Andrew Rosindell MP: written questions 2025
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Newspaper Press: SubversionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89400More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to help prevent British newspapers from being subject to foreign influence.
Answer: This Government is committed to a pluralistic media landscape, and it is vital that the UK has in place strong measures to protect this. The Foreign State Influence (FSI) media merger regime is a key part of this; it prevents foreign states from being abl...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTelevision LicencesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her Department's policy to remove the legal obligation to pay the TV licence.
Answer: The Government has committed to the licence fee for the remainder of this Charter period.Looking ahead, Charter Review will consider a range of issues, including how the BBC can continue to prosper supported by a sustainable funding model. We are keeping ...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBBC: Political ImpartialityDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with Ofcom on the BBC's impartiality in its coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.
Answer: Ministers and officials meet with Ofcom regularly to discuss a range of issues. It is ultimately for Ofcom, the independent regulator, to ensure the BBC is fulfilling its obligations to audiences as outlined in the Charter.The BBC has a duty to provide ac...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBBC: AntisemitismDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with Ofcom on allegations of antisemitism in the BBC.
Answer: Ministers and officials meet with Ofcom regularly to discuss a range of issues. It is ultimately for Ofcom, the independent regulator, to ensure the BBC is fulfilling its obligations to audiences as outlined in the Charter.The BBC has a duty to provide ac...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBBC: Political ImpartialityDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the levels of the BBC's (a) impartiality and (b) journalistic integrity.
Answer: Ministers and officials meet with Ofcom regularly to discuss a range of issues. It is ultimately for Ofcom, the independent regulator, to ensure the BBC is fulfilling its obligations to audiences as outlined in the Charter.The BBC has a duty to provide ac...
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordArmy: RecruitmentMinistry of DefenceTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to (a) streamline army recruitment and (b) increase (i) regular and (ii) reserve military personnel numbers.
Answer: As part of the Strategic Defence Review, the Department has committed to increasing the British Army to at least 76,000 full time soldiers in the next Parliament. Under this Government, we have driven improvements to recruiting process, stripping out outd...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented WorkersHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89394More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent people who overstay their visas from working illegally for companies within the UK.
Answer: Under UK legislation, access to work is reserved to those who are eligible and have lawful immigration status in the UK. All employers are required to undertake right to work checks on any prospective employee to confirm their legal status. Sanctions exis...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Criminal InvestigationHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) training and (b) support her Department provides to police to investigate (i) coercive control and (ii) other non-violent domestic offences.
Answer: In our manifesto, we committed to strengthening training on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) for policing to ensure that all officers have the right skills to investigate all VAWG offences, including coercive or controlling behaviour (CCB) and othe...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime: InternetHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89392More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will implement safeguards to tackle crimes being reported online to open-source AI services.
Answer: The Government has already taken steps to tackle crimes linked to the misuse of artificial intelligence, including open-source models, through the illegal content duties in the Online Safety Act (2023) and criminal measures to target the creation of sexua...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFreedom of Expression: InternetDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89391More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to prevent the new false communication offence in the Online Safety Act 2023 from stifling freedom of speech.
Answer: The false communications offence within the Online Safety Act captures communications where the individual knows the information to be false but sends it intending to cause harm to a likely audience, without reasonable excuse.Protecting freedom of express...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Ethnic Groups and NationalityHome OfficeTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89390More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the National Police Chiefs Council guidance on releasing to the press the ethnicity and nationality of suspects for serious offences.
Answer: On Wednesday 5 November the College of Policing launched their public consultation of the Media and Communications Authorised Professional Practice (APP), formerly the Media Relations APP.This guidance advises police forces on the information that they pr...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCocaine: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to tackle the illegal (a) sale, (b) possession and (c) use of cocaine.
Answer: As part of our Plan for Change and mission to make our streets safer we will continue to work across health, policing and wider public services to drive down drug use and stop those who profit from its supply.Cocaine is an extremely harmful drug which is ...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCannabis: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to tackle the illegal (a) sale, (b) possession and (c) use of cannabis.
