Jeremy Corbyn MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
JuriesMinistry of JusticeTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of reforms to jury trials on minority ethnic groups.
Answer: A full Equalities Impact Assessment will be published alongside legislation as is usual practice. This will include an assessment of the potential impact of these reforms on minority ethnic groups. The criminal court reforms are not expected to impact tri...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordArms Trade: IndonesiaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his arms licensing policy in relation to Indonesia of the human rights situation in West Papua.
Answer: HM Government takes its export control responsibilities very seriously and we operate one of the most robust export control regimes in the world.We assess all export licence applications against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, including Criterion...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear Weapons: ProcurementMinistry of DefenceTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether B61-12 nuclear bombs have been delivered to the UK.
Answer: It is longstanding UK and NATO policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons at any location.
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Charges: Government AssistanceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support households with increases to water bills.
Answer: The Government expects companies to hold themselves accountable for their commitment to end Water Poverty by 2030 and will work with the sector to ensure appropriate measures are taken to this end. We are clear as Government that we expect water companies...
Answered 14 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: AccountabilityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure water companies are accountable to their users.
Answer: The Government’s Water (Special Measures) Act provide the most significant increase in enforcement powers for the regulators in a decade, giving them the teeth they need to take tougher action against water companies in the next investment period. The Act...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Nuclear WeaponsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on whether Israel is in possession of nuclear weapons.
Answer: Israel has never declared a nuclear weapons programme. The UK Government continues to encourage Israel to sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) as a non nuclear-weapon State. We regularly monitor all global nuclear developments...
Answered 4 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which defence contractors and associated corporate entities were granted sight of the Strategic Defence Review prior to its official presentation to the House.
Answer: For the launch of the Strategic Defence Review, the Government offered embargoed briefings to our people and senior defence leaders, plus certain parliamentarians, trade unions, businesses, allies and media. This was broadly consistent with the approach f...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will support the establishment of an independent public inquiry into the UK's involvement in Israeli operations in Gaza since October 2023.
Answer: The government does not support the establishment of an independent public inquiry into the UK's involvement in Israeli operations in Gaza since October 2023. The government has already set out the role of UK military operations in relation to Gaza. In su...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: FoodDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to encourage schools to buy food from local food cooperatives through the updated school food standards.
Answer: The National Procurement Policy Statement, published in February, underscores the government's commitment to increasing the procurement of food that meets higher environmental standards and upholding ethical sourcing practises across public sector contrac...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHealthy Start Scheme: Islington NorthDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many families are receiving Healthy Start in Islington North constituency.
Answer: The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) operates the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department. Monthly figures for the number of people on the digital Healthy Start scheme are published on the NHS Healthy Start website, which is available at ...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 35627 on Strategic Defence Review, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the risks identified by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority.
Answer: I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question 29127 from the hon. Member for Leyton and Wanstead on 14 February 2025.
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 4 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the red rating of the Core Production Capability programme by the Infrastructure and Projects Authority in its Annual Report on Major Projects 2023-24, publi
Answer: Infrastructure and Projects Authority delivery confidence assessments reflect a judgement at a particular point in time. They do not represent the likelihood or not of successful delivery but are a representation of the level of risk and what further miti...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEastern Europe: Armed ForcesMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the presence of UK troops as part of the NATO’s Exercise Steadfast Dart 25 in Eastern Europe on the risk of escalating tensions in that region.
Answer: In an unpredictable security environment, exacerbated by Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, we must remain ready to deter all threats and to defend all Allies. Exercises like Steadfast Dart enhance our collective defence and deterrence, and are planned...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear WeaponsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to participate in the UN study on the effects of nuclear war.
Answer: The UK voted against the United Nations General Assembly Resolution "Nuclear War Effects and Scientific Research", which proposed establishing an independent scientific panel on the effects of nuclear war, because the devastation that would be c...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear Weapons: ResearchForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what research his Department has undertaken on the consequences of nuclear war since the signature of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 1968.
Answer: The devastation that would be caused by nuclear war has been long understood and was written into the preamble of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in 1968. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's focus since then has therefore been on upholdi...
Answered 17 Feb 2025
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