To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the Government considers maintaining domestic cement manufacturing capability to be of strategic national importance.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 14998 on British Overseas Territories, what was the total cost to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency of each of the 10 monitoring visits to British Overseas Ter...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 15008 on Train Operating Companies: Finance, what assessment she has made of the reasons for passenger revenue being lower than forecast in 2025-2026 financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 15461 on Air Routes, when the UK Airspace Design Service is expected to become fully operational; and for how long it is expected to take to get to around 40 s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2026 to Question 19484 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, what purchase price differential her Department calculated between diesel and equivalent zero-emission HG...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 14995 on Judicial Appointments, which relevant underrepresented protected characteristic or characteristics were taken into account in each of the recommendation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what topics remain outstanding in relation to (a) the handover of Winslow station, (b) station security arrangements and (c) staffing arrangements before passenger services can commence on East West Rail; and w...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 13947 on Road Traffic Accidents: Minibuses, how many reported road traffic collisions involving a minibus had a contributory factor attributed to the minibus dr...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish a list of all posts and locations currently classified as qualifying hardship posts for the purpose of additional journeys for staff posted overseas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 13949 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, how many public electric vehicle charging points were classified as (a) standard, (b) standard plus, (c) rapid and ...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost to the public purse was of producing the video published on his Department’s X account on 25 August 2026, including the cost of (a) the cake, (b) fees and expen...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate on the competitiveness of UK-based vehicle manufacturers relative to Chinese vehicle manufacturers; and whether her Depa...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 116225, what estimate she has made of when speed camera enforcement affected by the technical anomaly on motorways and A-roads will fully resume; and whether s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 15001 on Heavy Goods Vehicles, if she will publish the analysis referred to in that Answer before the next consultation on Heavy Goods Vehicle regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the use of Diia.AI & Chatbot Nadiia by the Ukrainian Government; and what lessons their use of t...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to respond to the Rt hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay's letter of 17 July 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 15459 on Marriage: Family Relations, for what reason overseas polygamous marriages are treated differently from marriages between an (a) uncle and niece and (b) ...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) fatalities occurred in road collisions where a driver or rider was impaired by illegal drug use and (b) fatalities occurred in collisions involving a driver or rider over the legal drink-driving li...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2026 to Question 16609 on Aviation: UK Emissions Trading Scheme, if she will publish the (a) low, (b) central and (c) high scenarios modelled for the impact ...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 15004 on Airports: Fees and Charges, what modelling or projections her Department has undertaken of the potential impact of Government requirements relating to ...
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