Sammy Wilson MP: written questions
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Written questions
Smoking: Northern IrelandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had recent discussions with his EU counterparts on the legality of the proposed generational smoking ban in Northern Ireland.
Answer: In preparation of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, the Government has considered all its domestic and international obligations. The Government engages with the European Union and member states on a wide variety of issues, including matters relating to Norther...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSmoking: Northern IrelandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential enforcement challenges associated with implementing the proposed generational smoking ban in Northern Ireland.
Answer: Measures in the Tobacco and Vapes Bill will strengthen enforcement and will help to ensure the successful implementation of the smoke-free generation policy. Age of sale restrictions for tobacco products are already in place in Northern Ireland, with enfo...
Answered 23 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSmoking: Northern IrelandDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department (a) sought and (b) received legal advice on the compatibility of the generational smoking ban proposed in the Tobacco and Vapes Bill with the Windsor Framework, particularly
Answer: In preparation of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, the Government has considered all its domestic and international obligations. The Government does not disclose whether it has sought or received legal advice.
Answered 28 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFishing Catches: White FishDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that North Sea cod is fished at sustainable levels.
Answer: The Government is committed to restoring our stocks to sustainable levels and supporting the long-term viability of the UK fishing industry. This is in line with our domestic and international obligations, including those of the Fisheries Act 2020 and Joi...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFishing LimitsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to ensure that all commercial fish stocks have catch limits that do not exceed scientific advice.
Answer: The Government is committed to restoring our stocks to sustainable levels and supporting the long-term viability of the UK fishing industry. This is in line with our domestic and international obligations, including those of the Fisheries Act 2020 and Joi...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFishing LimitsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 81274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of commercial fish stocks have catch limits set (a) at and (b) below levels recommended by scientific advice.
Answer: We strive to improve the sustainability of our fisheries and publish an annual independent assessment of the outcomes of our negotiations to set catch limits with other coastal states. The Government’s independent report for 2025 found that 46% of all ass...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of Extended Producer Responsibility costs on the beer and pub sector.
Answer: The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues, including the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on a range of issues, including the potential impact of Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) costs on obligated producers, ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDeposit Return Schemes: VATDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the application of VAT to unredeemed deposits within the Deposit Return Scheme on (a) inflation and (b) consume
Answer: HM Treasury, as the lead department, and HM Revenue & Customs are continuing to consider the best way of accounting for VAT on DRS deposits and will set out further detail in due course. The Government is committed to ensuring that the DRS operate eff...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Supply ChainsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that overseas farmers and workers involved in UK agricultural supply chains are receiving living incomes.
Answer: The UK Government is committed to advancing free and fair trade around the world that is inclusive, sustainable and reduces poverty. To do this, the UK supports a range of initiatives to drive inclusive growth and create more and better jobs at scale, inc...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle unsustainable (a) purchasing practices, (b) pricing structures and (c) business models by UK businesses.
Answer: The Government expects all UK companies to respect human rights, workers’ rights and the environment throughout their operations and supply chains in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Responsible Business Cond...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation on (a) human rights and (b) environmental due diligence for businesses; and if he will make an assessment of the potenti
Answer: The UK has a range of measures in place to promote responsible business conduct. In the Trade Strategy, the Government launched a review into the UK’s approach to responsible business conduct, focused on tackling human rights and labour abuses and environ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he plans to take to ensure that companies are held to account when they fail to prevent (a) human rights abuses and (b) environmental harms in their supply chains.
Answer: The UK has a range of measures in place to promote responsible business conduct. In the Trade Strategy, the Government launched a review into the UK’s approach to responsible business conduct, focused on tackling human rights and labour abuses and environ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he expects the review of responsible business conduct to (a) conclude and (b) report any policy recommendations.
Answer: In the Trade Strategy, the Government launched a review into the UK’s approach to responsible business conduct, focused on tackling human rights and labour abuses and environmental harms in global supply chains. The Government is progressing the review at...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure the views of producers in the Global South involved in UK supply chains are factored into (a) his Department's review of responsible business conduct and (b) any polic
Answer: In the Trade Strategy, the Government launched a review into the UK’s approach to responsible business conduct, focused on tackling human rights and labour abuses, modern slavery, and environmental harms in global supply chains. Throughout the review, we ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the existing legislative framework for dealing with (a) human rights and (b) environmental harms in UK businesses supply chains.
Answer: The UK has a range of measures in place to promote responsible business conduct across the economy. In the Trade Strategy, the Government launched a review into the UK's approach to responsible business conduct, focused on tackling human rights and labour...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all companies are legally obliged to prevent (a) human rights abuses and (b) environmental harms in their supply chains.
Answer: The UK has a range of measures in place to promote responsible business conduct. In the Trade Strategy, the Government launched a review into the UK’s approach to responsible business conduct, focused on tackling human rights and labour abuses and environ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: RegulationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make (a) human rights and (b) environmental due diligence mandatory for businesses.
Answer: The UK has a range of measures in place to promote responsible business conduct. In the Trade Strategy, the Government launched a review into the UK’s approach to responsible business conduct, focused on tackling human rights and labour abuses and environ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Excise Duties and VATDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to prevent off-road motorcycles being declared as (a) used vehicles and (b) components of vehicles.
Answer: There is no legal requirement for vehicles to be registered and licensed if they are used exclusively off the public roads. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does operate a voluntary registration scheme for off-road vehicles, which can assist...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Excise Duties and VATTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78062More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of HMRC's approach to preventing (a) VAT and (b) duty evasion in the off-road motorcycle industry.
Answer: HMRC collected a record £858.9 billion in taxes in 2024/25, an increase of 3.7% from the year before, which included £171.0 billion in VAT. HMRC has a strong track record in tackling all kinds of non-compliance. HMRC takes a risk-based and intelligence-le...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Excise Duties and VATTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78061More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) VAT and (b) customs duty lost as a result of (i) undervaluation and (ii) misclassification of (A) imported off-road motorcycles and (B) related parts in each of the l
Answer: HMRC estimates the size of the tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax that should, in theory, be paid to HMRC, and what is actually paid. The tax gap statistics and details of the estimate methodologies are published annually and are a...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCuba: Religious FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to the Cuban authorities on the detention of religious leaders; and what steps she is taking to ensure the promotion of religious freedom in
Answer: The UK remains committed to championing freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) for all. No one should live in fear because of their faith. Our relationship with Cuba allows for frank dialogue, including on matters on which we do not agree. We continue to ra...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal ExperimentsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to phase out the use of animals for the production of antibodies.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for East Antrim to the answer of 23rd of June 2025 to Question 59903.
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPakistan: AhmadiyyaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his Pakistani counterpart following the assassination of Dr Sheikh Mahmood in Sargodha, Punjab, in May; and what steps he is taking to hel
Answer: Promoting the rights of religious minorities is a core part of the UK's diplomatic engagement in Pakistan. On 31 March 2025, I discussed the deteriorating situation for Ahmadi Muslims with Pakistan's Minister of State for Interior Talal Chaudhry. On 5 Jun...
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPigs: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to ensure that approved methods of killing piglets on farms are being adhered to through proactive inspections.
Answer: The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has legal powers under Section 28 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to inspect farm premises. These inspections help ensure that animals bred or kept for farming purposes are treated in accordance with welfare regula...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordFarms: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in what way is the Animal and Plant Health Agency verifying that approved methods are used in (a) farms with large integrated businesses and (b) other sized farms.
Answer: The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has legal powers under Section 28 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to inspect farm premises. These inspections help ensure that animals bred or kept for farming purposes are treated in accordance with welfare regula...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
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