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Monica Harding
Monica Harding
LD✓ Current MP
🏛️ Esher and Walton
📅 2024–2026
148 speeches on Hansard record
⚠️ Votes attended: 59.90% (#481 of 650 MPs)
🟢 Rebelled against party: 0.85%
📝 Topics: Development Aid, Football (Offences) Act 1991, Sudan: Gold
🤝 Member of 20 All-Party Parliamentary Groups
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111 written answers on parliamentary record
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Cabinet Office
UK Integrated Security Fund: Women 20 October 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding he has allocated to the Women Peace and Security Agenda through the Integrated Security Fund for (a) 2025-26, (b) 2027-28 and (c) 2028-29.
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UK Integrated Security Fund: Women 20 October 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Women, Peace and Security Agenda remains a fund-level outcome for the UK Integrated Security Fund.
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Department for Business and Trade
Gold: Sudan 26 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the regulatory framework governing the import of gold linked to conflict and human rights abuses; what steps his Department is taking to improve oversight and enforcement in that area; and…
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Clothing: Conditions of Employment 26 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that UK fashion brands comply with labour standards in their global supply chains; and what enforcement mechanisms are in place to address violations.
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Glyphosate: Sanitary Products 8 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to introduce a maximum limit on levels of glyphosate in menstrual products.
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Glyphosate: Sanitary Products 1 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with menstrual product manufacturers on the adequacy of levels of glyphosate in menstrual products.
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Arts: Buildings 17 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to support (a) renovations and (b) repairs to local arts centres.
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Arts: Buildings 17 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a capital investment programme to support the renovation of local arts centres.
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Department for Education
Students: Finance 27 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the gap between the introduction of increased tuition fees in 2026 and the reintroduction of maintenance grants in 2029 on students from lower-income households.
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Pupils: CPR 18 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the proportion of secondary school pupils in England completing CPR training as required under the Health Education curriculum; and what steps the Department for Education is taking to support schools in…
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Special Educational Needs: Finance 28 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what formula her Department is using to calculate Special Educational Needs and Disability high needs funding allocations for local authorities next year.
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Special Educational Needs: Finance 27 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for which local authorities her Department has provided (a) support and (b) intervention for safety valve agreements since 2019.
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Special Educational Needs: Finance 18 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will take steps to ensure the uplift for SEND funding announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 is allocated by local authorities to families assessed as being in the most urgent need; what steps her Department plans to take to (a) monitor…
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Special Educational Needs 18 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) ensure that deficit reduction measures taken by local authorities as part of their safety valve agreements do not reduce the (i) level and (ii) quality of support for SEND children and young people and (b)…
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Special Educational Needs 18 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the impact of her Department's Safety Valve Agreement with Surrey County Council on (a) funding per EHCP in Surrey and (b) quality of SEND provision in Surrey.
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Electricity: Prices 29 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help reduce electricity bills.
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Energy: Housing 17 December 2024
What steps he is taking to improve the energy efficiency of homes in winter 2024-25.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Products: Labelling 4 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which animal products will be included in the exploration of method-of-production labelling outlined in the Animal Welfare Strategy, published in December 2025.
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River Mole: Sewage 3 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2024 to Question 13669 on Rivers: Sewage, which six sewage treatment works in the River Mole catchment have been inspected by the Environment Agency in this financial year.
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Flood Control: Surrey 2 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what flood (a) prevention and (b) relief measures have been put in place to support communities along the Thames between Weybridge and Long Ditton in the event of flooding in winter 2024-25.
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Rivers: Sewage 20 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to reduce sewage discharges into (a) the River Mole and (b) other rivers.
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River Thames: Flood Control 19 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of flood prevention plans for communities along the River Thames in Surrey between Weybridge and Long Ditton.
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Water Charges: Surrey 19 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of proposed increases to water bills on (a) household disposable income and (b) levels of poverty in Surrey.
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Water Charges: Surrey 19 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of increases to Thames Water bills since 2019 on (a) household disposable income and (b) levels of poverty in Surrey.
