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Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn
IND✓ Current MP
🏛️ Islington North
📅 1983–2026
4,968 speeches on Hansard record
⚠️ Votes attended: 69.84%
🟡 Rebelled against party: 8.66%
📝 Topics: Iraq, Western Sahara, British Indian Ocean Territory
🤝 Member of 11 All-Party Parliamentary Groups
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Attorney General
Victims 30 January 2015
To ask the Attorney General, what training Crown prosecutors receive on victims issues.
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Crime: Victims 29 January 2015
To ask the Attorney General, how many victims have exercised the right to review a Crown Prosecution Service decision not to prosecute; and in how many of those cases the decision was changed.
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Victims Liaison Unit 29 January 2015
To ask the Attorney General, what the functions of Crown Prosecution Service victim liaison units are; and how their performance is monitored.
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Cabinet Office
Census: Ethnic Groups 3 March 2026
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including the ethnic group classification of Latino in the next national census.
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Ethnic Groups: Latin America 3 March 2026
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the percentage of people living in each UK constituency who identify as Latino.
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Department for Business and Trade
Arms Trade: Indonesia 15 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his arms licensing policy in relation to Indonesia of the human rights situation in West Papua.
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Business Premises: Rents 11 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to ensure that the Insolvency Service investigates landlords that do not follow tribunal rent rulings to pay back monies owed.
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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Arms Trade: Israel 8 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what licences have been issued to (a) Instro Precision, (b) Ferranti Technologies and (c) Elite KL for exports for the use of the Israeli Defence Force or other elements of Israel's security forces on what dates since 1 January…
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Unmanned Air Vehicles: Israel 8 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of February 2015 to Question 222681, what licences have been issued since 1 January 2010 to UAV Engines Ltd for equipment other than UAV engines or components for exports for the use of the Israeli Defence…
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Unmanned Air Vehicles: Israel 9 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any licences have been granted to UAV Engines Ltd since 1 January 2010 for the export of UAV engines or components to (a) the Israeli Defence Force or (b) other elements of Israel’s security forces; and if he will make…
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Defence Equipment: Bahrain 7 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to institute additional scrutiny of sales of defence and security equipment to Bahrain; and if he will take additional measures to further prevent the sale to Bahrain of defence equipment which would be used…
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Oil: Western Sahara 30 October 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received on consultations held with the Saharawi regarding proposed drilling for oil by Cairn Energy in the waters of Western Sahara.
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Arms Trade: Israel 15 October 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what export licences for defence and strategic equipment to Israel (a) were applied for, (b) were granted and (c) are still being considered for (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13, (iii) 2013-14 and (iv) 2014-15 to date.
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Department for Communities and Local Government
Change of Use 26 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what monitoring he has undertaken of the results of Permitted Development Rules that allow for conversion of commercial properties to housing; and what proportion of the new dwellings are for social rent.
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Homelessness: Greater London 14 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of families that have been statutorily rehoused by each London borough (a) in that borough and (b) elsewhere in each year since 2010-11.
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Housing: Construction 12 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new dwellings were (a) started and (b) completed in (i) the private rented, (ii) local authority, (iii) owner-occupied and (iv) housing association sectors in each year since 2010-11.
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Private Rented Housing: Greater London 12 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on rent levels in the private rented sector in each London borough in each year since 2010-11.
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Private Rented Housing: Greater London 12 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of private rented flats declared unfit for human habitation in each London borough in each year since 2010-11.
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Welfare Assistance Schemes 9 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of how local authorities have spent funding allocated for Local Welfare Assistance; and what assessment will be used to inform the decision on funding for Local Welfare Provision in 2015-16.
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Welfare Assistance Schemes 9 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the future of funding for Local Welfare Assistance schemes.
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press Inquiry 29 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of re-establishing the Leveson Part Two inquiry.
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Department for Education
School Meals: Standards 24 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is her proposed timeline for the publication and implementation of the revised school food standards.
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Schools: Food 23 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to encourage schools to buy food from local food cooperatives through the updated school food standards.
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Castes: Discrimination 25 September 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that teaching and guidance is given in schools to ensure that children understand caste discrimination.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Water Charges: Government Assistance 14 August 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support households with increases to water bills.
