Scott Arthur MP: written questions
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Food: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with Food Standards Scotland and the Food Standards Agency on braille food labelling under the UK Food Compositional Standards and Labelling Com
Answer: The availability and accessibility of essential food information to all consumers is vitally important. All food sold on the UK market must comply with food labelling rules, which include the requirement for specific information to be presented in a speci...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114548More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to undertake similar evidence gathering to Food Standards Scotland's Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment on braille food labelling in England.
Answer: The availability and accessibility of essential food information to all consumers is vitally important. All food sold on the UK market must comply with food labelling rules, which include the requirement for specific information to be presented in a speci...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFood: LabellingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114547More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what evidence her Department is gathering on braille food labelling in England; and what discussions her Department has had with a) vision impaired consumers, b) braille users and c) d
Answer: The availability and accessibility of essential food information to all consumers is vitally important. All food sold on the UK market must comply with food labelling rules, which include the requirement for specific information to be presented in a speci...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordConsent to Medical TreatmentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of informed consent guidance in protecting NHS clinicians from subsequent legal challenge where animal-derived ingredients are used in medicines or treat
Answer: No assessment has been made of the adequacy of informed consent guidance in protecting National Health Service clinicians from subsequent legal challenge where animal-derived ingredients are used in medicines or treatments without explicit disclosure.
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: BatteriesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with counterparts in the European Union regarding regulatory alignment on battery passports for electric vehicles.
Answer: The Secretary of State has not had discussions with counterparts in the European Union regarding regulatory alignment on battery passports for electric vehicles. Defra is currently reviewing the producer responsibility legislation for batteries. This revi...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBowel Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to support endoscopy services to ensure the increased test sensitivity in the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme to 80ug/g is rolled out by 2028 without impacting on colonosc
Answer: NHS England has undertaken detailed modelling to understand the diagnostic and workforce capacity required to support a reduction in the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) threshold within the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in England. NHS England has wor...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBowel Cancer: ScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the diagnostic and workforce capacity required to increase the test sensitivity threshold in the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme to 80ug/g by 2028.
Answer: NHS England has undertaken detailed modelling to understand the diagnostic and workforce capacity required to support a reduction in the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) threshold within the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in England. NHS England has wor...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordReading: ScotlandScotland OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112734More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps his Department is taking to promote the National Year of Reading in Scotland.
Answer: The National Year of Reading is a UK-wide campaign to address the steep decline in reading enjoyment amongst children, young people and adults. For example, only this week our delivery partner for this campaign, the National Literacy Trust, revealed that ...
Answered 25 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBBC World ServiceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the BBC World Service in countering state-backed disinformation from (a) Russia, (b) China and (c) Iran.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answers provided on 10 September 2025 in response to Questions 70439 and 70440.
Answered 24 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: Visual ImpairmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Access to Work awards for blind and partially sighted customers had support worker hours reduced at the point of renewal, in each of the last three years.
Answer: The Department does not hold this data. Determining this information would require manually reviewing individual applications which would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: Visual ImpairmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training Access to Work staff receive on assessing the needs of blind and partially sighted customers.
Answer: Access to Work staff are trained to take account of the customer’s own declaration of the support they need within the context of the Access to Work regulations. If more information is required to determine an award, a workplace assessment referral is mad...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNutritionDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112262More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of introducing the 2018 Nutrient Profiling Model on business investment in the food and drink sector.
Answer: As set out in our 10-Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future, we will take decisive action on the obesity crisis, easing the strain on our National Health Service and creating the healthiest generation of children ever. As part of this, the Gover...
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes Plan: Electric VehiclesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Department has considered expanding the remit of the Warm Homes programme to provide impartial and reliable guidance on electric vehicle adoption and associated technologies, simi
Answer: One of the main objectives of the Warm Homes Agency is to provide reliable, impartial advice to support consumers through their home decarbonisation journey and the Government will be taking learnings from other trusted sources to aid its design of the Ag...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to provide financial incentives to support the adoption of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology.
