Andy Slaughter MP: written questions
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Written questions
Prisoners: Older PeopleMinistry of JusticeTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) what is the intended timeline for publication of the Older Prisoners Strategy and (b) what engagement his department intends to undertake with end of life care providers relating to the health care of older p
Answer: The Ministry of Justice is taking forward the development of an Older Prisoners Strategy, in line with the recommendation of the recent Independent Sentencing Review. As part of this work the Department is engaging closely with NHS England, health and soc...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: Legal Aid SchemeMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many family mediators are currently recorded by the Legal Aid agency as registered to provide legally-aided family mediation.
Answer: This Government recognises the vital role that legal aid and mediation plays in supporting individuals to resolve their family disputes. We know that the civil and family legal aid market, including family mediation, is facing challenges and we are taking...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: MediationMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that members of the public seeking to use family mediation are aware of the importance of selecting a mediator with Family Mediation Council accreditation.
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that all those engaging in mediation can obtain the services of a suitably qualified mediator and has recently confirmed continued funding for the Family Mediation Voucher Scheme.This scheme gives all those who qual...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: MediationMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking with the Family Mediation Council to promote the value of family mediation to separating and divorcing couples.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice works closely with the Family Mediation Council (FMC) to ensure that the information provided to all eligible couples when they enter the Family Court system regarding the benefits of non-court dispute resolution, including family ...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: Legal Aid SchemeMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he will take to improve access to legally aided family mediation for couples who are separating or divorcing.
Answer: This Government recognises the vital role that legal aid and mediation plays in supporting individuals to resolve their family disputes. We know that the civil and family legal aid market, including family mediation, is facing challenges and we are taking...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: Legal Aid SchemeMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will increase the rates paid to family mediators who offer legally aided mediation.
Answer: This Government recognises the vital role that legal aid and mediation plays in supporting individuals to resolve their family disputes. We know that the civil and family legal aid market, including family mediation, is facing challenges and we are taking...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: Legal Aid SchemeMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help tackle the shortage of legal aid providers in the area of family mediation.
Answer: This Government recognises the vital role that legal aid and mediation plays in supporting individuals to resolve their family disputes. We know that the civil and family legal aid market, including family mediation, is facing challenges and we are taking...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordInland Waterways: AccessDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential economic contribution of recreational paddlesport to local economies; and what steps she is taking to protect access to waterways used by paddl
Answer: The Government believes that opportunities to play sport and get physically active should be available to everyone, including taking part in paddlesport. We know our waterways are vital for keeping the country active, which is why we are committed to prot...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordInland Waterways: AccessDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the Access to Nature Green Paper includes provisions for increased public access to unregulated inland waterways.
Answer: This Government recognises the importance of providing access to the outdoors and the benefits of blue spaces for people’s health and wellbeing. As set out in the Environmental Improvement Plan 2025, Defra will explore the feasibility of increasing access...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Palliative CareMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many prisons in England have undertaken voluntary self-assessment against the Dying Well in Custody Charter since 2024, and (b) what plans are in place to ensure that the Charter is implemented consistent
Answer: HM Prison & Probation Service, in partnership with the NHS, has revised the Dying Well in Custody Charter Self-Assessment Toolkit. This voluntary toolkit includes good practice examples and is designed to support local partnership activity.Information...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSaudi Arabia: Capital PunishmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 23 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to answer given to Question UIN 97116 on 5 December 2025, what discussions her officials have had with their Saudi counterparts regarding (a) the execution of
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 11 December 2025 in response to Question 97116. The UK continues to oppose the use of capital punishment in all circumstances.
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: Gulf StatesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed UK–Gulf Cooperation Council trade agreement on (a) labour standards in partner countries and (b) what steps were taken to
Answer: The Government is a staunch defender of worker protections and has made clear that we will not compromise on these through our FTA programme.As part of the UK-GCC FTA, we are seeking commitments which reaffirm our international obligations at the Internat...
Answered 28 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordWestern Sahara: Self-determination of StatesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128685More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March to Question UIN 113475 on Western Sahara: Self Determination of States, if will she raise with the UN Security Council that any autonomy pla
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answers provided on 2 April to Question 121704, and on 4 March to his own Question 113475.
