Lara Bird MP: written questions

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

How these years work

Our reporting years run from 4 July to 3 July, starting with the 2024 general election. They are not official parliamentary sessions. Office costs keep IPSA’s April–March financial years. Records may cover only part of a year; a missing record does not mean no work was done.

Read what this MP said, asked and contributed in Parliament.

1 published records · newest first.

Written questions

  • ImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18508More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential financial impact of paying the Immigration Health Surcharge, National Insurance and Income Tax on individuals and families awaiting a decision on Indefini

    Answer: The government’s proposals for settlement reform were set out in the Command Paper ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’ (CP1448) and were the subject of a public consultation between 20 November 2025 and 12 February 2026.We received over 200,000 responses fro...

    Answered 16 Jul 2026

    Original Parliament record
Explore activity by topic or department

Written questions by answering department

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 listDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: 2Department for Environment, Foo…2Department for Work and Pensions: 2Department for Work and Pensions2Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: 7Foreign, Commonwealth and Devel…7Home Office: 1Home Office1Ministry of Defence: 1Ministry of Defence1Scotland Office: 3Scotland Office3
What this shows and doesn't show
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
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs2
Department for Work and Pensions2
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office7
Home Office1
Ministry of Defence1
Scotland Office3

Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →