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James Cleverly
CON✓ Current MP
🏛️ Braintree
📅 2015–2026
1,964 speeches on Hansard record
✅ Votes attended: 89.72% (#74 of 649 MPs)
🟢 Rebelled against party: 0.00%
📝 Topics: Local Government: Elections, Council Tax, Business Rates: Tax Allowances
🤝 Member of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups
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Attorney General
To ask the Solicitor General, with reference to the Government Legal Service publication, “the Judge over your shoulder”, para 3.15, what supplementary advice or guidance have the Law Officers or GLS given on whether a reconsideration of a Ministerial decision requires a new Minister to…
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Cabinet Office
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate has the Office for National Statistics made of the average house price of a (a) residential dwelling and (b) primary residence dwelling, in each (i) local authority area and (ii) Parliamentary constituency.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 February 2026, to Question 110389, on Muslim Council of Britain, and to the answer of 11 February 2026, to Question 110397, on Public Order and Hate Crime Legislation Review, what is the policy of (a) Cabinet Office and (b)…
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 108091 on MHCLG: Repairs and Maintenance, on what date the PFI contract for 2 Marsham Street expires; and which organisation will own the building on expiry.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2025 to Question 89453 on Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House, on what specific date did HM Government inform Westminster City Council that the Ministerial residence was paying the wrong level of council tax.
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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2025, to Question 92614, on Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House, and with reference to Section 16 of the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992, for what reason Westminster City Council was…
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Church Commissioners
To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church of England has made an assessment of the cost to the Church of England of the new council tax surcharge on residential dwellings occupied by serving or retired Anglican clergy and owned by the Church.
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To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether the Church of England had made representations to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on (a) restrictions on ground rents and (b) leasehold reform in the last year.
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Department for Business and Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, further to the National Licensing Policy Framework published on November 2025, for what reason the guidance is non-statutory, and what consideration was given to issuing it as supplementary guidance under Section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003 to…
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answers of 28 April 2025 and 18 August 2025 to Questions 45662 and 68409, on Universal Studios: Bedfordshire, whether (a) Government funding and (b) bespoke tax relief is being provided to (i) Universal Studios and (ii) the…
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Department for Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the activities of the National Education Union on community cohesion.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the command paper, Protecting What Matters, CP 1540, 9 March 2026, page 40, in what manner will the new guidance on External Speakers differ to that published by the (a) Charity Commission and (b) Office for Students.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the status is of her Department’s review of the definitions of irreplaceable habitats.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether guidance has been given to (a) developers and (b) local planning authorities on development exclusion zones around former foot and mouth burial pits.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department and its agencies have issued guidance to local planning authorities and planning applicants on development (a) on and (b) near land previously used as a foot and mouth burial pit.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who are the members of the Group Infrastructure Board; and has it has met.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions or correspondence her Department has had since July 2024 with the Mayor of London on wood burning stoves in domestic dwellings.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she intends to ban wood-burning stoves in (a) domestic dwellings and (b) business hereditaments.
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Department for Work and Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2025 to Question 90225 on DWP: English language, whether his Department (a) had a budget for spending on English language support in 2024-25 and (b) holds information on suppliers used for English language…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much funding his Department plans to provide to the Local Government Association to help support disabled people hold office in local government in (a) 2024-25, (b) 2025-26 and (c) 2026-27.
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Department of Health and Social Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential health impacts for consumers since fruit and nut bars were included in the location restrictions for high fat, sugar and salt products from October 2022.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of including fruit and nut bars under the restrictions for high fat, sugar and salt products on economic growth.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2025, to Question 90224, on Electronic Cigarettes: Retail Trade, whether the policy intent is that the licensing scheme controls on location and density would apply to (a) new promises and (b) existing…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill on the economic viability of (a) pubs, (b) nightclubs, (c) bars and (d) other parts of the hospitality sector.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2025 to Question 68412 on Fast Food, whether a sausage roll sold from a counter service falls within that definition.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2025 to Question 92263 on Low Alcohol Drinks: Children, whether he made an assessment of the potential impact of 16 and 17 year olds visiting licenced premises on drinking patterns in later life.
