Fleur Anderson MP: written questions 2026
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Cancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to appoint the independent co-chair of the National Cancer Plan implementation board, and what criteria will be used to ensure that the role is independent of government.
Answer: The National Cancer Plan, published on 4 February 2026, sets out several commitments and ambitions, to be delivered within the next 10 years. The role of the reformed National Cancer Board will be to support and monitor the delivery of the commitments and...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124917More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Cancer Plan for England, when his Department plans to publish an implementation plan and timeline for its delivery.
Answer: The National Cancer Plan, published on the 4 February, sets out several commitments and ambitions, to be delivered within the next 10 years. The plan sets out in tables at the end of each chapter what actions we will take and when we will implement them. ...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care BoardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 124916More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether ICBs that are clustered have developed individual 5-year plans as set out in the medium term planning framework or if these have been developed jointly across cluster arrangements.
Answer: Most integrated care boards (ICBs) who are clustering have provided combined plans. Where ICBs have provided individual plans, they have referenced their clustering arrangements to ensure that the strategies are aligned.
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordNuclear Power: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of implementing the Fingleton Nuclear Regulatory Review on existing environmental protections.
Answer: Defra worked closely with DESNZ and other government departments to consider how to implement the recommendations of the Nuclear Regulatory Review, whilst taking account of our international obligations and our important environmental protections. Our app...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSudan: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of the current Middle East conflict on the situation in Sudan.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the statement made by the Foreign Secretary on 5 February following her recent visit to the Chad-Sudan border.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSudan: Armed ConflictForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 121858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has she made of the potential implications for her policies of the conflict in Sudan being exacerbated by actors in the region and beyond.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the statement made by the Foreign Secretary on 5 February following her recent visit to the Chad-Sudan border.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to publish its Circular Economy Growth Plan.
Answer: This Government is committed to transitioning towards a circular economy where resources are kept in use for longer and waste is designed out. This systemic change, with investment in green jobs and vital infrastructure, builds a path to economic growth, ...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCraniocervical Instability: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120511More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures NHS England has in place to ensure patients with suspected EDS-related craniocervical instability receive appropriate physical assessment before being diagnosed with a psychological o
Answer: National clinical guidance, including guidance jointly issued by the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, explicitly instructs clinicians not to apply psychological explanations prematurely, and to conduct a full ...
Answered 31 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMarine Protected Areas: Bottom TrawlingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is her proposed timetable for publishing a decision on restricting bottom-towed fishing in 41 English marine protected areas as consulted on in 2025.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Ely and East Cambridgeshire on 13 November 2025, PQ 88509.
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMarine Protected Areas: FisheriesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to help ensure that the Environmental Improvement Plan's commitment to implement fisheries byelaws for offshore marine protected areas by the end of 2026 will be met
Answer: The Marine Management Organisation is following a four-stage process to consider necessary fisheries byelaws in our MPAs. Stages one and two are complete. A consultation on stage three which proposes further restrictions on bottom trawling in offshore MPA...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordMarine Protected Areas: Bottom TrawlingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what amount of bottom-towed fishing has taken place since June 2025 within each of the 41 English offshore marine protected areas subject to public consultation in summer 2025.
Answer: While the Marine Management Organisation can record data on gear type in MPAs as it did for the 41 English offshore marine protected areas consulted on in summer 2025, this takes significant time to compile and quality‑check.
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStructures FundDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the Structures Fund is available to be released in the 2026/27 financial year.
Answer: The Government remains committed to the plans it set out at the Spending Review, including in relation to providing £24 billion of capital funding between 2026-27 and 2029-30 to maintain and improve our motorways and local roads. This also includes £1 bil...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordStructures FundDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government still plans to allocate £1 billion through the Structures Fund for the repair of critical transport infrastructure such as bridges, flyovers and tunnels.
Answer: The Government remains committed to the plans it set out at the Spending Review, including in relation to providing £24 billion of capital funding between 2026-27 and 2029-30 to maintain and improve our motorways and local roads. This also includes £1 bil...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHammersmith Bridge TaskforceDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is the date of the next meeting of the Hammersmith Bridge task force.
Answer: A further meeting of the Hammersmith Bridge Taskforce will be held after funding arrangements for the Structures Fund have been confirmed. My officials will be in touch with relevant stakeholders in due course.
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSudan: Gender Based ViolenceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what efforts have her department made to engage with local women’s led organisations in support of survivors of violence against women and girls in Sudan.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the statement made by the Foreign Secretary on 5 February following her recent visit to the Chad-Sudan border, and to the answer she was provided on 2 March in response to Question 114073.
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSudan: Arms TradeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 116887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of her policies of flows of weapons into Sudan, supported by external parties.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the statement made by the Foreign Secretary on 5 February following her recent visit to the Chad-Sudan border.
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordUnited Nations: Older PeopleForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of committing the UK to supporting the development of a UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the response provided on 4 March 2025 to Question 33140.
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSudan: Crimes against HumanityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure accountability for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the offensive to capture El Fasher in October 2025.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the speech and accompanying statement made by the Foreign Secretary to the UN Security Council on 19 February, links to which can be found below:www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretarys-statement-on-the-un-fact-finding-missi...
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGlobal Partnership for Education: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allocating Official Development Assistance to support the upcoming replenishment of the Global Partnership for Educati
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 9 December 2025 in response to Question 95975.
Answered 25 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordGame: Gun SportsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has considered introducing a licensing system for gamebird shooting in England.
Answer: The Government recognises well-managed gamebird shooting can be an important part of a local rural economy, providing direct and indirect employment. It also appreciates that many people hold strong views on the issue of gamebird shooting and there is evi...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSudan: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of UK funding for support of communities in Sudan has gone to local organisations.
Answer: UK support to channels which provide direct funding to local responders (including through international organisations) totals £55 million from our total £146 million in aid funding for Sudan this financial year. This includes £28 million to the OCHA-led ...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSudan: SanctionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of UK sanctions on Sudanese military actors in stopping conflict in Sudan.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the statement made to the House by the Foreign Secretary on 5 February. We keep the impact of all our sanctions designations under constant review.
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSudan: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what her planned timetable is for disbursing the humanitarian assistance package for El Fasher.
Answer: In response to the humanitarian crisis in El Fasher, the Foreign Secretary announced on 1 November a £5 million uplift to UK humanitarian support, including £3 million to the UN-led Sudan Humanitarian Fund and £2 million to the International Rescue Commit...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction AgreementForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the ratification of the Global Ocean Treaty.
Answer: Following Royal Assent of the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Act (BBNJ), further secondary legislation is required before the BBNJ Agreement can be ratified by the UK. This will happen when the parliamentary timetable allows.
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSudan: Humanitarian SituationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in South Kordofan, Sudan; and what steps she is taking to help protect (a) civilians and (b) access to aid in South
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 21 January in response to Questions 106571-78.
Answered 29 Jan 2026
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