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Water Companies: Accountability 21 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure water companies are accountable to their users.
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Furs: Trade 23 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to respond to the consultation entitled the Fur market in Great Britain, published on 31 May 2021.
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Animal Housing 23 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will (a) make an assessment of the potential merits of banning the use of farrowing crates and (b) hold a public consultation on such a ban.
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Animal Products: Imports 23 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the import of hunting trophies.
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Incinerators 18 October 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of waste material imported from Europe burned on a daily basis by in incinerators in the UK.
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Incinerators 18 October 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of waste material imported from Europe burned in UK incinerators in each of the last five years.
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Incinerators 18 October 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to increase the current capacity of incinerator waste being burned in the UK over the next 5 years.
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Incinerators: Health Hazards 18 October 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has been given to the (a) precautionary principle and (b) potential harmful effect on local residents’ health from the release of particulate fumes from incineration, when permission has been granted to…
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Animal Products: Israel 25 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to ensure that animal products originating in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory are not imported into the UK with sanitary or phytosanitary certification issued by the Israeli…
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Animal Products: Israel 23 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has agreed arrangements with the Israeli government to ensure that all animal products exported from Israel to the UK originate wholly within Israel and not from Israeli settlements in the Occupied…
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Department for International Development
*No heading* 29 April 2020
What steps she is taking to ensure that universal healthcare is available as a right in countries that are in receipt of support through her Department's aid programmes.
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Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Freehold: Tribunals 4 March 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of tribunal processes against freeholders on the wellbeing of leaseholders.
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Members: Correspondence 3 May 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 17 February, 21 March and 14 April 2023 from the Rt hon. Member for Islington North on cladding.
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Housing: Greater London 20 July 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) council, (b) housing association and (c) private sector dwelling developments that will be completed in 2022 in Greater London, by Borough; and what the equivalent figures were…
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Department for Transport
Gospel Oak-Barking Railway Line: Electrification 7 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what timetable is planned for the electrification of the Barking to Gospel Oak line; what forecast he has made of the cost of that electrification; and if he will make a statement.
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Gospel Oak-Barking Railway Line: Electrification 4 June 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding has been allocated to Network Rail for the electrification of the Barking to Gospel Oak line.
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Gospel Oak-Barking Railway Line: Electrification 4 June 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects work to (a) start and (b) be completed on the electrification of the Barking to Gospel Oak line.
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Gospel Oak-Barking Railway Line 12 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the electrification of the Barking to Gospel Oak line; what the expected date of completion of that work is; and if he will make a statement.
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Department for Work and Pensions
Local Housing Allowance 26 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to review the Local Housing Allowance tin the context of private rented costs.
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Housing Benefit: Private Rented Housing 24 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount of money paid directly from housing benefit to private landlords in each region of England.
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State Retirement Pensions: Women 23 May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report into women’s State Pension age changes, published on 21 March 2024, if he will hold discussions with the Leader of the House on enabling Members to vote on the…
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Independent Living Fund 26 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many personal assistants are employed under the Independent Living Fund.
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Access to Work Programme 26 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to increase the Access to Work budget upon the closure of the Independent Living Fund in June 2015.
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Access to Work Programme 26 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria his Department applies to ensure the level of the Access to Work budget is responsive to need.
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Housing Benefit 25 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average housing benefit paid in (a) Islington, (b) Greater London and (c) England was for tenants of (i) council property, (ii) housing associations and (iii) the private sector in each of the last three years.
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Department of Health
Ambulance Services: Greater London 12 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time was that a patient spent receiving treatment in an ambulance in London in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15 to date.
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Department of Health and Social Care
Health: Ethnic Groups 16 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on health outcomes for Latinos, and if he will make a statement.
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Healthy Start Scheme: Islington North 2 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many families are receiving Healthy Start in Islington North constituency.
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Health Services: Prosecutions 5 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prosecutions have been brought against corporate health bodies under section 20 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014; how many of those prosecutions were successful; and what penalties were…
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Hospitals: Private Finance Initiative 22 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to support hospitals that (a) are and (b) have been indebted by Private Finance Initiative (PFI) schemes.
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Dental Services: Children 5 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of children are judged to have crooked teeth requiring orthodontic treatment.
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Dental Services: Children 5 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence his Department holds on the causes of crooked teeth requiring orthodontic treatment in children.
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Dental Services: Children 2 December 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence his Department holds on the causes of crooked teeth requiring orthodontic treatment in children.
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General Practitioners: Islington 20 July 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP services in the Borough of Islington are administered by private sector companies as of 12 July 2022; and if he will publish the names of those (a) practices and (b) private sector companies.
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General Practitioners: Greater London 19 July 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many GP practices in Greater London are run by private sector companies as of 12 July 2022; and what the equivalent number was on that date in (b) 2021, (b) 2020 and (c) 2019.
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Mauritius 26 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) legal and (b) judicial costs to the UK have been of contesting the claim brought by Mauritius under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea to date; and what estimate he has made of future such costs.
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Bahrain 25 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the government of Bahrain concerning the cases of Nabeel Rajab and Hussain Jawad and other human rights activists charged with expression-related offences.
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Ilois: Resettlement 25 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on whether the recent KPMG report is the first independent study there has been on the feasibility of resettlement in the British Indian Ocean Territory.
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Bahrain 24 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the communication to Bahrain by the UN Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, Special…
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Palestinians 5 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to support cultural exchanges between artists and educators in the UK and their counterparts in Gaza.
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Mexico 5 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the monitoring of human rights in Mexico; and if he will make a statement.
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Mexico 5 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he had on human rights in Mexico with President Peña Nieto during his visit to London in March 2015.
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Mexico 5 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise the issue of human rights in Mexico at the current session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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Ethiopia 23 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on how many occasions the UK Ambassador to Ethiopia has been afforded a consular visit to Mr Andargachew Tsige; and when it is intended that the next such visit will take place.
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Democratic Republic of Congo 23 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on (a) the adoption of a new global army plan and defence strategy, (b) other reforms in the security sector and (c) legislation…
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Democratic Republic of Congo 23 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the government of Democratic Republic of Congo on the arrest and incommunicado detention of 12 activists after protests in January 2015 against revision of the electoral law.
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British Nationals Abroad: Ethiopia 23 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with the government of Ethiopia the possible return of Mr Tsige to its jurisdiction since 2004.
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Democratic Republic of Congo 12 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the start of the military operations against the Democratic Republic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda and the planned closures of internally-displaced persons camps in North Kivu…
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Democratic Republic of Congo 12 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on the planned closures of the internally-displaced persons camps in North Kivu province and the start of military operations…
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Bahrain 11 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the government of Bahrain on recent decisions to deprive people in that country of their nationality without due process; and if he will make a statement.
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Ilois 13 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps are being taken to ensure that the Chagossians are taken to the Chagos Islands as soon as possible, since the cancellation by his Department of their scheduled annual trip in November 2014.
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British Indian Ocean Territory 13 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when and for what reasons permission was given to representatives of the Zoological Society of London to travel to the Chagos Islands.
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Bahrain 7 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent meetings Ministers and officials in his Department have held with human rights organisations in Bahrain to discuss the detention of human rights activists in that country.
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Ethiopia 6 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what consular visits have been made to Andargachew Tsege in prison in Ethiopia; and what reports he has received on the state of Mr Tsege's health.
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Democratic Republic of Congo 6 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Democratic Republic of Congo on the implementation of the Rome statute in that country and training of its armed forces in human rights observance.
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Papua 5 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential to hold the perpetrators of recent human rights violations in West Papua to account in international law; and if his Department will develop plans to increase support for the protection…
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Bahrain 5 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential reputational or political risk to the Government of the decision to enter an agreement with Bahrain to establish a naval base in the Gulf.
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Ethiopia 5 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent meetings he has held with his counterpart in Ethiopia to discuss the continued detention of Andargachew Tsege.
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Central African Republic 5 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department plans to give practical personnel support to the UN Multidiversional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic.
