Adam Jogee MP: written questions
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Fisheries: QuotasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of fishing quotas in the Atlantic on a) the price of cod and b) fish and chip businesses in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Answer: Quotas are set in line with scientific advice to ensure the long-term sustainability of stocks and can influence supply, which may place upward pressure on cod prices. However, the UK is a net importer of whitefish and prices are largely driven by global ...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCitizens Advice: North StaffordshireDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to provide support to Citizens Advice in North Staffordshire.
Answer: Citizens Advice is an independent charity funded from a range of sources. The Department for Work and Pensions awards a grant to Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland to provide practical, tailored support to help individuals make a new claim to Un...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWaste: CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a single national reporting system for incidents of waste crime.
Answer: Comprehensive guidance on how to report waste crime is available on GOV.UK here. The guidance provides clear signposts towards different reporting routes, based on the nature of the crime and which authority is responsible for enforcement. A single, natio...
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWaste: Organised CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for the Home Department to ensure effective action is taken against organised criminal networks in the waste sector.
Answer: Defra works closely with the Home Office and National Police Chiefs’ Council to ensure an aligned and effective response to waste crime. The Home Office sets the overarching serious and organised crime strategy and tasking framework, with waste crime trea...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordWaste: CrimeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to prevent victims of waste crime having to bear the cost of any required clean-up in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme constituency and (b) Staffordshire.
Answer: Landowners are responsible for preventing and clearing illegally dumped waste on their land. While landowner responsibility protects against perverse incentives, we recognise that innocent landowners can and often do face unaffordable remediation costs. T...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGenocideChurch CommissionersTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7245More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to help support victims of genocide.
Answer: The Church of England and the wider Anglican Communion looks to support all victims of armed conflict, regardless of whether war crimes or crimes against humanity have been committed, through humanitarian support, pastoral care and advocacy work.Support i...
Answered 3 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordChristianity: PalestineChurch CommissionersTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7244More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent steps the Church of England has taken to help support Christians living in Palestine.
Answer: The Church of England and the Anglican Communion continue to support the ministry of the Anglican Archbishop of Jerusalem and the Diocese of Jerusalem alongside the Anglican Mission agencies operating in the region who largely provide healthcare and educa...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Security: ChinaHome OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle national security threats from China.
Answer: China poses a range of security threats to the UK. The Government will continue to tackle activity that threatens our national security and infringes on sovereign affairs.Where there are individuals who pose a threat to our national security, we are commi...
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCrime: Rural AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the financial impact of rural crime on a) farmers and b) rural communities.
Answer: The Secretary of State has regular discussions with cabinet colleagues on a range of issues.
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCrime: Rural AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on tackling rural crime.
Answer: The Government recognises that there can be challenges in responding to rural crime. That is why the Home Office and Defra collaborated with the National Police Chiefs’ Councils to deliver their renewal of the Rural and Wildlife Crime Strategy, which was ...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAfrican UnionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to strengthen the working relationship between the UK and the African Union.
Answer: Ministers and officials are in regular discussion with the African Union (AU) about a range of shared priorities. The Minister of State for International Development and Africa, attended the AU Summit in February, one of only two European Ministers to att...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: EU CountriesDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the operational effectiveness of the new Entry Exit System for travellers from the United Kingdom to member states of the European Union.
Answer: The EU Entry Exit System (EES) is an EU scheme and questions around implementation remain a matter for the European Union and individual Member States.The Department has engaged closely with the Home Office, Cabinet Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Off...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish Overseas Territories: TransportForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support she provides the Overseas Territories to improve the quality and effectiveness of transport infrastructure.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to Paragraph 9 of the communiqué agreed at the last UK and Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council, published on 28 November 2025. Details of Official Development Assistance to the Overseas Territories can be found at: devtra...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish Virgin Islands: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Government of the Virgin Islands on constitutional reform and the development of a partnership framework between that Territory and the
Answer: On 14 April, I formally received the Virgin Islands Government's proposals for constitutional reform, some of which draw on the report of the Virgin Islands Constitutional Review Commission, and I discussed elements of these proposals with the Premier on ...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade Promotion: British Overseas TerritoriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will consider appointing a Trade Envoy for the Overseas Territories.
Answer: No, as trade envoys’ work is in foreign sovereign nations.
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish Overseas Territories: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 6042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward a White Paper on the Overseas Territories.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the first paragraph of the answer provided on 7 January in response to Question 101093.
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish Overseas Territories: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what consideration she has given to improving cross-government coordination for the Overseas Territories through the Cabinet Office.
Answer: The Overseas Territories Ministerial Group which I chair already provides for effective coordination of UK Government policy and activity on strategic and cross cutting issues affecting the OTs.
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish Overseas Territories: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of the elected head of government chairing meetings of Cabinet in all Overseas Territories.
Answer: Arrangements on chairing Cabinet meetings are set out in each Overseas Territory's constitution. The UK will engage closely and proactively with each Overseas Territory where the democratically elected Territory Government seeks engagement on reviewing th...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGhana: Freedom of ExpressionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5592More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Ghanaian government on freedom of expression in that country.
Answer: The UK regularly discusses the importance of freedom of expression and wider human rights with the Government of Ghana. The Prime Minister discussed human rights with President Mahama during their meeting in London on 2 June, reiterating that human rights...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordProstate Cancer: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve early diagnosis of prostate cancer in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme, b) Staffordshire and c) England.
Answer: The Government has committed to meeting the cancer waiting times standards in England by the end of this Parliament, by modernising the whole cancer pathway so that patients are diagnosed and treated more quickly.Through the National Cancer Plan for Engla...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPolyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early diagnosis of polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome.
Answer: The Government recognises that women suffering with gynaecological conditions, including polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), previously referred to as polycystic ovary syndrome, have been failed for far too long, and we acknowledge the impact...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordBovine Tuberculosis: VaccinationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Badger vaccination scheme.
Answer: Multiple published studies indicate that badger vaccination is safe and can reduce TB infection and transmission in badgers. Vaccination is now being deployed across a number of large areas, including through a newly contracted Badger Vaccination Field Fo...
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: EnergyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support farmers in Staffordshire with energy costs.
Answer: Government is actively monitoring the developments in the Middle East, including their impact on the supply and price of red diesel. This Government is taking decisive action to support farmers and fishers by cutting the duty on red diesel to its lowest r...
Answered 10 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMultiple Sclerosis: StaffordshireDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support people with Multiple Sclerosis in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.
Answer: Integrated care boards (ICBs), including the NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB, which covers Newcastle-under-Lyme, is responsible for commissioning services for their local population, including for those with multiple sclerosis (MS). The Governmen...
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAssistance AnimalsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate regulation of charities who supply assistance dogs.
Answer: Standards for assistance dogs are currently and historically maintained on the basis of a voluntary regulatory framework. Several UK charities and organisations are accredited to recognised international standards for assistance dogs. Assistance dogs are ...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
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