Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP: written questions 2026

Written questions

• Greenland: Foreign Influence Registration SchemeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103371More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will ensure that her Department has contingency plans in place to respond to any invasion or hostile act against Greenland by a foreign power.

  Answer: It has been the long-standing policy of the United Kingdom under successive governments never to speculate on hypothetical operational responses to hypothetical scenarios.I refer the Hon Member to the statement made to the House by the Foreign Secretary o...

  Answered 15 Jan 2026

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• Childbirth: AnaestheticsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102834More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure a sufficient supply of epidural kits across the NHS.

  Answer: There are no supply issues regarding epidural insertion kits, but there are supply issues impacting some of the usual medicines used to provide pain relief via epidural infusion. However, a range of licensed and unlicensed bags, including unlicensed impor...

  Answered 8 Jan 2026

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• Insurance: Merchant ShippingTreasuryTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 101796More

  Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has any plans to restrict UK insurance companies providing cover to vessels which ship Russian oil.

  Answer: The UK already restricts UK firms from insuring Russian oil. The UK implements the G7+ Oil Price Cap (OPC) which prohibits G7+ companies from shipping, insuring or otherwise servicing Russian oil sold above a set price to put downward pressure on Russian ...

  Answered 8 Jan 2026

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• Sexual Offences: VeteransMinistry of DefenceTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 101795More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that military veterans can report sexual abuse to their local police force in the first instance, regardless of where the alleged abuse occurred in the UK.

  Answer: A military veteran may report an alleged sexual offence to either their local police force in the UK or the Defence Serious Crime Command. Where it is an offence that may be dealt with in either the civilian criminal or Service Justice Systems, decisions ...

  Answered 12 Jan 2026

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• Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl SubstancesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 101794More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2025 to Question 99506 on Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), whether the upcoming PFAS Plan will commit to the Health & Safety

  Answer: The Government’s approach to PFAS includes consideration of appropriate regulatory interventions as well as other actions, and more details will be provided in the PFAS Plan when it is published. We recognise that PFAS is used in a wide range of contexts,...

  Answered 7 Jan 2026

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