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British Indian Ocean Territory 9 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost to date has been of the Draft Feasibility Study for the Resettlement of the British Indian Ocean Territory Report; and what the expected final cost of that study is.
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Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia 17 October 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what process is used to monitor the eventual destination of strategic equipment and arms sold to Saudi Arabia; and what recent discussions he has had with the government of Saudi Arabia on such sales.
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Usa 12 September 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with which states he has discussed the future of US tactical nuclear weapons in Europe since the Chicago NATO Summit.
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Usa 12 September 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, on what date the renewal of the US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement was agreed.
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Usa 12 September 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what role the implementation of Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty has had in any negotiation on the renewal of the US-UK Mutual Defence Agreement.
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
United Arab Emirates: Arms Trade 3 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to conduct due diligence when licensing arms transfers to the United Arab Emirates to prevent weapons being used by the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan.
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West Bank: Israeli Settlements 20 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the steps Israel is taking to establish the E1 settlement in the occupied West Bank.
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Maria Corina Machado 15 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions or meetings her Department has held with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado since January 2024.
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Guyana: Venezuela 12 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what date her Department last raised the issue of the disputed territory of Essequibo with Venezuelan officials.
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Venezuela: Oil 12 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions or meetings her Department has held with representatives of BP or Shell regarding oil in Venezuela since August 2025.
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Venezuela: Gold and Foreign Exchange Reserves 12 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, on what date her department last had discussions with US officials on the Bank of England holding Venezuelan gold.
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Venezuela: Military Intervention 12 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if her Department will publish a summary of the legal advice it has received regarding US airstrikes on Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolas Maduro.
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Israel: Nuclear Weapons 4 August 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on whether Israel is in possession of nuclear weapons.
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Gaza: Israel 23 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will support the establishment of an independent public inquiry into the UK's involvement in Israeli operations in Gaza since October 2023.
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Nuclear Weapons 17 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to participate in the UN study on the effects of nuclear war.
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Nuclear Weapons: Research 17 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what research his Department has undertaken on the consequences of nuclear war since the signature of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 1968.
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Pakistan: Political Prisoners 27 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps to encourage the release of (a) Taj Muhammad Sarparah and (b) other Baloch citizens detained in Pakistan.
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British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty 9 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he expects negotiations with Mauritius on the (a) sovereignty of the Chagos Islands and (b) return of Chagossians who wish to resettle will conclude.
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Occupied Territories: Violence 30 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of recent increases in settler violence in the West Bank.
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British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty 24 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he expects to conclude negotiations with Mauritius on the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago.
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Options: Finance 22 March 2024
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office what steps his Department takes to ensure that a significant percentage of the funds awarded to Options Consultancy Ltd reaches grassroots led organisations.
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Developing Countries: Female Genital Mutilation 20 March 2024
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, to which (a) charities and (b) other organisations his Department has allocated funding to help tackle FGM in the last five years.
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Developing Countries: Female Genital Mutilation 20 March 2024
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what criteria his Department uses to assess the effectiveness of programs working on eradicating FGM that his Department (a) has awarded and (b) plans to award funds to.
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Developing Countries: Female Genital Mutilation 20 March 2024
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what funding from the public purse was provided to grassroots organisations working to eradicate FGM in their communities in each of the last five years.
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Kenya: Female Genital Mutilation 20 March 2024
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what criteria his Department uses to determine whether to allocate funding to organisations to help tackle FGM in Kenya.
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Western Sahara: Humanitarian Situation 28 February 2024
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps he is taking to help stop breaches of international humanitarian law in Western Sahara.
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Western Sahara: Self-determination of States 26 February 2024
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will urge the UN Security Council to set a timetable for the referendum of self-determination in Western Sahara.
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Western Sahara: Self-determination of States 26 February 2024
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will call for a census of (a) the indigenous people and (b) Moroccan settlers in Western Sahara.
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Gaza: Fuels and Water 11 December 2023
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make representations to the Israeli authorities on lifting restrictions on (a) water and (b) fuel reaching internally displaced refugees.
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Gaza: Humanitarian Aid 11 December 2023
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what estimate he has made of the number of lorries that need to pass through the Rafah border crossing each day in order to deliver sufficient humanitarian aid to people in Gaza.
