Adrian Ramsay MP: written questions
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Water Supply: Capital InvestmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an estimate of the amount of capital funding needed to ensure the provision of effective water services in each area of England in each year until 2030.
Answer: As part of Price Review 24, Ofwat, the independent water regulator, has made a thorough estimate of the amount of capital funding water companies will need to deliver services for the current spending period, to 2029. This assessment includes funding for ...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordInsecticides: RiversDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the contamination of rivers with insecticides applied as flea and tick treatments to dogs and cats.
Answer: The Government recognises concerns about the environmental impacts of spot‑on parasiticide treatments for companion animals. Research funded by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) has improved understanding of how key active substances enter the en...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMusculoskeletal Disorders: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when will he announce the next phase of Modern Service Frameworks, and what consideration has been given to including musculoskeletal conditions in the next phase of the Modern Service Frameworks.
Answer: As announced in the 10-Year Health Plan, as well as an overall quality strategy, the National Quality Board will oversee the development of a new series of service frameworks. These modern service frameworks will define an aspirational, long-term outcome ...
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMusculoskeletal Disorders: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures are being taken to manage pressure on NHS services by improving outcomes for patients with chronic musculoskeletal conditions.
Answer: Improving the health and work outcomes for people with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions will help deliver the Government's mission to build a National Health Service that is fit for the future.To manage pressure on NHS services, we are working to deliver ...
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Musculoskeletal DisordersDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions on (a) access to employment, (b) levels of economic inactivity and (c) levels of workplace absence.
Answer: DWP publishes annual official statistics to monitor employment outcomes for disabled people including those with ‘Musculoskeletal conditions’. These statistics show that working age (16 to 64) disabled people with ‘Musculoskeletal conditions’ are less lik...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGender Based Violence: InternetHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105548More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Freedom From Violence and Abuse Strategy, what plans her Department has to ensure the incidence of online abuse is captured in the monitoring of achieving the aim to halve violen
Answer: We will monitor progress of the Freedom From Violence and Abuse Strategy through a performance framework, details of which are included on pages 69-70 of the Strategy.The performance framework includes a sub-metric on the prevalence of online harms.We wil...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse Protection OrdersHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105545More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to ensure the effectiveness of Domestic Abuse Protection Orders; and how this will be monitored.
Answer: Domestic Abuse Protection Orders (DAPOs) are currently live in Greater Manchester, three London boroughs (Croydon, Bromley and Sutton), Cleveland, North Wales, and with the British Transport Police. These orders combine the strongest elements of the exist...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPartridges and Pheasants: Gun SportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in light of the presence of Avian Influenza, whether she is going to permit the release of pheasants and partridges into the countryside for recreational shooting in 2026.
Answer: This will principally depend on the level of risk from Avian Influenza to commercial poultry flocks and to our internationally important bird populations at Special Protection Areas. It is not possible to say at this point in time what the level of diseas...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGame: Avian InfluenzaDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many outbreaks of Avian Influenza occurred on game farms in 2024.
Answer: There were no outbreaks of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) on game farms in England during 2024. There were 17 outbreaks of HPAI in England during 2024 but none of them were on game farms.
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPartridges and Pheasants: Gun SportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of a) pheasants and b) partridges that were released for recreational shooting in (i) 2023, (ii) 2024 and (iii) 2025.
Answer: The release of pheasant and red legged partridge on or within 500 metres of a European site must be authorised under licence. It is a requirement of such licences to report releases made under their authorisation. Our records show that the following numbe...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGame: Animal BreedingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many game farms are operational in England and Wales; and how many of them are registered with the Poultry Register.
Answer: There is no official definition of a game farm in the UK, and the England and Wales Kept Bird Register only details keepers of bird species that might be released for shooting. The following data was extracted from the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s dat...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordInheritance Tax: Waveney ValleyTreasuryTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103631More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of farms in Waveney Valley constituency that will no longer be impacted by Agricultural Property Relief due to the changes to IHT announced in December 2025.
