Carla Lockhart MP: written questions 2025
236 published records · newest first.
Written questions
Police Service of Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Police Service of Northern Ireland on (a) staffing levels, (b) recruitment challenges and (c) plans to address workforce shortages.
Answer: A well staffed and resourced PSNI is vital to the success and stability of Northern Ireland. I regularly engage with the Chief Constable and Justice Minister on issues of shared interest and concern.The UK Government’s Autumn budget delivered a record £18...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: FloodsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of recent flooding on agricultural productivity; and whether he plans to provide funding to help farmers improve drainag
Answer: The 2023 to 2024 Autumn and winter season were the wettest in 30 years, this meant that many farms in affected areas experienced difficulty cultivating or grazing over that period. The primary impact of this on agricultural productivity is a shift from wi...
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Internal Trade: Northern IrelandDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to tackle changes in the levels of haulage costs for transporting goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Answer: Hauliers play a very important role in supporting trade within the UK. The Government meets regularly with stakeholders involved in trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland, including representatives of the road haulage industry, particularly in v...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Grid: WeatherDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to improve the resilience of the electricity grid to extreme weather conditions.
Answer: Great Britain has a highly resilient energy network. Network operators have completed a significant number of improvements to the resilience of Great Britain’s electricity network which means the electricity system is in a much better place to mitigate po...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: Northern IrelandDepartment for EducationTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to provide (a) tuition fee, (b) financial and (c) other support to students from Northern Ireland studying at universities in Great Britain.
Answer: The Northern Ireland Executive has devolved responsibility for higher education in Northern Ireland and determines the student finance arrangements for Northern Irish students, including those students studying in England, Scotland and Wales.
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordVeterans: Northern IrelandMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to support veterans in Northern Ireland (a) to access UK-wide veterans' services and (b) in other ways.
Answer: This Government is committed to ensuring that veterans are able to access the appropriate support they require wherever they live in the UK. In Northern Ireland, the Office for Veterans Affairs, within the Ministry of Defence has established a local prese...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBroadcasting: Political ImpartialityDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of broadcasting regulations on the impartiality of news coverage in Northern Ireland.
Answer: The regulation of due impartiality in broadcast news is a matter for the independent regulator Ofcom.
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBovine Tuberculosis: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding his Department has provided to help tackle bovine TB outbreaks in areas of high incidence in each of the last five years.
Answer: Policy on bovine TB is devolved to governments in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In England, in the last five years, my department has spent approximately £100 million per year on disease control measures tackling bovine TB. It is not poss...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAssistance Animals: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the protection of assistance animals from abuse and neglect; and what additional steps he plans to take to improve safeguards for the
Answer: Causing unnecessary suffering to an animal, including assistance animals, is an offence under section 4 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The maximum sentence for this offence is five years imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine. Those convicted of an offen...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordParades CommissionNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland; and what steps he plans to take to help ensure (a) its decisions are transparent and (b
Answer: Decisions regarding parades in Northern Ireland are an operational matter for the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland in line with the legislation contained within the Public Processions (NI) Act 1998. Details of any determinations made by the Commiss...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAvian Influenza: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department is providing to (a) poultry farmers and (b) wildlife conservation groups to help contain the spread of avian influenza.
Answer: Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency have stood up their well-established outbreak structures to control and eradicate highly pathogenic avian influenza, restore normal trade, and assist local communities’ recovery as set out in the Notifiable Avi...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament record
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →