Brian Leishman MP: written questions 2026
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Written questions
European Company for the Financing of Railroad Rolling StockForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28261More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on signing the Eurofima treaty.
Answer: The Secretary of State has not held discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on EUROFIMA.
Answered 22 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordRolling Stock: ProcurementDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 28260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ahead of the rolling stock procurement and infrastructure strategy on the use of alternative financing models to secure publicly owned trains.
Answer: Department for Transport officials hold regular discussions with HM Treasury officials on a range of matters, including in relation to the procurement of rolling stock. However, no discussions have taken place between the Secretary of State for Transport ...
Answered 17 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordNaloxone: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of raising awareness of naloxone amongst people at risk of opioid overdose.
Answer: Further to the answer provided to the Hon Member for Warrington North on 5 September 2025 in response to Question 69426, the Department launched a media campaign to raise awareness of the risks posed by new drug trends and products including adulteration ...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordOpioids: Health EducationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what specific measures have been implemented since 2024 to raise awareness among at-risk populations, including people sleeping rough and socially isolated people, about the dangers of synthetic op
Answer: Further to the answer provided to the Hon Member for Warrington North on 5 September 2025 in response to Question 69426, the Department launched a media campaign to raise awareness of the risks posed by new drug trends and products including adulteration ...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordGaza: OilForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 901104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Israeli counterpart on oil exploration in Palestinian waters off the coast of the occupied Gaza Strip.
Answer: I have not had discussions with my Israeli counterpart specifically on oil exploration in Palestinian waters off the coast of Gaza.We support efforts to promote Palestinian economic development and long-term stability and continue to work with internation...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordAviation: FuelsDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 901067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that adequate levels of aviation fuel are available to airports in Scotland.
Answer: The Government is working closely with industry and regulators to monitor supply and maintain the resilience of supply chains. There are currently no aviation fuel shortages affecting airports in the UK. We remain in regular contact with the Scottish Gove...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordConditions of Employment: Northern IrelandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support his Department has provided to improving workers' rights in Northern Ireland, in the context of the time taken for the Northern Ireland Executive to implement its Good Jobs Bill.
Answer: Employment Rights policy is transferred in Northern Ireland. Officials and Ministers from the Department for Business and Trade engage regularly with counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive on our respective plans to improve workers’ rights. For ex...
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordConditions of Employment: Northern IrelandDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the Good Jobs Bill.
Answer: Employment Rights policy is transferred in Northern Ireland. Officials and Ministers from the Department for Business and Trade engage regularly with counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive on our respective plans to improve workers’ rights. The UK...
Answered 10 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordRescue Services: HelicoptersDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s policies on the operational limits of Search and Rescue winching systems on helicopters contracted to conduct offshor
Answer: The winching systems on search and rescue (SAR) helicopters have a limit on their load capacity which has been further reduced by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) imposed limit for the carriage of ‘human external cargo’. The Maritime and C...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordOffshore Industry: HelicoptersDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with the (a) Maritime and Coastguard Agency, (b) Civil Aviation Authority and (c) Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on oil and gas employers’ proposals on the weigh
Answer: The Maritime and Coastguard Agency responded to the Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) report on the “identification of hazards related to the weight, size, and shape of offshore oil and gas workers in the UK” in September 2024 and March 2025, expressing safety ...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordRescue Services: HelicoptersDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many merchant seafarers have been winched to safety from commercial vessels in (a) territorial and (b) international waters on the UK Continental Shelf by HM Coastguard Search and Rescue helicopters in each
Answer: The winching systems on search and rescue (SAR) helicopters have a limit on their load capacity which has been further reduced by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) imposed limit for the carriage of ‘human external cargo’. The Maritime and C...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordRescue Services: HelicoptersDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many offshore energy workers have been winched to safety from (a) fixed offshore oil and gas installations, (b) floating production storage and offloading units and (c) offshore wind farms on the UK Contine
Answer: The winching systems on search and rescue (SAR) helicopters have a limit on their load capacity which has been further reduced by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) imposed limit for the carriage of ‘human external cargo’. The Maritime and C...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPalestine: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister’s letter to President Abbas of 21 September 2025, what discussions she has had with her Palestinian counterpart on the UK’s historical ro
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 27 April in response to Question 124946.