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions has the department had with the Venice Commission on elections since July 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK Politics, Governance and Rights Centre provides guidance or assistance to foreign countries in relation to the practices of holding elections, and the frequency at which local elections should be held.
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Home Office
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether organisations subject to a policy of non-engagement are barred from (a) applying for and (b) receiving government funding.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of potential merits of making English language training compulsory for asylum seekers who do not have English language proficiency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 27 November 2025, to Question 90708, and 20 October 2025 to Question 85948, on Immigrant: English Language, what steps she plans to take to support the integration of asylum seekers, in the context of it not being a…
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 38 of the policy paper entitled Protecting What Matters, CP 1540, published on 9 March 2026, how she plans to update the 2024 engagement principles; and whether there will be a public consultation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Home Office guidance, Funding Instruction for Local Authorities: Asylum Grant 2025 - 2026, updated 23 April 2025, how many councils are participating in the LA-led asylum accommodation pilots.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) combined authorities and (b) the Mayor of London are participating in asylum accommodation pilots; and what role they have in asylum accommodation under proposed reforms.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the command paper, Protecting What Matters, CP 1540, 9 March 2026, page 38, what mechanism will connect local and national networks.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the command paper, Protecting What Matters, CP 1540, 9 March 2026, page 38, if she will publish the organisations that the Government deems extremist and which are subject to a policy of non-engagement.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will issue guidance to the police on uniformed police officers being photographed holding the flags of foreign countries.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2026 to Question 110396 on Strategic Migration Partnership: Finance, for what reason her Department does not currently publish funding levels to Strategic Migration Partnerships.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 38 of the policy paper entitled Protecting What Matters, CP 1540, published on 9 March 2026, when the first annual State of Extremism report will be published.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion and amount of the (a) £18.3 billion police funding settlement and (b) the £746 million increase, is made up of council tax in England in 2026-27, according to the estimates made by the Home Office used to calculate the…
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House of Commons Commission
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, further to the written ministerial statement of 29 January 2024, HCWS218, on Election Finance Regulation, whether they intend to align the £1,500 donation threshold in the House of Commons Code…
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To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the structural integrity, water ingress and building condition of (a) Portcullis House and (b) its atrium.
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To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of support provided to Hon Members in providing democratic representation to registered overseas electors, assigned to their constituency, through the…
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 116756, on Independent Review into Civil Unrest in Leicester, what is the timetable for publishing the report that was received by his Department on 1 July 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the command paper, Protecting What Matters, CP 1540, 9 March 2026, page 16, what steps he is taking to promote Englishness and a national sense of identity in England.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has received representations from Jonathan Hall KC on the new anti-Muslim hostility definition.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 117308, on Local Government Finance, what amount of the £200 million of funding in 2026-28 has been reallocated to other priorities.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the new Chinese Embassy (a) follows planning permission and conditions and (b) complies with building regulations.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 110793, on MHCLG: Flexible Working, what is the reason for the number of staff on a 4 day week on compressed hours rising from 214 in January 2025 to 339 in January 2026.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his statement of 9 March 2026, Official Report, Column 80, on Social Cohesion Action Plan, if he will publish the full report from the independent working group.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the new Chinese Embassy (a) follows its planning permission and conditions and (b) complies with building regulations.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued on the change of use and conversion of former school buildings to residential accommodation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been given on the change of use and conversion of former school buildings to residential accommodation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 12 September 2025, to Question 75184, on Fast Food: Planning, what his Department's policy if on whether sandwich shops are classed as fast food outlets.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the Evaluation of the Greater Manchester Housing Investment Loans Fund from 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of local authority planning enforcement in relation to unauthorised traveller (a) development and (b) encampments.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information the Land Registry holds on the average house price in each (a) local authority and (b) constituency in England.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 117748, on council tax, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the £150 + 5% council tax increases in each of the two years in those six local…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish all substantive communications made to the court by the Government in the context of the legal challenge on the cancellation of the May 2026 local elections.