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Children 21 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether Ofcom has enforced the obligation on in-scope generative-AI search services that they carry out child access assessments as required by section 36 of the Online Safety Act 2023.
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Artificial Intelligence: Children 21 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether Ofcom has enforced the obligation on in-scope generative-AI search services likely to be accessed by children to carry out a children's risk assessment as required under the Online Safety Act 2023.
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Artificial Intelligence: Children 21 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether Ofcom has assured itself that generative-AI search services in scope of the Online Safety Act 2023 have adequately resourced content moderation teams as required by their codes of practice.
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Artificial Intelligence: Children 21 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether Ofcom has assured itself that generative-AI search services in scope of the Online Safety Act 2023 have adequate user reporting and complaints systems as required by their codes of practice.
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Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes 23 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the report by Christians Against Poverty entitled 'Barriers to work: Challenges, support and solutions, published on 25th February 2026; and what steps…
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Department of Health and Social Care
Parkinson's Disease: Nurses 23 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase the number of specialist Parkinson's nurses serving residents of Esher and Walton constituency.
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services 10 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 55860 on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Health Services, whether he has a new target date for publication of that plan.
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Huntington's Disease: Medical Treatments and Research 18 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve treatment outcomes for people with Huntington’s Disease; and what research his Department is supporting into that disease.
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Huntington's Disease: Health Services 18 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he (a) has taken and (b) is taking to (i) increase and (ii) improve the availability of specialist clinical provision for people with Huntington’s Disease.
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Huntington's Disease: Health Services 18 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of integrated care boards have specialist clinicians for Huntington’s Disease; and whether Surrey Heartlands ICB has specialist clinicians for Huntington’s Disease.
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Huntington's Disease: Health Services 18 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to establish a specialist Huntington’s Disease Centre in Surrey.
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Huntington's Disease: Surrey 13 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of specialist clinical provision for people with Huntington’s Disease in Surrey.
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Hydrocephalus: Babies 18 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of routine monitoring of infant head circumference after 8 weeks of age as a diagnostic tool for early identification of hydrocephalus.
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Hydrocephalus: Babies 17 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of infants with hydrocephalus initially present symptoms after 8 weeks of age.
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Pharmacy: Surrey 2 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many community pharmacies have closed in (a) Surrey and (b) Esher and Walton constituency in each year since 2019.
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Pharmacy: Surrey 2 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of community pharmacy closures on (a) local health provision and (b) patient outcomes in (i) England and (ii) Surrey.
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General Practitioners 21 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average per-patient funding for GP practices was in (a) England and (b) NHS Surrey Heartlands in 2023-4.
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GP Practice Lists 21 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average GP practice patient list is; what the largest patient list was at a GP practice in 2023-4; and what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of GP list sizes on patient (a) experience and (b) outcomes.
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General Practitioners 21 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to improve the (a) performance of and (b) patient experience at the GP practices in the bottom 5% of the 2024 GP Patient Survey.
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria 30 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of allocating the majority of the UK’s pledge to the Eighth Replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria in 2028/29 on the…
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Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment 18 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations her Department has made to the Government of Saudi Arabia regarding (a) the reported increase in executions in 2024 and 2025, (b) the execution of individuals convicted of offences committed…
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Syria: Kurds 18 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the Syrian interim government on constitutional protections for the political, cultural and linguistic rights of Kurdish communities as part of the ongoing integration process…
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Syria: Kurds 18 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking through diplomatic channels to ensure accountability for attacks on civilian populations in North-East Syria.
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Syria: Kurds 18 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure unrestricted humanitarian access to civilian populations affected by recent military operations in North-East Syria.
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Sudan: Gold 26 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her United Arab Emirates counterpart on reports of gold originating from Sudan being exported to, processed in and re-exported from the UAE.
