or co-responders and (c) paramedics using a motorbike or car in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will estimate the resource implications of requiring all ambulance trusts to meet category A eight-minute response time in all rural locations;(2) what comparative assessment he has made of the performance of ambulance trusts serving…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the response outcomes were for each ambulance trust for category B calls in each of the 10 years for which records are available up to 2011.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many births per full-time equivalent NHS midwife there have been in (a) England and (b) each region in each year since 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds on what happens to those who qualify as midwives at higher education institutions in England; and how many go on to practise as midwives in the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many places for midwifery training were commissioned in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and what the total population of student midwives in England has been in each year since 2009-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average cost was of training a midwife in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many student midwives were in receipt of a bursary in each of the last three academic years for which figures are available; what the average bursary paid to a student midwife was in each of those years; and what the total cost was to his Department in…

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the NHS has spent on maternity services in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of total NHS spending this represented in each such year;(2) how much was spent on NHS maternity services in each region in each year since 2010-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the age profile of midwives working for the NHS in England was in each year since 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many individuals have submitted a notification of intention to practise as a midwife in each of the last five practice years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to publish statistics on the number of home maternities in each local health authority area in England in 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to (a) amend, (b) repeal and (c) replace the Public Order Act 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate she has made of the number of people co-infected with HIV and tuberculosis who have access to anti-retroviral drug treatment.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate she has made of the number of people who developed active tuberculosis in 2012 but were not diagnosed or treated.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans her Department has to support countries with high burdens of tuberculosis who are currently missing targets for mortality, prevalence and incidence as defined by the World Health Organisation.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the current global incidence of tuberculosis; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development with reference to the May 2013 report of the UN High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, what assessment she has made of the report's conclusion that investing in tuberculosis case finding and treatment is…

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she is taking to ensure that UK Government funds are used to support agencies that provide non-discriminatory care for conflict rape victims regardless of local or national laws.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make representations to her US counterpart on that country lifting its prohibition on the supply of humanitarian aid to women raped in war.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will take steps to ensure that her Department's funding goes to humanitarian agencies that can commit to separating their funds between USAID and non-USAID donors.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment she has made of the contribution that (a) the Stop TB Partnership and (b) TB Reach programme has made in (i) assisting her in meeting her Department's objectives and (ii) increasing case detection and treatment of…

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that veterans receive adequate support after leaving the armed forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria his Department uses to decide whether to grant a request from a foreign government for training for their armed forces by the British armed forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which countries armed forces have been trained by British armed forces in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for training foreign armed forces by British armed forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will review election regulations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help raise awareness in local communities on the concept of community-led housing delivery via community land trusts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure that (a) incoming and (b) existing Mayors of combined authorities are set targets for community-led housing in local growth plans.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of (a) small business rate relief since 2012, (b) Restart Grants in 2021 and (c) the Recovery Loan Scheme and (d) Covid Grants to eligible properties that are…

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to invite representatives of (a) Cornwall and (b) the Isles of Scilly to the Council of the Nations and Regions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much public funding has been granted to provide subsidies to holiday homes which have applied for small business rate relief in each year since 2012, broken down by local authority area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the use of (a) rural exceptions planning policies and permissions and (b) S106 agreements on the successful delivery of (i) secure and (ii) affordable homes which…

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking through the criminal justice system to help tackle violence against women and children.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on support for transport services for Scottish islands.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what safeguards will be in place for self-employed individuals who decline to use the Government’s One Login system in 2027 on grounds of (a) conscience and (b) security.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress she has made on implementing the provisions in Schedule 8 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 on access to cash; and what discussions she has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the effectiveness of its powers to enforce those…

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the economic impact of bank branch closures on high streets for local businesses; and what steps are being considered to mitigate these.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to promote (a) community banking models and (b) cooperative financial institutions to improve access to banking services in underserved areas.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress she has made on implementing the provisions in Schedule 8 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 on access to cash; and what discussions she has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the effectiveness of its powers to enforce those…

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the adequacy of its guidance on ensuring access to banking services for rural and coastal communities, in the context of (a) branch and (b) ATM closures.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans her Department has to review the adequacy of banking infrastructure in rural areas as part of its 10-year Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises have access to affordable banking services in rural areas.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans her Department has to expand the network of banking hubs (a) in all areas and (b) in areas with multiple recent bank branch closures.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to introduce statutory requirements for banks to provide alternative face-to-face services in communities in which branches have closed.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that digital banking services are (a) compliant with inclusive design principles outlined in the Financial Inclusion Strategy and (b) accessible to people with disabilities.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that open banking initiatives under the Financial Inclusion Strategy are accessible to consumers with (a) low digital literacy and (b) limited internet access.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that financial products and services meet the accessibility requirements set out under the (a) Consumer Duty and (b) Financial Inclusion Strategy.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for (a) Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and (b) Health and Social Care on funding requirements for avian influenza preparedness and response in 2025–26.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many applications for the Help to Buy scheme have been for (a) shared equity, (b) shared ownership, (c) mutual housing and (d) self-build properties since the scheme was launched.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many applications for the Help to Buy scheme have been received in respect of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly from applicants who (a) reside in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and (b) do not reside in either place.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what fiscal incentives he has put in place to encourage share farming.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) successful convictions and (b) investigations launched there have been in respect of alleged or proven breaches of the national minimum wage regulations in each year since their introduction.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what recent representations he has had from the Climate Change Committee on climate change and the UK economy; and if he will make a statement;(2) what advice he has sought from the Climate Change Committee on (a) the setting of a decarbonisation target,…

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will produce a report on his Department's assessment of the economic consequences to (a) the Government and (b) the UK economy of meeting the existing carbon reduction targets for 2050; and what assessment he has made of the (i) most cost effective and…

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will publish all correspondence (a) he and (b) other HM Treasury Ministers have received from (i) energy companies, (ii) investor companies and representative bodies, (iii) renewables and low-carbon energy businesses, (iv) trade bodies, (v) civil…

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of investor and financial market confidence in the renewable and low-carbon energy sector.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the Universal Credit Bill on disabled people.