Answer: As part of our Plan for Change and mission to make our streets safer we will continue to work across health, policing and wider public services to drive down drug use and stop those who profit from its supply.Cannabis is controlled as a Class B drug on th...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTobacco: SmugglingTreasuryTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88611More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she has taken to tackle the trade of illegal tobacco.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the response to UIN 77749.
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: Crime PreventionHome OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to work with relevant authorities to reduce instances of criminal child abuse.
Answer: Tackling child criminal exploitation is an important strand of our mission to halve knife crime by reducing the risk of children being drawn into criminality and violence.Through the County Lines Programme, we are targeting exploitative drug dealing gangs...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: Crime PreventionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88609More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to work to reduce instances of crime against animals.
Answer: The Government has taken steps to reduce crime against animals. We have provided over £800,000 in additional funding to the National Wildlife Crime Unit and the National Rural Crime Unit to strengthen enforcement against offences such as poaching and ille...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Crimes of ViolenceMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken work with relevant authorities to reduce instances of violent crime in prisons.
Answer: HMPPS works closely with a range of law enforcement and local authority partners, and the Crown Prosecution Service to tackle the issues of violent crime in prison.The Ministry of Justice, in close collaboration with His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Ser...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHomicide: Crime PreventionHome OfficeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to reduce instances of murder.
Answer: Halving knife crime remains a top priority for this Government. Since we have been in office knife homicides have fallen by 18% (to YE June 2025) and all knife crime down 5%. Knife assault has dropped by 6% and hospital admissions for assault with a sharp...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal British Legion: FundraisingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department has taken to support the British Legion's Poppy appeal.
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport works closely with the Royal British Legion (RBL) on the organisation and delivery of the National Service of Remembrance and the DCMS broadcasts the service, with over 8,000 watching this year’s service. All pa...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChurches: RomfordChurch CommissionersTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88605More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent steps the Church of England has taken to encourage more people under the age of 40 to attend Sunday services in Romford constituency.
Answer: The Church of England has committed to ‘Growing Younger’ as part of its Vision and Strategy for the 2020s, which prioritises creating a church that is younger and more diverse. The central goal is to double the number of children and young active disciple...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChurches: AttendanceChurch CommissionersTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88604More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent steps the Church of England has taken to encourage more people to attend Sunday services in their local parish church.
Answer: The National Church Institutions have allocated £236million in the next funding window (2026-2028) to the Diocesan Investment Programme. This financial support goes directly to dioceses to advance their missional plans for local parishes and communities.I...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAbortion: DecriminalisationChurch CommissionersTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88603More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment the Church of England has made of the potential impact on the decriminalisation of abortion on clergy’s cure of souls.
Answer: In her capacity as Lead Bishop on Health and Social Care, the Bishop of London made a statement related to the proposed changes to abortion law on 20th June 2025, which can be found in full on the Church of England website at: https://www.churchofengland....
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordClergy: GenderChurch CommissionersTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88602More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what guidance the Church of England provides to clergy on gender ideology.
Answer: The Church of England does not provide specific standalone guidance to clergy on gender ideology.On complex issues the House of Bishops may from time to time publish guidance and advice for clergy, designed to inform local response. This has included the ...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordClergy: Freedom of ExpressionChurch CommissionersTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88601More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what guidance the Church of England provides to clergy on the principle of freedom of speech.
Answer: The National Church Institutions do not provide specific guidance to clergy on the principle of freedom of speech.In the Guidelines for the Professional Conduct of the Clergy it states that:“The reputation of the Church in the community depends to a great...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSlavery: CompensationChurch CommissionersTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88600More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether she has made an assessment of the compatibility of (a) ‘Project Spire’ and (b) the ‘Fund for Healing, Repair, and Justice’ with the trustee obligations of the Board of Go
Answer: Yes, the Board of Governors of the Church Commissioners has made an assessment of its legal obligations so far as they relate to its response to its predecessor’s links with African chattel enslavement (known internally by the programme/project name ‘Spir...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
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