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Sudan: Gold 26 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the United Kingdom’s sanctions regime relating to Sudan in preventing gold originating from that country from entering UK markets, including where such gold…
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Gold: Sudan 25 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information her Department holds on the potential risk of gold imported into the United Kingdom via Switzerland originating from conflict-affected areas of Sudan, including gold transiting through and refined in…
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British Council 24 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many meetings her predecessors held with the Chief Executive or Chair of the British Council in each calendar year from 2019 to 2025.
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British Council 24 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many letters relating to the British Council were received by her Department in each year from 2019 to 2024, and what proportion received a substantive response in each year.
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Independent Commission for Aid Impact 3 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the long-term (a) funding, (b) staffing and (c) remit of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI); and whether she plans to bring forward proposals to (i)…
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BBC World Service: Finance 17 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what was the budget allocation for the BBC World Service in each year from 2015 to 2025 inclusive.
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BBC World Service: Finance 17 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the BBC World Service's global weekly audience figures were from 2015 to 2025 inclusive.
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BBC World Service: Finance 17 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Department has assessed trends in global audience reach for state-controlled international broadcasters based in (a) Russia and (b) China over the last 10 years.
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Humanitarian Aid: Nutrition 28 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure (a) transparency and (b) accountability in nutrition spending following its decision to discontinue reporting on the 2021 Nutrition for Growth financial commitment to…
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Humanitarian Aid: Nutrition 28 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department plans to deliver the full financial value of the UK’s 2021 Nutrition for Growth pledge.
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Humanitarian Aid: Nutrition 28 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what is the breakdown of financial (a) commitments and (b) disbursements in relation to the UK’s 2021 Nutrition for Growth pledge to spend at least £1.5 billion on nutrition objectives from 2022-2030 to date.
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Sudan: UK Integrated Security Fund 20 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to address the conflict in Sudan through the Integrated Security Fund.
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Sudan: Cholera 25 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the cholera response in Sudan.
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Sudan: Humanitarian Aid 25 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the funding available in September for Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan.
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Gaza: Water 18 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with international counterparts on compliance with international humanitarian law in relation to access of Gazan civilians to water.
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Development Aid 17 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the priorities of her Department with respect to international development have altered since the Government reshuffle.
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Armed Conflict: Minerals 18 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to regulate the use of conflict minerals in UK supply chains.
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Armed Conflict: Gold 15 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to prevent conflict gold from entering UK supply chains.
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Armed Conflict: Gold 15 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Swiss counterparts on preventing the international trade in conflict gold illicitly mined in Africa.
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Sudan: Humanitarian Aid 10 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms.
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Development Aid: Maternity Services 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to support global maternal and newborn health initiatives; and whether he plans to change the level of support in the next five years.
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Armed Conflict: Children 2 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking through the UN to advance the Children and Armed Conflict agenda.
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Armed Conflict: Children 30 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made on developing the children and armed conflict strategy.
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Sudan: Gold 23 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take diplomatic steps through the UN to help reduce the role of the illicit international gold trade in financing Sudan's civil war.
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Sudan: Gold 23 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his United Arab Emirates counterparts on the import of illicit gold from Sudan.
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Sudan: Gold 23 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he has taken to help reduce the (a) import and (b) processing of illicitly mined Sudanese gold by third countries.
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Gaza and West Bank: Humanitarian Situation 22 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he last had discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the situation in (a) Gaza and (b) the West Bank.
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Gaza and West Bank: Humanitarian Situation 22 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the Prime Minister last had discussions with his Israeli counterpart on the humanitarian situation in (a) Gaza and (b) the West Bank.
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Gaza: Aid Workers 22 April 2025
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 reports of the cessation of the notification and coordination systems for aid workers moving through Gaza.
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International Development Committee 9 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to appear before the International Development Committee.
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Development Aid 27 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to retain his Department's role overseeing (a) in-country migration costs and (b) other official development assistance.
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Humanitarian Aid 25 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the value is of the humanitarian reserve (a) as of 17 March 2025 and (b) in each of the next three years.