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2026, to Question 116479, on Elections: Proof of Identity, whether the cash withdrawal cards that will be accepted as identification will include reloadable, non-bank-account-linked…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2026, to Question 116488, on Absent Voting: British Nationals Abroad, what consideration has been made of using a QR code.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been given on whether overseas broadcasts to influence elections in the United Kingdom are permitted.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the election pilots prospectus that has been sent to councils.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to introduce statutory guidance to Returning Officers so there is an explicit obligation to enforce the Ballot Secrecy Act 2023 in polling stations and intervene to stop the practice of…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 9 Match 2026, to Question 116479, on Elections: Proof of Identity, whether the cash withdrawal cards that will be accepted as identification will include reloadable, non-bank-account-linked…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria the Electoral Commission uses to accredit election observers.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2026, to Question 116488, on Absent Voting: British Nationals Abroad, what consideration has the Electoral Commission made of this issue.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what was the cost of the Islamophobia definition working group, including staff costs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation on the new anti-Muslim hostility definition.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what was the cost to the public purse of the Islamophobia definition working group, including staff costs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from Lord Walney, the UK Government’s independent adviser on political violence and disruption, on the new anti-muslim hostility definition.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the declared interests of each member of the Government's Working Group on Islamophobia.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2026, to Question 116749, on Local Government: Elections, whether the Secretary of State was advised that he was pre-determined.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled Business rates: Pubs and live music venues relief - local authority guidance, 18 February 2026, paragraph 11, whether (a) restaurants and (b) hotels with pub-style bars are eligible…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2026 to Question 110800 on MHCLG: Pakistan, for what the document has yet to be placed in the Library.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the timetable for the creation of a strategic authority for Surrey, and whether it will have an elected mayor.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in what circumstances do staff members in the Local Government Pension Scheme receive their full pension if they are subject to a (a) voluntary or (b) compulsory redundancy after the age of 55.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether a local billing authority will be centrally reimbursed by his department if they apply the 15% business rate pub relief to a pub’s Business Improvement District business rate levy, where the pub hereditament…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of council tax increases since July 2024 on the cost of living.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2026 to Question 111129, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Pakistan, when the summary of the former Minister’s schedule will be placed in the Library of…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2026 to Question 109259 on Local Government: Elections, which local authorities submitted applications for an election pilot in May 2026 and subsequently made a request to postpone…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the command paper, Protecting What Matters, CP 1540, 9 March 2026, page 38, whether he plans to update the 2024 engagement principles.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of council tax since July 2024 on the cost of living.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the command paper, Protecting What Matters, CP 1540, 9 March 2026, page 38, if he will make it his policy to publish the organisations that are subject to a policy of non-engagement.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on (a) challenging and (b) tackling antisemitic attacks against retail branches of Gail’s.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2026 to Question 103895 on Local Government: Working Hours, if he will publish that letter.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 12 February 2026, to Question 110398, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Publicity, in what formats does his department hold data on expenditure on publishing content in…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what number and proportion of planning appeals were decided through the Rosewell Inquiry Process in 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78185 on Glenigan, what assessment has Glenigan made of the reasons for sites with planning permission not being (a) started and (b) completed.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the timetable for the publication of the social cohesion strategy, and whether there will be a consultation or green paper.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 26030 on Radicalism, when he plans to publish the minutes of the steering group.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 13 June 2025, to Question 58058, on Local Government Pension Scheme, and of 12 February 2026, to Question 111138, on Local Government: Redundancy Pay, whether any changes are being made to the…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his plans to require enhanced due diligence for political donations, whether there will be a safe harbour provision, for following advice from the regulator.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to correspondence from his Department entitled Council tax information letter 2/2026: Carers disregard, local council tax support schemes and other matters, published on 18 February 2026, whether the higher…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of unitary local government restructuring in Surrey on the (a) number of town and parish councils and (b) band D parish precept charged by those councils.