Answer: The Government announced on 23 December 2025 that the allowance for 100% rate of relief will be increased from £1 million to £2.5 million when it is introduced on 6 April 2026. This means a couple will now be able to pass on up to £5 million of agricultur...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: InfrastructureDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure capital investment in NHS estate and infrastructure supports improvements in climate resilience.
Answer: We recognise the importance of increasing the climate resilience of the National Health Service estate and infrastructure. NHS trusts are responsible for maintaining their estate, including adapting premises to reduce the risks associated with climate cha...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVoice over Internet Protocol: Rural AreasDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the retirement of the Public Switched Telephone Network and the transition to VoIP landline services, particularly during power o
Answer: The number of major incidents on the PSTN (affecting 500 or more customers) has been increasing. In 2024, there was a 45% increase compared to the previous year. In 2024/25 there were over 2,600 major incidents on the PSTN. VoIP landline services are more...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDental Health: SurveysDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Adult Oral Health Survey 2023, published 9 December 2025.
Answer: The Adult Oral Health Survey 2023 provides the first picture of adult oral health in England for more than a decade. It provides further evidence of the need for dental contract reform.We are taking forward significant changes to the National Health Servi...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHussam Abu SafiyaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Israeli counterpart on the case of Palestinian doctor Dr Hussam Abu Safiya.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 6 August to question 68153.
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRights of Way: Forests and RiversDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 83666, how new permanent legal rights of public access will be created through proposals for nine new river walks and three new na
Answer: Our nine new river walks and three new national forests will both increase available natural space and make it more accessible. We are progressing plans to deliver nine new National River Walks across England, one in each region, to enhance access to natu...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRights of Way: DisabilityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of section 147ZA of the Highways Act 1980 on the rights of disabled people to access the outdoors.
Answer: This Government is supportive of the provision within section 147ZA of the 1980 Act that enables an authority to work with landowners and relevant parties to replace or improve existing structures so that they can be used more easily by individuals that m...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRights of WayDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made representations to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on ensuring that the statutory duties of local highway authorities for the
Answer: The Secretary of State has regular discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on a range of issues. The Government has no plans at this stage to integrate local highway authorities’ statutory duties for public ri...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will include proposals to end the routine culling of day-old male chicks in the UK egg industry, including through the adoption of in-ovo sexing technology in the her Department
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 9 July 2025 to the hon. Member for Stockport, PQ UIN 64121.
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEquality: Codes of PracticeWomen and EqualitiesTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92379More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her timetable is for reaching a decision on whether to approve the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s revised Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations; and if she will lay the
Answer: The EHRC has revised its Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations following the consultation and submitted it to the Minister for Women and Equalities on 4 September 2025. This is a long and legally complex document which will have...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGenetically Modified Organisms: PlantsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the Devolved administrations can prevent unlabelled precision-bred seeds and plant reproductive materials marketed in England from entering
Answer: Defra is working with the organic sector to prepare for the medium and longer term by discussing non-legislative options for supply chain coexistence. This includes facilitating discussions between experts to establish which measures, currently used by th...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGenetically Modified Organisms: PlantsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90011More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the certification bodies for (a) organic and (b) conventional non-GMO seeds providers can prevent unlabelled precision-bred seeds and
Answer: Defra is working with the organic sector to prepare for the medium and longer term by discussing non-legislative options for supply chain coexistence. This includes facilitating discussions between experts to establish which measures, currently used by th...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGenetically Modified Organisms: PlantsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on consumer (a) transparency and (b) trust if precision bred seeds and plant reproductive materials are labelled but the
Answer: The UK maintains high standards on the information that is provided on food labels, whether that be mandatory or voluntary, so that consumers can have confidence in the food that they buy. For Precision Breeding, Defra has established additional measures ...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGenetically Modified Organisms: PlantsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to enact (a) a mandatory Precision Bred Variety List for England and (b) mandatory labelling of precision-bred seeds and plant reproductive materials before the Genet
Answer: For the main agricultural and vegetable plant varieties, a variety must be registered on the Great Britain (GB), or Northern Ireland (NI) variety lists before seed can be marketed. To implement the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023, a new, ...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
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