Matt Vickers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to mitigate the regional economic impact of the inheritance tax changes on family businesses in the North East.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with representatives of Family Business UK on the findings of their June 2025 report on inheritance tax reform.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support family-owned SMEs with additional tax liabilities under reforms to Business Property Relief.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered introducing (a) sector-specific and (b) asset-based valuation methodologies for Business Property Relief claims by asset-intensive SMEs.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to (a) Business Property Relief and (b) Agricultural Property Relief on business (i) closures and (ii) divestment.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by Family Business UK and CBI Economics entitled Taxing Futures, published in June 2025.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis her Department has conducted on the projected fiscal impact of the proposed cap on Business Property Relief; and if she will publish the modelling assumptions used to calculate the anticipated revenue ...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to Business Property Relief on family-owned businesses in (a) the North East and (b) the UK.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to (a) consolidate and (b) relocate departmental property estates outside of London.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of introducing mandatory food waste reporting on food prices.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure timely responses to ministerial correspondence.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Thousands of Civil Service roles moved out of London in latest reform to the state, published on 14 May 2025, what recent progress his Department has mad...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many data breaches have been recorded in Government departments in the last 12 months.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the cost to the public purse of central Government spending on external consultants in each of the last three years.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress he has made on the Places for Growth programme.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of the Government Major Projects Portfolio.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many non-disclosure agreements have been signed by staff in central government departments in the last 12 months.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many government contracts have been awarded without competitive tender since January 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to improve resilience to cyberattacks on public services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of increased tariff-free imports of ethanol under the US-UK trade agreement on (a) the viability of (i) Ensus UK and (ii) other domestic ...