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordWestern Sahara: Self-determination of StatesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March to Question UIN 113475 on Western Sahara: Self Determination of States, whether she has received information on the expanded autonomy propos
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answers provided on 2 April to Question 121704, and on 4 March to his own Question 113475.
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordBahrain: DetaineesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124497More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the joint letter by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and 25 partner organisations in M
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided to Question 100851 on 6 January 2026.
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHuman Rights: DetaineesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria her Department uses when determining whether to call for the release of individuals detained overseas for activities related to the exercise of their human righ
Answer: Each case reported to the UK Government is assessed on its own merits, and there are no fixed criteria of the type the Hon Member describes.
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordWestern Sahara: Self-determination of StatesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September to Question UIN 74747 on Western Sahara: Visits Abroad, whether the blocking of visits by (a) parliamentarians, (b) researchers, (c) jo
Answer: The UK remains firmly committed to the promotion and protection of human rights globally, including in Morocco and Western Sahara.In the joint UK-Morocco strategic dialogue communiqué of 1 June 2025, both countries reaffirmed their commitment to cooperate...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWestern Sahara: Self-determination of StatesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September to Question UIN 74744 on Western Sahara: Self Determination of States, whether she has received any information from Morocco on the det
Answer: No. We continue to engage with all relevant parties in support of the UN-led process to achieve a just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution, based on compromise, which conforms with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, including the princip...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: Prisoners' ReleaseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of Critical Time Intervention programmes for local authorities on preventing homelessness amongst people leaving prison.
Answer: We recognise the importance of public sector organisations working closely together to support people during key transition points. Within the National Plan to End Homelessness, we have worked collaboratively across Government to set ambitious targets to ...
Answered 25 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBahrain: Political PrisonersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her counterpart to Bahrain on (a) the protection of the rights of and (b) access to medical treatment for (i) Ebrahim Sharif, (ii) Dr Abdulj
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answers provided to questions 100851 on 6 January 2026, and HL12137 on 2 December 2025.
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Proceedings: Legal CostsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has set a timeline for publication of legislation to reverse the effects of R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) v Competition Appeal Tribunal.
Answer: We intend to introduce legislation to clarify that Litigation Funding Agreements (LFAs) are not Damages-Based Agreements when Parliamentary time allows. This will mitigate the effect of the PACCAR judgment and improve access to justice by reassuring funde...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Proceedings: Legal CostsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take legislative steps to reverse the effects of R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) v Competition Appeal Tribunal and provide for the changes to apply retrospectively.
Answer: We intend to introduce legislation to clarify that Litigation Funding Agreements (LFAs) are not Damages-Based Agreements when Parliamentary time allows. This will mitigate the effect of the PACCAR judgment and improve access to justice by reassuring funde...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Proceedings: Legal CostsMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to implement proportionate regulation of third-party litigation funding agreements in this parliament.
Answer: We have carefully considered the recommendations from the Civil Justice Council's review and, as well as seeking to mitigate the effects of the PACCAR judgment, we wanted to tighten up regulation of third-party litigation funding.We intend to introduce le...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordGaza: Peacekeeping OperationsMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assurances the UK has received from the US authorities that UK personnel at the Civil Military Co-ordination Centre will not be assisting or participating in actions that could breach International Law or In
Answer: The Civil Military Co-ordination Centre (CMCC) is a US-led body supporting the humanitarian response to Gaza and delivery of the 20-point plan. The UK team engage routinely with their US and other international counterparts to understand and monitor the w...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGaza: Peacekeeping OperationsMinistry of DefenceTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assurances the UK has received from the US authorities that CMCC drone surveillance monitoring the ceasefire in Gaza will identify and record potential violations whether by Hamas, Islamic Jihad, other milit
Answer: The small team of UK personnel embedded in US-led Civil Military Coordination Centre (CMCC) engages continually with their US counterparts to ensure a sustainable ceasefire, delivery of humanitarian aid and progress in building Gaza's stability. Drone sur...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
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