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Gaza: Humanitarian Aid 11 December 2023
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had discussions with the Israeli Government on reopening the Kerem Shalom border crossing.
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Tigray: Development Aid 7 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has to provide (a) medical supplies and (b) other aid to Tigray.
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Tigray: Development Aid 7 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) medical supplies and (b) other aid to Tigray are delivered effectively to the people of Tigray.
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Ukraine: Armed Conflict 20 July 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking at (a) the United Nations and (b) other international bodies to help secure a (i) ceasefire and (ii) permanent cessation of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine; and if she will…
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Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Review Conference 20 July 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what her Department's priorities are for the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in August 2022; what recent discussions she has had on this matter; and if she will make a statement.
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Myanmar: Human Rights 25 March 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the UK is taking with the UN to negotiate the restoration of human rights in Myanmar.
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Myanmar: Arms Trade 23 March 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the UK is taking to co-ordinate with other international powers for a global arms embargo on the Tatmadaw.
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Myanmar: Sanctions 23 March 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans his Department has to extend the existing UK sanctions on 25 individuals to others within the command structure of the Tatmadaw.
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Myanmar: Politics and Government 23 March 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the legitimacy of the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw in Myanmar.
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Myanmar: Sanctions 23 March 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with countries that have not imposed sanctions on Myanmar on imposing sanctions on that country.
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Myanmar: Politics and Government 23 March 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the UK government plans to take in relation to the needs of the 322 Myanmar university students who were arrested and imprisoned in Tamwe, Yangon.
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Home Office
Asylum: LGBT+ People 21 November 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the application of the new asylum assessment rules under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.
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Entry Clearances 7 September 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for Refugee Family Reunion (under Part 11 Immigration Rules) have resulted in the granting of entry clearance to children under 18 and the refusal of entry clearance to female children over 18 from the same family (a) in…
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Private Rented Housing 25 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of landlord immigration checks in the private rented sector on landlords' willingness to rent.
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Private Rented Housing 25 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of landlord immigration checks on non-EEA residents trying to rent, who have entered the UK on temporary documents and are waiting for a biometric residence permit.
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British Nationals Abroad: Ethiopia 11 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on which occasions the Ethiopian government requested the return of Mr Andargachew Tsige to its jurisdiction since 2004; and what response was given to those requests.
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Vetting 5 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the expected processing time is for a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
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Mediterranean Sea 5 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contributions the Government made to the Mare Nostrum rescue program before the decision to no longer support it.
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Ministry of Defence
USA: Military Bases 26 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the local economic benefits to the United Kingdom of the United States military bases in Britain.
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USA: Military Bases 26 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether financial benefits accrue to the United Kingdom from the US War Department’s ownership of sites such as land and buildings in Britain.
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USA: Military Bases 26 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the sites the US War Department owns in the United Kingdom.
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USA: Military Bases 26 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his Department's policy not to provide information on the number of United States military personnel present at each of its bases in the United Kingdom.
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US National Security Agency 25 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which agreements between the United States and the United Kingdom govern the presence of US National Security Agency personnel in Britain.
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MOD Bicester 13 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the work carried out at MOD Bicester; how many of his Department’s personnel are stationed there; and who owns the site.
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Ministry of Defence: Hampshire 10 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the role is of RAF Oakhanger; how many of his Department’s personnel are stationed there; and who owns the site.
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USA: Military Bases 10 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are confidential arrangements in place governing the US military's use of bases in the UK in addition to the NATO Status of Forces Agreement 1951, the Visiting Forces Act 1952 and UK/US Cost Sharing Agreement 1973.
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USA: Armed Forces 10 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the legislative basis is for the United States' use of force from bases in the United Kingdom being subject to joint decision-making.
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USA: Military Bases 10 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where United States (a) naval, (b) army and (c) marine detachments are stationed in the UK.
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USA: Armed Forces 27 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether agreements between the United States and United Kingdom on the presence of US military forces in Britain place restrictions on the ability of the US to deploy nuclear weapons in Britain.
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USA: Armed Forces 27 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department places any restrictions on the number of United States military forces that can be deployed to bases in Britain.