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of local government reorganisation on the (a) services provided by, (b) responsibilities of and (c) parish precepts for council tax in (i) new and (ii) existing town…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 104668 on council tax, what the monetary amount is of that national average Band D rate in 2025-26.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 104964 on Elections, whether there are any other (a) prospectus documents, (b) calls for evidence, (c) bidding documents, (d) consultations and (e) pilot invitations…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to (a) update the Index of Dissimilarity and (b) produce other indicators of residential segregation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the status is of each locality within the Devolution Priority Programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 20 November 2025 to Question 89939 on Leasehold: Fees and Charges, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to (a) the cap on ground rent calculations for…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 105228 on Community Infrastructure Levy, whether he plans to amend (a) planning practice guidance and (b) legislation in response to the High Court decision; and…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent representations his Department has received on the compatibility of leasehold and commonhold reform with the European Convention of Human Rights.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 107987 on Planning Permission, whether his Department holds a list of (a) councils with Article 4 directions in force and (b) types of development Article 4 directions…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the planning use class is of a data centre; and whether change of use planning permission is required for an office to become a data centre.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of trends in the number of local authorities hiring public affairs consultants for lobbying.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that fire and rescue authorities are effectively assessing the fire risk of high-rise buildings.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether pubs with hotel rooms, VOA SCAT Code 227, are eligible for the new pub rate relief.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of changes in the number of postal votes under the new expiry rules.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to commission a review into the secrecy of the ballot in the Gorton and Denton Parliamentary by-election.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 12 February 2026, to Question 111137, on Council tax: Tax Yields, whether there are equivalent estimates for aggregate business rate receipts in each of those years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of gross business rate receipts in England in (a) 2024-25, (b) 2025-26, (c) 2026-27, (d) 2027-28 and (e) 2028-29.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2026 to Questions 107021 on Housing: Asylum, if he will publish any prospectus and bidding document given to local authorities in relation to the new asylum accommodation programmes and…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will commission an assessment of the impact of council tax levels on the cost of living for average households.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) the GLA levy and (b) higher Rateable Values from the 2026 revaluation on the business rate bills of pubs in London.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the council tax referendum policy decision for the six councils with no thresholds was subject to an equality impact assessment.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any council elections will be (a) delayed and (b) cancelled in May 2027.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the UK anti-corruption strategy 2025, CP 1454, of December 2025, para 88, what is the separate agreement relating to (a) the Code of Conduct and (b) Independent Oversight on local government standards.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his Department supports the changes to council tax practiced exemptions proposed through the Property (Registration and Valuation) Bill.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has issued to local authorities on access to empty homes council tax data held by local billing authorities.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the administrative cost per year of (a) valuing and (b) collecting the Council Tax surcharge.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2026 to Question 108217 on Independent Review into Civil Unrest in Leicester, if he will publish the report.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 11 February 2026 to Question 111141 on Local Government Finance, whether any of the £200 million of funding in 2026-28 has been re-allocated to other programmes.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 102399 on Local Government: Elections, whether the new unitary councils will be elected (a) in full and (b) by (i) halves and (ii) thirds.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what business rate reliefs and multipliers apply to pubs in the City of London from 2026-27.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 108227 on Combined Authorities: Surrey, whether other strategic authorities will be given the transport and adult skill functions held by county councils; and whether…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Birmingham City Council receives Pride in Place funding.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 102774 on Islamophobia, if he will list the dates of meetings with the relevant stakeholders; and whether those meetings were with (a) officials and (b) Ministers.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2026 to Question 111141 on Local Government Finance, how much funding the six areas will receive in (a) 2026-27 and (b) 2027-28 prior to the rescheduled elections.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any staff in his Department work a four day week.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much business rates revenue is placed into business rates pools in (a) 2024-25, (b) 2025-26 and (c) 2026-27.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of any increase in business rate receipts will be retained by local authorities.