Max Wilkinson MP: written questions
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Xinjiang: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what response he received from his Chinese counterparts on the concerns he raised about human rights abuses in Xinjiang in October 2024.
Answer: I am not able to comment on the details of discussions with international counterparts. The effective conduct of the UK's international relations depends upon maintaining the trust and confidence of other states and international organisations.This Govern...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUyghurs: Human RightsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress his Department has made with international counterparts on cooperating to protect the human rights of Uyghurs.
Answer: This Government will stand firm on human rights, including in Xinjiang, where China continues to persecute and arbitrarily detain Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim minorities.We will continue to work closely with international partners in a number of...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: UyghursForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has implemented the recommendations of the Second Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Session 2021-22 on Never Again: The UK's Responsibility to
Answer: The UK has carefully considered and implemented several of the Foreign Affairs Committee's recommendations on responding to human rights violations in China since 2021. This Government will stand firm on human rights, including in Xinjiang, where China co...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHorse Racing: BettingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to intervene in negotiations on the Horserace Betting Levy to (a) increase the rate to 11.5% and (b) include overseas races within the scope of that levy.
Answer: The Horserace Betting Levy is vital for the financial sustainability of horseracing. The Government believes a voluntary deal is the fastest path towards delivering appropriate funding for the sport. We continue to encourage the betting and racing industr...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGambling: InternetTreasuryTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70095More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the harmonisation of gambling duty rates on levels of promotion of more addictive forms of online gaming.
Answer: The Government consultation on proposals to simplify the current gambling tax system by merging the three current taxes that cover remote (including online) gambling into one closed on 21 July 2025. Responses are now being analysed and a response to the c...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHorse Racing: GamblingTreasuryTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70094More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposals in her Department’s consultation on the harmonisation of gambling duty rate on the horseracing industry.
Answer: The Government consultation on proposals to simplify the current gambling tax system by merging the three current taxes that cover remote (including online) gambling into one closed on 21 July 2025. Responses are now being analysed and a response to the c...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTickets: ToutingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which Department will present the bill on regulating secondary ticketing markets.
Answer: The government is committed to putting fans back at the heart of live events by clamping down on exploitative practices in the ticket resale market. We ran a consultation earlier this year to seek views on a range of proposals, including a price cap that ...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordInternet: FraudDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act 2023 for preventing fraud.
Answer: The Online Safety Act now requires in-scope platforms to implement effective measures to prevent illegal fraudulent user-generated content and activity. Ofcom has launched an enforcement programme to monitor compliance with the illegal content duties and ...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFraud: InternetHome OfficeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the Online Safety Act 2023 in preventing fraud.
Answer: The Online Safety Act (OSA) was passed in November 2023 and requires all in-scope platforms to tackle fraud on their platforms. The OSA’s first codes, dealing with illegal content, came into effect and were enforceable from March 2025. This means that all...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTickets: ToutingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the contribution of secondary ticketing platforms to the economy.
Answer: Earlier this year, the government consulted on the resale of live events tickets to seek views on a range of proposals aimed at improving fairness for consumers – including a price cap that would restrict the price at which tickets could lawfully be resol...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTickets: ToutingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 15 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many meetings ministers in his Department have had with secondary ticketing platforms since July 2024.
Answer: Details of the Department for Business and Trade’s ministerial meetings can be found at Gov.uk.
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMedia: Foreign Investment in UKHome OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of foreign governments investing in UK media on national security.
Answer: As a matter of long-standing policy, we do not comment on the detail of security and intelligence issues.More generally, the Government is committed to a pluralistic media landscape, where citizens are able to access information from a range of sources in...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordState Retirement Pensions: ExpenditureDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what comparative assessment she has made of the level of spending as a proportion of GDP on the state pension (a) other European nations, (b) other developed economies and (c) the UK.