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USA: Military Bases 27 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on running costs for RAF (a) Menwith Hill, (b) Lakenheath and (c) Croughton in each of the last three years; and how much of the cost for each year has been reimbursed by the United States.
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Military Bases: Nuclear Weapons 27 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2025 to Question 45840 on RAF Lakenheath: Nuclear Weapons, when it first became policy for his Department to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons at United States military bases in the United Kingdom.
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USA: Armed Forces 27 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many US armed forces personnel undertook training courses in Britain in each year since 2020; and in which institution they trained.
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USA: Military Bases 26 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the Government last refused permission for the US military to use its bases in the UK for operational purposes.
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USA: Military Bases 26 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which types of United States' military operations undertaken from US bases in the UK his Department is required to approve.
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USA: Military Bases 22 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will set out the factors that his Department take into account when deciding on a case-by-case basis whether to approve the United States' use of its military bases in the UK for operational purposes.
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USA: Military Bases 22 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the United States' use of its military bases in the UK to send military equipment onward to a third country requires his approval.
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USA: Armed Forces 22 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department records the UK civilian airports that the US military uses for operational, training or transitory purposes.
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USA: Military Bases 15 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many US military personnel are stationed at (a) RAF Alconbury, (b) RAF Molesworth, (c) RAF Croughton, (d) RAF Fairford, (e) RAF Lakenheath, (f) RAF Menwith Hill, (g) RAF Mildenhall, (h) RAF Barford St John, (i) RAF Welford, (j) RAF Yeovilton, (k) RAF…
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Nuclear Weapons: Procurement 11 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether B61-12 nuclear bombs have been delivered to the UK.
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Strategic Defence Review 18 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which defence contractors and associated corporate entities were granted sight of the Strategic Defence Review prior to its official presentation to the House.
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Strategic Defence Review 27 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 35627 on Strategic Defence Review, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the risks identified by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority.
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Strategic Defence Review 13 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the red rating of the Core Production Capability programme by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority in its Annual Report on Major Projects 2023-24, published on 17 January 2025, on the Strategic…
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Eastern Europe: Armed Forces 10 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the presence of UK troops as part of the NATO’s Exercise Steadfast Dart 25 in Eastern Europe on the risk of escalating tensions in that region.
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Israel: Military Intelligence 9 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) intelligence the Government is sharing with Israel on the potential location of remaining UK national hostages in Gaza and (b) other intelligence the Government is sharing with Israel gathered from surveillance flights from RAF Akrotiri.
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Israel: Military Intelligence 9 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of Israel's use of surveillance data provided by the UK on the UK's role in ensuring adherence to international law.
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HMS Vanguard: Repairs and Maintenance 28 November 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was of the Long Overhaul Period and Refuel (LOP(R)) for HMS Vanguard.
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Devonport Dockyard: Repairs and Maintenance 28 November 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) cost and (b) projected in-service date for each of the new build projects in the Devonport Royal Dockyard site development plan.
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Devonport Dockyard: Repairs and Maintenance 28 November 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the parent project for each of the new build projects in the Devonport Royal Dockyard site plan; and what recent estimate he has made of the cost of each parent project.
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Nuclear Weapons 30 June 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 25 February 2020, HCWS125 on Nuclear Deterrent, when final approval was given to build a new replacement warhead; and who approved that decision.
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Nuclear Weapons: Costs 30 June 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost of building a new replacement warhead.
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Nuclear Weapons: Costs 30 June 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on plans for a new replacement warhead (a) prior to his written statement of 25 February 2020 and (b) to date.
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Chinook Helicopters: Mali 21 July 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the hourly cost is of an RAF Chinook flying on Operation Newcombe; and what the cost of repairing those aircraft has been since July 2018.
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Armed Forces: Mali 21 July 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British personnel on Operation Newcombe sustained injuries from (a) enemy and (b) friendly action.
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Armed Forces: Mali 21 July 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) RAF Weapon Systems Operators Rotary Wing personnel and (b) RAF Regiment Gunners are deployed in Mali on Operation Newcombe; and what their rules of engagement are.