Answer: Government is committed to supporting the rapid development and adoption of Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) technology as it has the potential to reduce the cost of electric vehicle (EV) ownership whilst supporting the rapid decarbonisation of our energy system and...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAviation: TrainingDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions her Department has had with industry on the number of flight instructors; and assessment she has made of the capacity of flight schools to train commercial airline pilots.
Answer: Ministers and officials engage regularly with industry and trade bodies (including the British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) on all aviation skills issues. As the UK aviation sector operates predominantly in the private sector, it is for individual ...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordInfant Mortality: Bereavement CounsellingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110580More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his department has made of the findings of the Held in Our Hearts Impact Report on hospital-to-home bereavement support for families following the loss of a baby.
Answer: We recognise the importance of supporting the transition from the hospital to home for bereaved families, so that support is always available when families need it most.Held in Our Hearts is a Scottish Charity supporting Health Boards in Scotland, and hea...
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordWomen: Public PlacesWomen and EqualitiesTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110579More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress has been made on the development and publication of guidance on access to single-sex spaces for women; and when she expects this guidance to be published.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to Lord Collins’s answer to Lord Rooker’s oral question in the House of Lords, dated 2 February 2026, which provides the information you requested:“The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Code of Practice for Services, Public Fu...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordGaza: Médecins Sans FrontièresForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with international counterparts to ensure Doctors Without Borders are able to access Gaza to provide aid to Palestinians.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the statement to the House I made on 5 January, and to the joint statement issued by the Foreign Secretary and several of her counterparts on 30 December, available on GOV.UK here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jointstatemen...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordShipping: UK Emissions Trading SchemeDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether funding from expansion of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to maritime will be used to support maritime decarbonisation.
Answer: Receipts from the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) support the Government’s priorities, including spending that helps deliver the transition to net zero. The Government recognises that decarbonising the maritime sector requires a suite of policies, and ...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading Scheme: ShippingScotland OfficeTabled 2 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on using funds raised by the expansion of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to support maritime decarbonisation projects in Scotland.
Answer: The Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy set out the key policies which will together deliver decarbonisation of the sector, including the role of energy efficiency, port decarbonisation and fuel regulation alongside emission pricing through the UK Emissions...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109681More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the road safety strategy on deaths and serious injuries from cycling and walking.
Answer: The Road Safety Strategy sets an ambitious target to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on British roads by 65% by 2035. This target will focus the efforts of road safety partners across Britain, with measures to protect vulnerable ro...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCycling and Electric Bicycles: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what will be the remit of the new Road Safety Investigation Branch in relation to cycling and e-bikes.
Answer: Improving road safety is a key priority. Injuries and fatalities from road collisions caused by driving are unacceptable, and this Government is working hard to prevent these tragedies for all road users including cyclists. The detailed remit of the Road ...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDeveloping Countries: Natural ResourcesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what initiatives her Department supports that mitigate adverse effects of resource extraction on low-income countries.
Answer: The UK works with resource-rich developing countries to reduce potential negative impacts of resource extraction. Programming through the Jobs and Inclusive Growth Centre of Excellence supports the sustainable development of critical mineral resources acr...
Answered 9 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordConsumption and Supply Chains: Developing CountriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK consumption and supply chains do not indirectly contribute to (a) deprivation and (b) exploitative conditions in lower-income countries.
Answer: This Government is committed to rooting out human rights and labour abuses from global supply chains. We support responsible business conduct standards to accelerate the positive contribution of companies to sustainable development and help businesses avo...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCarbon EmissionsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has considered international policy frameworks that distribute responsibility for emissions reductions to account for historic and present inequalities between high-emitting and lo
Answer: Under the Paris Agreement, 194 parties have committed to act to limit global warming. It is right that developed countries should take the lead by undertaking economy-wide absolute emission reduction targets. However, every country must accelerate action ...
Answered 6 Feb 2026
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