Answer: It is difficult to make comprehensive direct comparisons between different countries’ spending on State Pensions as a proportion of GDP because there are many fundamental differences in the types of system and the wider social and economic contexts. There...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: Artificial IntelligenceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of greater use of artificial intelligence in workplaces on welfare spending.
Answer: We are already witnessing AI’s impact on the labour market: transforming the workplace, demanding new skills and changing the jobs landscape. We remain mindful of this impact and its effect on the UK workforce and DWP customers, whilst working to harness ...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIntellectual Property: ArtsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, which organisations have been invited to meet his Department in plenary sessions to discuss the intellectual property rights of creative industries.
Answer: The Government has committed to establishing stakeholder working groups to inform the development of policy on copyright and AI.In line with debates in Parliament on the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, the Secretaries of State for the Department for Scien...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNewspaper Press: OwnershipHome OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of foreign (a) company and (b) government ownership of British media on national security.
Answer: As a matter of long-standing policy, we do not comment on the detail of security and intelligence issues.More generally, the Government is committed to a pluralistic media landscape, where citizens are able to access information from a range of sources in...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNewspaper Press: OwnershipDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64912More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the partial
Answer: The new foreign state intervention (FSI) regime, set out in the Entreprise Act 2002, seeks to preserve the freedom of the press. It applies to all foreign powers that may seek to acquire control or influence a UK newspaper or news periodical and will be a...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNewspaper Press: OwnershipDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the press release of 15 May 2025 entitled Media law reforms to boost press sustainability and protect independence, whether a company (a) wholly owned by and (b) under the major
Answer: The new foreign state intervention (FSI) regime, set out in the Entreprise Act 2002, seeks to preserve the freedom of the press. It applies to all foreign powers that may seek to acquire control or influence a UK newspaper or news periodical and will be a...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArts: Economic GrowthDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential conflict between the impact of exemptions to copyright law for AI development on the creative sector and the creative sector being listed
Answer: The government’s Industrial Strategy identifies eight growth-driving sectors with the greatest growth potential over the next decade including the Creative Industries, with more detail in the Creative Industries Sector Plan. As part of this, we have said ...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: CateringDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department will have direct responsibility for the quality of (a) hot drinks and (b) other catering on nationalised rail services.
Answer: Catering services are a matter for each train operating company, whether publicly or privately owned, and they are responsible for their catering offer. The Department expects operators to tailor their catering provision to local needs while driving value...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth Yemen: General Service MedalMinistry of DefenceTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of awarding the General Service Medal to military veterans who served in Aden during the early 1960s.
Answer: The award of the General Service Medal (GSM) for those who served in Aden during the early 1960s would be a matter for the independent Advisory Military Sub-Committee (AMSC) to consider, rather than the Ministry of Defence (MOD). The AMSC is a sub-committ...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust and Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his speech to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists World Congress, published on 23 June 2025, what his planned timetable is for the NHS Chief Executive and Chief
Answer: An initial meeting between the Chief Executive of the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the NHS Chief Executive, and the Chief Nursing Officer for England to discuss maternity and neonatal services took place on 25 June 2025. Further in-dept...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: FinanceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62402More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of regional investment groups introduced under the SME Finance Charter.
Answer: The SME Finance Charter was an awareness-raising initiative introduced in 2019 and updated in 2022 following the Covid-19 pandemic.The British Business Bank's Nations and Regions Investment Funds provide debt and equity finance to businesses outside Londo...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat Western Main Line: Rolling StockDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the Great Western Railway franchise fleet maintenance regime.
Answer: My officials receive regular updates from Great Western Railway (GWR) with regard to its train fleet. Detailed maintenance arrangements are a matter for GWR, its maintenance providers and the rolling stock owning companies. GWR works closely with its main...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat Western Main Line: Rolling StockDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the mechanical adequacy of Great Western Railway's fleet of trains.
Answer: My officials receive regular updates from Great Western Railway (GWR) with regard to its train fleet. Detailed maintenance arrangements are a matter for GWR, its maintenance providers and the rolling stock owning companies. GWR works closely with its main...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
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