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 11 February 2026 to Question 111126 on Licensing Premises: Business Rates, whether there is a statutory basis for the application of the pubs and live music rate relief.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2026 to Question 109262, whether pubs which have (a) rooms and (b) conference and wedding facilities for private hire will be able to receive the full amount of the new pub relief on…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the 1.5 million homes to be delivered in this Parliament will be flats.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 9 February 2026 on Local Government Finance Settlement 2026-27 to 2028-29, what the profile is of the additional £740 million in grant funding over each year of the…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the written statement of 9 February 2026 on Local Government Finance Settlement 2026-27 to 2028-29, whether he has allocated additional funding to MHCLG.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of restrictions on ground rents on levels of service charges for leaseholders.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Chinese Embassy development at the Royal Mint will be subject to the oversight of the Building Safety Regulator.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent with Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners Limited since July 2024; and for what purposes.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2026 to Questions 107021 on Housing: Asylum, whether the derelict buildings to be converted into asylum accommodation will be (a) residential, (b) commercial, (c) communal and (d)…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2026 to Question 107021 on Housing: Asylum, how the basic accommodation will differ from council housing; and whether the asylum accommodation will be council owned.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Explanatory Memorandum to the Local Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2026, para 5.9, if he will publish the representations from the councils.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of enacting the recommendations from the Law Commission on the right to manage.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2026 to Question 109135 on Affordable Housing: Construction, how many acquisitions of existing properties will be permitted under the new Affordable Housing Programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 9 February 2026 on Local Government Finance Settlement 2026-27 to 2028-29, what estimate his Department has made of the total increase in Band D council tax for each of the six…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2026 to Question 108644 on Council tax: billing, what his planned timetable is for responding to that consultation; and whether the change on billing would require primary legislation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the (a) Ministerial Envoys, (b) his Department and (c) Defending Democracy Taskforce is taking steps to help ensure the integrity of the ballot in the councillor and mayoral election in the London Borough of Tower…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the performance of the Planning Inspectorate against its targets on planning decisions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the Planning Inspectorate to deal with (a) national planning policy framework changes and (b) measures in the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what requirements does Pride of Place funding have to be spent on (a) capital and (b) revenue in (i) England and (ii) each other constituent nation; and whether this differs from Levelling Up Funding.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) legal action and (b) other expenditure arising from the decision to postpone local elections in England in May 2026.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent representations his Department has received from political parties on access to postal vote expiry data.
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Ministry of Justice
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending the Aarhus Convention provisions on costs in planning cases.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of aligning the legal age to become a magistrate with the lower voting age.
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Northern Ireland Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what policy reason the day of birth would be removed from electoral ID cards in Northern Ireland under the Representation of the People Bill.
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Restoration and Renewal Client Board
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the Restoration and Renewal Client Board, what assessment the Client Board has made of the potential impact of government regulations on the projected costs of the Restoration and Renewal of Parliament; and whether it has had…
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Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has undertaken an Impact Assessment analysis of its own proposal that a company’s profit should be…
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To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, whether the Electoral Commission will ensure that all polling stations in the May 2026 local elections display visible posters on the secrecy of the ballot and the associated offences under the Ballot Secrecy Act 2023.
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To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Electoral Commission publication, Understanding the Representation of the People Bill, updated March 2026, whether the Electoral Commission has made an…
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To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will ensure that polling stations in the May 2026 local elections display visible posters on the secrecy of the ballot and associated offences under…
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To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has identified local authority areas of higher risk of electoral fraud in the May 2026 elections.
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To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will review its guidance in the Polling Station Handbook on providing official notices in written languages other than English, Welsh and Braille.
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To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether Scottish Limited Liability Partnerships are deemed to be companies for the purposes of its guidance on corporate donations.
