James Cartlidge MP: written questions
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Ukraine: Unmanned Air SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Groundbreaking Ukraine tech sharing agreement to deliver drones and support jobs, published on 10 September 2025, whether Project Octopus will solely prod
Answer: As part of the groundbreaking new technology sharing agreement with Ukraine, the first project, Octopus, will focus solely on the joint development of an advanced new air defence interceptor drone.
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to paragraph 20 of the Explanatory Notes to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, whether the statutory advisory group that will provide an opportunity for the voices of victims and survivor
Answer: The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill requires appointments to the Victims and Survivors Advisory Group to be made following consultation with relevant individuals, in order to inform the appointments process. I will publish details of who will be consulted....
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82706More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to paragraph 20 of the Explanatory Notes to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, whether the requirement for the Legacy Commission and coroners to consider the welfare of witnesses when req
Answer: The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill includes strong safeguards for veterans that were not included in the 2023 Act, and that respond directly to the concerns expressed during engagements that the Government has undertaken. The Government is also taking for...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to paragraph 20 of the Explanatory Notes to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, whether seeking anonymity when giving evidence remotely to the Legacy Commission will include alleged member
Answer: The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill includes strong safeguards for veterans that were not included in the 2023 Act, and that respond directly to the concerns expressed during engagements that the Government has undertaken. The Government is also taking for...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82704More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to paragraph 20 of the Explanatory Notes to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, whether right to give evidence remotely will include alleged members of paramilitary organisations.
Answer: The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill includes strong safeguards for veterans that were not included in the 2023 Act, and that respond directly to the concerns expressed during engagements that the Government has undertaken. The Government is also taking for...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82703More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to paragraph 20 of the Explanatory Notes to the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill, whether protection from repeated investigations will include alleged members of paramilitary organisations.
Answer: The Northern Ireland Troubles Bill includes strong safeguards for veterans that were not included in the 2023 Act, and that respond directly to the concerns expressed during engagements that the Government has undertaken. The Government is also taking for...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will publish a list of inquests that could be reopened as a result of repealing the Northern Ireland Legacy Act 2023 and replacing it with the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill 2025.
Answer: Under the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill those inquests that had started and were halted by the Legacy Act, of which there are 9, will be able to resume. All other cases which were in the coronial system but had not commenced (24 in total) will be subject...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTerrorism: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 16 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the number of civil cases expected to be reopened as a result of repealing the Northern Ireland Legacy Act 2023 and replacing it with the Northern Ireland Troubles Bill 2025.
Answer: The 2023 Legacy Act did not prohibit Troubles-related civil cases from proceeding, meaning that over 700 cases remain in the judicial system. The Legacy Act’s retrospective bar on new civil cases was found to be incompatible with our human rights obligati...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Training Aids: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to ban the use of electric shock collars.
Answer: The Government is currently considering available evidence around the use of hand-controlled e-collars and their effects on the welfare of animals. We will be outlining more detail on next steps in due course.
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPalm OilDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78357More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to reduce the use of palm oil in food products sold in the UK.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting sustainable production, trade, and use of palm oil, not reducing it. Leading by example, The Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering Services (GBSF) require in-scope public sector procurers to ensure tha...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPalm OilDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the levels of palm oil used in food products sold in the UK on farmers in South Suffolk.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting sustainable production, trade, and use of palm oil, not reducing it. Leading by example, The Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering Services (GBSF) require in-scope public sector procurers to ensure tha...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPalm OilDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78355More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department has provided to food manufacturers on local alternatives to palm oil.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting sustainable production, trade, and use of palm oil, not reducing it. Leading by example, The Government Buying Standards for Food and Catering Services (GBSF) require in-scope public sector procurers to ensure tha...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: South SuffolkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of planned Integrated Care Board cuts on the delivery of the NHS 10-year plan in South Suffolk.
Answer: As part of our 10-Year Health Plan, integrated care boards (ICBs) will become strategic commissioners with responsibility for using multi-year budgets to enhance local population health while achieving efficiencies. NHS England provided additional guidanc...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: South SuffolkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78353More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to Integrated Care Boards on patient care in South Suffolk.
Answer: As part of our 10-Year Health Plan, integrated care boards (ICBs) will become strategic commissioners with responsibility for using multi-year budgets to enhance local population health while achieving efficiencies. NHS England provided additional guidanc...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: South SuffolkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of financial cuts to Integrated Care Boards on NHS service delivery in South Suffolk.
Answer: As part of our 10-Year Health Plan, integrated care boards (ICBs) will become strategic commissioners with responsibility for using multi-year budgets to enhance local population health while achieving efficiencies. NHS England provided additional guidanc...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: South SuffolkDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of financial cuts to Integrated Care Boards on patients in South Suffolk.
Answer: As part of our 10-Year Health Plan, integrated care boards (ICBs) will become strategic commissioners with responsibility for using multi-year budgets to enhance local population health while achieving efficiencies. NHS England provided additional guidanc...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that planned service upgrades to breast cancer screening capacity are delivered on time.
Answer: Since 2023, ten new mobile breast screening units and nine new static breast screening units have been provided, alongside 37 wider upgrades covering hardware, software and live remote access for existing units.Breast screening services are commissioned r...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTrastuzumab DeruxtecanDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78349More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support access to Enhertu for patients with secondary breast cancer.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes independent, evidence-based recommendations for the National Health Service in England on whether new licensed medicines should be routinely funded for eligible patients based on an evalua...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBreast Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on providing new breast cancer screening units.
Answer: Since 2023, ten new mobile breast screening units and nine new static breast screening units have been provided, alongside 37 wider upgrades covering hardware, software and live remote access for existing units.Breast screening services are commissioned r...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence Growth BoardMinistry of DefenceTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78347More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 October 2025 to Question 64587 on Defence Growth Board, on which dates the Defence Growth Board has met since 3 April 2025; and who attended.
Answer: The Defence Growth Board met on 30 July 2025. It was attended by the Secretary of State for Defence, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of State for Business, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Permanent Secretary, the MOD interim National Armament...
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRadar: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the incoming Chief of the Air Staff on the acceleration of E-Scan Radar procurement.
Answer: There have not yet been any discussions between the Secretary of State for Defence and the incoming Chief of the Air Staff on the acceleration of procurement of the Eurofighter Common Radar System Mk2 Radar.
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRadar: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to accelerate the procurement of E-Scan Radar for the Royal Air Force.
Answer: The UK, our partner Nations and Eurofighter industries are working jointly to deliver the Phase 4 Enhancement programme which will enable delivery of European Common Radar System Mk2 into service on RAF Typhoon by the end of the decade. Opportunities are ...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRadar: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77574More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department expects to spend on E-Scan radar procurement in each financial year of the current Parliament.
Answer: There is an approved budget of £2.35 billion to deliver the Eurofighter Common Radar System Mk2 within Eurofighter Phase 4 Enhancements to be fitted to RAF Typhoon aircraft. A number of contracts for development have been committed, with production and in...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77573More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department had discussions with Lord Mandelson on defence procurement contracts between 10 February and 11 September 2025.
Answer: As Ambassador to the United States, Lord Mandelson met regularly with senior officials to discuss a range of issues across the UK-US relationship, including opportunities for closer collaboration on technology partnership, AUKUS and other ways to deepen t...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department had discussions with Lord Mandelson on procurement contracts between 10 February and 11 September 2025.
Answer: As former Ambassador to the United States, Lord Mandelson met regularly with senior Defence officials to discuss a range of issues across the UK-US relationship, including opportunities for closer collaboration on our technology partnership, defence capab...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
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