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPalestine: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister’s letter to President Abbas of 21 September 2025, whether she has considered issuing a formal apology on behalf of His Majesty’s Governme
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 27 April in response to Question 124946.
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: StaffTreasuryTabled 15 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127622More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HMRC will publish full staffing projections for Managed Service Provider and HMRC customer services staff.
Answer: HMRC is currently in an initial proof‑of‑value phase for its use of MSPs, which is helping to inform longer‑term workforce planning. At this stage, HMRC has no plans to publish full staffing projections for either MSPs or HMRC customer services staff.Deci...
Answered 24 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordWestern Sahara: Self-determination of StatesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will have discussions with her Moroccan counterpart on the suppression of protests and events supporting self-determination in occupied Western Sahara.
Answer: The UK remains firmly committed to the promotion and protection of human rights globally, including in Morocco and Western Sahara, as we regularly make clear to all relevant parties. At the most recent UK-Morocco Human Rights Dialogue in November 2025, se...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade: Occupied Territories and Western SaharaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127406More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answers of 1 April 2025 to question 41654 on Trade: Occupied Territories and Western Sahara, if he will update that guidance to include the need for consent to comply with international
Answer: The UK keeps its overseas business risk guidance, available on gov.uk, relating to Western Sahara and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPTs) under review and will update it as necessary to reflect relevant international law considerations. The UK is ...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordBowel Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 908656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle inequalities in bowel cancer screening participation.
Answer: While uptake of bowel cancer screening has increased, some groups struggle with barriers to engagement, leaving them at risk. We are providing £200m funding for Cancer Alliances, to reduce inequalities in communities among groups where screening uptake is...
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: StaffTreasuryTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124389More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HMRC will publish full staffing projections for Managed Service Provider and HMRC customer services staff.
Answer: Customer demand for HMRC services can fluctuate significantly, both seasonally and in response to external events. HMRC uses Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to provide additional, flexible capacity to help manage these types of variations and support per...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: StaffTreasuryTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124388More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how HMRC will ensure that workforce planning decisions do not incentivise replacement of permanent staff with externally supplied labour.
Answer: Customer demand for HMRC services can fluctuate significantly, both seasonally and in response to external events. HMRC uses Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to provide additional, flexible capacity to help manage these types of variations and support per...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: Managed Service CompaniesTreasuryTabled 26 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 124387More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Managed Service Provider staff and HMRC employees will have differing pay, terms, training and progression.
Answer: Customer demand for HMRC services can fluctuate significantly, both seasonally and in response to external events. HMRC uses Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to provide additional, flexible capacity to help manage these types of variations and support per...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 11 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120175More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to UK steel safeguarding measures and import quotas on small and medium-sized enterprises that rely on a stable supply of imported steel;
Answer: The UK steel industry faces challenging global conditions due to overcapacity and trade deflection, which threatens the long‑term viability of domestic production. That is why last year the government amended the steel safeguard to ensure the overall effe...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMineworkers' Pension SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to ensure that all of the future surpluses accrued by the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme can be used to increase the pensions of members of that Scheme.
Answer: I recently met the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme Trustees and discussed the proposed changes that Trustees have put forward. Work is underway to assess the benefits and risks of the Trustees’ proposals. We are aiming to implement changes as swiftly as possi...
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMineworkers' Pension SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of utilising the undistributed surplus in the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme to fund a pension bonus to members in 2026-2027 financial year.
Answer: I recently met the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme Trustees and discussed the proposed changes that Trustees have put forward. Work is underway to assess the benefits and risks of the Trustees’ proposals. We are aiming to implement changes as swiftly as possi...
Answered 13 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMineworkers' Pension SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing the standstill feature from the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme.
Answer: I recently met the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme Trustees and discussed the proposed changes that Trustees have put forward. Work is underway to assess the benefits and risks of the Trustees’ proposals. We are aiming to implement changes as swiftly as possi...
Answered 13 Mar 2026
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