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Chinook Helicopters: Mali 21 July 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether RAF Chinook aircraft deployed on Operation Newcombe have been hit by ground fire.
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Armed Forces: Mali 21 July 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK personnel deployed on Operation Newcombe have fired on enemy positions in Mali.
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Chinook Helicopters: Mali 21 July 2020
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether RAF Chinook helicopters deployed in Mali have transported captured enemy personnel in that country.
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Bahrain 2 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish all correspondence and documentation held or produced by his Department on how the Government's Overseas Justice and Assistance Human Rights Guidance would affect the decision to enter an agreement with Bahrain to establish a naval base…
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Bahrain 12 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the costs to the public purse of (a) establishing and (b) operating the proposed British military base in Bahrain; and what contribution to those costs will be made by the government of Bahrain.
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Military Aircraft: Training 5 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what involvement his Department has had in the negotiations between Ascent Flight Training, comprising Lockheed Martin and Babcock, and the Elbit Systems and KBR Affinity Team to provide fixed-wing aircraft training under the UK Military Flying Training…
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Nuclear Weapons 5 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will commission and publish a report on the likely effect of a UK Trident warhead in time to allow this report to be presented at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in a level of detail that corresponds with maintaining national…
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Nuclear Weapons 5 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2014 to Question 217946, for what reasons publishing an analysis of the effects of a UK nuclear weapon would prejudice the defence of the UK.
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Nuclear Weapons 5 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish either as excerpts or in full official analysis of the destructive effect of the detonation of those UK nuclear warheads which were in service before the current Trident warhead.
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Trident 10 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the titles and dates of publication are of all reports held by the Government on the impact of the detonation of a UK Trident warhead.
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Israel 24 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Israeli Defence Force officers have visited UK defence establishments since 1 July 2014; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
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Israel 24 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military personnel have had official meetings with the Israeli Defence Force since 1 July 2014; and what the purpose of each such meeting was.
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Armed Forces Day 28 October 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the budget is for the Armed Forces Day national event in Guildford on 27 June 2015; how much of that cost is being met by (a) his Department and (b) Guildford Borough Council; whether any public funding so provided is dependent on match funding from…
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Israel 17 October 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK military personnel have had official meetings with the Israeli Defence Force since 1 July 2014; and what the purpose of each such meeting was.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Ethnic Groups: Latin America 2 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether data recorded by his Department classifies Latinos as an ethnic group.
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Property: US Department of War 24 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will list the properties in the UK owned by the US War Department.
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Business Premises: Rents 16 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that landlords who are found liable for rent repayment orders in tribunal pay back monies owed.
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Ministry of Justice
Juries 10 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of reforms to jury trials on minority ethnic groups.
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Offences against Children 24 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review the cross examination of witnesses in child abuse prosecutions.
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Mental Health Review Tribunal 3 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will give victims the right to be represented at mental health tribunals.
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Crime: Victims 2 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to implement the European Directive 2012/29/EU on victims of crime; and what assessment he has made of the implications of that Directive for the work of the police and Crown Prosecution Service.
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Bill of Rights 2 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will implement a victim's bill of rights.
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Bill of Rights 2 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it mandatory for a victim's impact statement to be presented in criminal proceedings at Crown court.
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Bill of Rights 2 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it mandatory for prosecutors to meet victims before the start of trials at Crown court.
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Trials 2 February 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will give transcripts of trials to the families of murder victims.
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Immigration: Appeals 7 January 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many immigration tribunal decisions in favour of the applicant were subsequently overturned on appeal in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 to date.
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International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance 10 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the UK plans to sign the International Convention for the Protection of all persons from Enforced Disappearances (2006).
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Women and Equalities
Castes: Discrimination 8 June 2015
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals in relation to caste discrimination in the UK.
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Castes: Discrimination 9 December 2014
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2014 to Question 209041, when the final consultation on caste discrimination will be published.
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Castes: Discrimination 13 October 2014
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, when she expects the Government's programme of research into caste discrimination to be completed.
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Castes: Discrimination 13 October 2014
To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, what discussions the Government has had with the Equalities and Human Rights Commission on research into caste discrimination.
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