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Development Aid 25 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what percentage of Gross National Income he plans to allocate to overseas spending in the 2025-26 financial year.
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Developing Countries 24 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department's top development priorities are.
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Development Aid: Refugees 20 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of official development assistance will be allocated to in-donor refugee costs in each fiscal year up to and including 2026/27.
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International Assistance 19 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to prioritise (a) maintaining and extending financial commitments to multilateral organisations and (b) bilateral aid to partner countries, in the context of the reduction in ODA.
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Development Aid 17 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which (a) geographical regions and (b) thematic programmes will be prioritised in the allocation of official development assistance.
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Sudan: United Nations 21 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help support the expansion of the UN’s operational presence in (a) South Darfur and (b) other conflict-affected areas in Sudan.
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USA: Development Aid 11 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department is taking steps to help mitigate the potential impact of USAID’s funding pause on the UK’s international development programmes.
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USA: Development Aid 11 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterparts in other donor countries on responding to the decision to pause USAID funding.
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Development Aid 11 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK aid programmes have been (a) paused and (b) otherwise affected by the USAID funding pause.
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Occupied Territories: UNRWA 29 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the continuity of UNRWA's operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
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Home Office
Asylum: Chevening Scholarships Programme 23 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Chevening scholars from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan have claimed asylum in the United Kingdom following the completion of their scholarships.
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Football (Offences) Act 1991 28 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of cases resulting in a conviction under section 2 of the Football (Offences) Act 1991 did not have a recorded (a) injury and (b) victim for each year since 2020.
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Football (Offences) Act 1991 28 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been prosecuted under section 2 of the Football (Offences) Act 1991.
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Football (Offences) Act 1991 28 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of cases brought under section 2 of the Football (Offences) Act 1991 have resulted in a conviction since 2020.
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Football (Offences) Act 1991 28 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) others on section 2 of the Football Offences Act 1991.
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Football (Offences) Act 1991 28 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of section 2 of the Football Offences Act 1991; and whether she plans to reduce the scope of that Act.
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Ministry of Defence
Russia: Sanctions 30 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with NATO counterparts on Russian sanctions.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing Associations: Repairs and Maintenance 5 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to provide targeted funding to support housing associations in addressing damp and disrepair issues in legacy stock.
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Housing Associations: Loans 15 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has considered introducing lower-interest borrowing facilities for housing associations.
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Affordable Housing: Construction 15 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the level of the current Homes England grant rates on the delivery of new affordable housing in high-cost areas such as Elmbridge by housing associations.
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Affordable Housing: Construction 15 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to review grant funding levels provided through Homes England, in the context of changes in the level of construction costs and interest rates.
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Leasehold: Reform 5 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timeline is for the abolition of marriage value as set out in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill.
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Freehold: Service Charges 15 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will take steps to (a) improve the transparency of estate charges for freeholders, (b) give freeholders the power to challenge estate charges and (c) give freeholders more powers to take over estate…
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Ministry of Justice
Crown Court: Opening Hours 28 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for which the number of Crown Court sitting days has been below the maximum operational capacity forecast by HM Courts and Tribunals Service since September 2024.
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Crown Court: Opening Hours 28 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of holding 111,250 Crown Court sitting days in the 2025-26 financial year on the criminal case backlog.
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Crown Court: Opening Hours 28 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of Crown Court cases that were not heard as a result of the cap on sitting days for each month for which data is available.
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Crown Court: Opening Hours 28 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the provision of funding to increase the number of Crown Court sitting days.
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Special Educational Needs: Surrey 18 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of education, health and care plan tribunals that were lost by Surrey County Council in each year from 2019 to 2024 to date.
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Treasury
Gold: Sudan 25 February 2026
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of industry-led standards, including those of the London Bullion Market Association, to prevent conflict-linked gold from Sudan entering the United Kingdom market; and whether she plans to introduce statutory…
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Development Aid 24 March 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the 0.3% of Gross National Income figure for official development assistance is a (a) target figure or (b) minimum budget spend.
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