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Ian Byrne MP: written questions

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

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4 published records · newest first.

Written questions

  • Paternity Leave and Paternity Pay: Self-employedDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 10 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 28829More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing an equivalent paid paternity entitlement to self-employed fathers and partners who are not eligib

    Answer: No published answer in this record yet.

    Original Parliament record
  • Paternity Leave and Paternity PayDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 10 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 28828More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the rate of Statutory Paternity Pay on (a) take-up of paternity leave and (b) the amount of paternity leave

    Answer: No published answer in this record yet.

    Original Parliament record
  • Paternity Leave and Paternity PayDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 10 Sept 2026Awaiting answerUIN 28827More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will make it his policy to (a) increase the statutory entitlement to paternity leave to at least six weeks and (b) to pay that leave at 90 percent of average weekly earnings.

    Answer: No published answer in this record yet.

    Original Parliament record
  • Antidumping DutiesDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled 7 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 27566More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, for what reason has the Trade Remedies Authority has initiated an interim review into potential changes to anti-dumping duties.

    Answer: The Trade Remedies Authority self-initiated an interim review on the existing anti-dumping measure on imports of ceramic tableware and kitchenware from China on 20 July 2026. The TRA publicly set out the reasons for initiating the review on their public f...

    Answered 15 Sept 2026

    Original Parliament record
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4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.

View as listCabinet Office: 3Cabinet Office3Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade: 4Department for Business, Innova…4Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: 2Department for Environment, Foo…2Department of Health and Social Care: 5Department of Health and Social…5Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: 12Ministry of Housing, Communitie…12Treasury: 2Treasury2
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4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality. Published records do not measure effort or effectiveness. Methodology.
Department or topicPublished records
Cabinet Office3
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade4
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs2
Department of Health and Social Care5
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government12
Treasury2

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