Priti Patel MP: written questions 2025
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Syria: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the steps taken by the interim Syrian regime on (a) the (i) identification and (ii) the safe disposal of chemical weapons and (b) t
Answer: The UK welcomes the Syrian Government's commitment to ridding Syria of the Assad regime's chemical weapons. We continue to engage the Syrian Government to support their efforts to locate, secure and destroy chemical weapons left by the Assad regime. The U...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHay'at Tahrir al-ShamHome OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's joint press release entitled UK removes Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham from terrorist organisation list, published on 21 October 2025, whether she has placed conditions on Ha
Answer: HTS was proscribed as an alias of Al Qa’ida in 2017. The Government no longer assesses HTS to be an alias of AQ.Deproscription decisions are not taken lightly. The Home Secretary is supported in her decision making by a robust process which involves subst...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: TurkeyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Prime Minister discussed (a) Russian oil imports and (b) the refining of oil from Russia by Turkish-based companies during his meeting with the President of Turke
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the oral statement on Ukraine made by the Foreign Secretary on 15 October 2025.
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: EmbassiesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to her joint letter with the Home Secretary to the Planning Inspectorate on the Chinese Embassy, dated 14 January 2025, what discussions her Department had wit
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to question 24158.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHay'at Tahrir al-ShamHome OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's joint press release entitled UK removes Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham from terrorist organisation list, published on 21 October 2025, on what date she commenced the process
Answer: HTS was proscribed as an alias of Al Qa’ida in 2017. The Government no longer assesses HTS to be an alias of AQ.The decision to remove HTS as an alias of Al Qa’ida was based on assessments and relevant information available at the time. Every proscription...
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with countries who signed the Gaza peace plan on disarming Hamas.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 29 October to Question 83047.
Answered 12 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations her Department has received from Chinese counterparts on the China Audit.
Answer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office officials speak regularly with the Chinese Government on a range of issues. The reaction of Chinese officials to the conclusion of the China audit is a matter of public record, and a statement from the Chinese ...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Influence Registration Scheme: ChinaHome OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason she has not placed China on the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.
Answer: No decision has been made in relation to specifying China on the enhanced tier of FIRS. As I set out in the House of Commons on 13th October, we look very carefully at any question of whether to place a particular country on the enhanced tier of the schem...
Answered 30 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with Chinese counterparts on the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme since 5 July 2024; and what discussions (a) ministers and (b) o
Answer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office officials speak regularly with the Chinese Government about a range of issues.Decisions on which foreign powers will be placed on the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme are taken on a co...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: National Security AdviserForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, If she will publish a list of all meetings between Jonathan Powell and (a) ministers and (b) officials in her Department during which China was discussed.
Answer: It has been the clear, consistent and longstanding policy not to provide details on any of the National Security Adviser's meetings.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, If she will publish all (a) ministerial level contacts and (b) senior official level contacts between the UK and China since 5 July 2025.
Answer: Meetings between Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office ministers and senior representatives of the Chinese government can be found through publicly accessible means either on GOV.UK or ministers' social media accounts. As per usual diplomatic pract...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to announce regulated rail fare changes for 2026.
Answer: No decisions have been taken on the regulated fares change for 2026, but our aim is that prices balance affordability for both passengers and taxpayers. There will be an update on changes to regulated rail fares in due course.
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEast Anglia Rail Franchise: IncomeDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of income from East Anglia rail services in each of the next five financial years.
Answer: I expect Greater Anglia to continue to grow passenger numbers and income. I expect Greater Anglia will remain a net contributor, with the exact net contribution amounts and income levels to be agreed during the rolling business planning process.
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEast Anglia Rail Franchise: NationalisationDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 70427 on East Anglia Rail Franchise: Nationalisation, whether she plans to (a) sign and (b) publish the Services Agreement before 12 October 2025; what the
Answer: The Services Agreement with the new public sector operator will come into force as Greater Anglia’s National Rail Contract expires and services transfer into public ownership on 12 October 2025. It will be made available on the Department for Transport we...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordc2c and South Western Railway: NationalisationDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on which dates services agreements were (a) signed and (b) published covering rail services on (i) C2C and (ii) South Western Railway when those franchises were brought under public ownership.
Answer: Services Agreements with South Western Railway Limited and c2c Railway Limited were signed on 23 May 2025 and 16 July 2025 and came into force on 25 May 2025 and 20 July 2025 respectively. The Agreements will be made available on the Department for Transp...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordA12: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to decommission the A12 widening scheme; and what estimate she has made of the (a) timescale and (b) cost of that process.
Answer: The Department is working with National Highways to bring the scheme to a close in an orderly way to end a long period of uncertainty for those affected. We are anticipating that the scheme will be substantially closed down by the end of 2026, with some a...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordA12: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department was informed of the Department for Transport’s decision to cancel the A12 widening scheme between junctions 19 and 25 before 8 July 2025.
Answer: The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government received confirmation that the A12 widening scheme had been cancelled on 7 July 2025. Together with National Highways and local partners, we are working through the impacts of this decision. We wi...
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when Ministers in her Department next plan to meet their Mauritian counterparts.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member back to the answer I gave her on 22 September in response to Question 75282.
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the UK-Mauritius agreement on the Chagos Archipelago on national security, in the context of trends in the number pu
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member back to the answer I gave her on 22 September in response to Question 75282. Under the terms of the agreement, the UK will exercise all rights and authorities which are required for the long-term, secure and effective operation o...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when her Department agreed with Mauritius to frontload payments under the agreement concerning the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member back to the answer I gave her on 22 September in response to Question 75282. Under the terms of the agreement, the UK will exercise all rights and authorities which are required for the long-term, secure and effective operation o...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDiego Garcia: Military BasesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77040More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when her Department agreed with Mauritius that the UK would not be entitled to exercise sovereign rights and authorities with respect to Diego Garcia.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member back to the answer I gave her on 22 September in response to Question 75282. Under the terms of the agreement, the UK will exercise all rights and authorities which are required for the long-term, secure and effective operation o...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDiego Garcia: Military BasesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when her Department agreed with Mauritius that the UK would not have the right to unilaterally extend the lease on the base at Diego Garcia.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member back to the answer I gave her on 22 September in response to Question 75282.
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordChagos Islands: SovereigntyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Minister for the Overseas Territories' answer to Q13 of the oral evidence session with the Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on 23 June 2025, when he will pub
Answer: I refer the Right Honourable Member to the answer to question 66660.
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChina: Foreign RelationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of China's Gray Zone activities in (a) Mauritius, (b) the African continent and (c) the Indo-Pacific region on UK in
Answer: We are well aware of the tactics China have deployed in various regions, and these were taken into full consideration when the UK-Mauritius Treaty was being negotiated. This is one of the reasons that we ensured robust security provisions in the treaty. B...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChagossian Trust FundForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to paragraph 49 of the House of Lords International Agreements Committee report on the UK-Mauritius Agreement on the Chagos Archipelago including Diego Garcia,
Answer: I refer the Right Honourable Member to the answer to question 75385. The response to the House of Lords International Agreements Committee report will be published shortly.Ahead of ratification, the Government will make a ministerial Statement in both Hou...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
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