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To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment has the Electoral Commission made of the capacity of local authority EROs to organise council elections in May 2026 in the areas which were initially cancelled…
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To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what discussions has the Electoral Commission had with (a) the Metropolitan Police and (b) Defending Democracy Taskforce on whether police officers should be stationed by…
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To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the risks of impermissible donations being made through high-volume repeated donations through cryptocurrency in a series…
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To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, further to the Interministerial Group for Elections and Registration Communique: 30 October 2025, 10 December 2025, what is the timetable for the Electoral Commission to…
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To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Explanatory Memorandum to the Local Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2026, para 5.8, if he will publish the…
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Treasury
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many pubs with special category code (a) 226 and (b) 227 were on the Rating List (a) in July 2024 and (b) the most recent period for which figures are held, in each local authority area.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2026 to Question 111693 on Business Rates: Valuation, on how many occasions estimates were provided by the Valuation Office Agency to Ministers between 1 April 2024 and the publication of the draft Rating List.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many Valuation Office Agency staff were assigned to the council tax revaluation in Wales.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at what domestic conferences the Valuation Office Agency has made presentations since July 2024.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2026 to Question 111691 on Valuation Office Agency: Conference, if she will publish the presentations from the Valuation Office Agency at the (a) December 2024, (b) March 2025 and (c) September 2025 international…
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2026 to Question 111688 on Valuation Office Agency: Statistics, what census data is used in the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax modelling.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 February 2026, to Question 111693, on Business Rates: Valuation, if he will number of times that forecasts or estimates were given by the Valuation Office Agency to Ministers from 1 April 2024 to the publication of the draft…
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 February 2026 to Question 111691 on Valuation Office Agency: Conference, what the cost was of Valuation Office Agency attendance at each of those international conferences.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the National Wealth Fund will allocate funding to affordable housing.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Valuation Office Agency document entitled, Valuation of public houses, published on 10 March 2026, if she will publish the guidance for the valuation of public houses used for the 2026 Rating List.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the OBR Economic and Fiscal Outlook report of November 2025, Table A.5, what analysis her Department has done of the causes for the rise in estimated business rates receipts from £38.8 billion in 2028-29 to £41.9 billion in 2029-30.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 107997 on Council tax, valuation, whether the new council tax surcharge will entail new value significant codes; and whether new codes were created for the council tax revaluation in Wales.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation's blog entitled OFSI and partners clamp down on the abuse of cryptoassets, of 28 January 2026, whether the OFSI will examine crypto donations being made to political organisations.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2025 to Question 90226 on Business Rates: Tax Allowances, if she will publish data for the number of hereditaments on the 2026 Rating List with a Rateable Value above £500,000 by Special Category code.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the (a) National Insurance increase, (b) National Living Wage, (c) Increase in Beer excise duty, (d) the Tobacco and Vapes Bill and (e) the increase to business rates on the hospitality industry in (1)…
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2026 to Question 105190 on Council tax: Valuation, whether a new computer system is being developed to undertake valuations for the new council tax surcharge.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2026, to Question 109138, on business rates, whether the 2026 revaluation was subject to Collective Cabinet responsibility and agreement, or whether it was deemed part of a fiscal event.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 107997 on Council tax, valuation, if he will list the DwellingHouse Codes that the Valuation Office Agency uses for council tax.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 12 February 2026, to Question 111133, on Housing: Sales, whether HMRC holds information on the number of sales of primary homes by local authority area in 2025.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2026 to Question 109139 on Business Rates: Valuation, if she will publish that analysis.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral statement of 27 January 2026, Official Report, Col. 770, on business rates, what the evidential basis is that around three quarters of pubs will see their bills either fall or stay the same next year; what number of bills will…
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 30 of the Budget 2025 policy costings document, published in November 2025, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for the change in business rate RHL multipliers between 2026-27 and 2027-28.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 6 February 2026 to Question 109143 on Business Rate: Uprating, what the evidential basis is for the business rate system raising the same amount of revenue as was forecast before the Spring Budget 2025; and what the date and sources…
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 25 November 2025 to Question 91847 on Leisure: Business Rates, when the analysis on the effects of the multiplier arrangements will be published.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2026 to Question 108649 on Valuation Office Agency: Training, if she will list the titles of the 400 internal training opportunities in relation to council tax and business rates.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 107997 on Council tax, valuation, if she will publish the list of Value Significant Codes.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the council tax surcharge and the ordinary council tax charge for new builds will be based on different antecedent valuation dates from April 2028.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2026, to Question 108650, on Gardens: Council tax, whether there is internal guidance on how gardens are valued for council tax, other than prevailing legislation.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2026 to Question 109632 on Council tax: Valuation, what (a) geographical tools and (b) datasets are accessible within the new Valuation Office Agency Valuation Operating System.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2026 to Question 109630 on Council tax: Valuation, what the completion date is for the Council tax valuation operating system; and whether it will be used to assist the (a) council tax revaluation in Wales and (b) council…
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Women and Equalities
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether (a) her Department and (b) the Equality and Human Rights Commission has issued guidance to political parties on candidate shortlists for elected office restricted on the basis of protected characteristics.
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