Tonia Antoniazzi MP: written questions
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Written questions
Religious Buildings: WalesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to secure adequate funding opportunities for places of worship in Wales.
Answer: The Places of Worship Renewal Fund is focused solely on England because heritage policy is devolved. Future capital funding for Wales is supported through Barnett allocations, which provide proportional funding to the Welsh Government. As these funds are ...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordReligious Buildings: WalesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109186More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of recently announced changes to capital funding for places of worship on places of worship in Wales.
Answer: The Places of Worship Renewal Fund is focused solely on England because heritage policy is devolved. Future capital funding for Wales is supported through Barnett allocations, which provide proportional funding to the Welsh Government. As these funds are ...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordEcology: National SecurityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the National Security Assessment on Global Ecosystems, published on 20 January 2026.
Answer: Nature underpins our security, prosperity, and resilience, and understanding the threats we face from biodiversity loss is essential to addressing them effectively. The assessment published 20 January 2026 has implications across a wide range of Defra pol...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordEcology: National SecurityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her department's policies of the National Security Assessment on Global Ecosystems, published 20th January 2026.
Answer: Nature underpins our security, prosperity, and resilience, and understanding the threats we face from biodiversity loss is essential to addressing them effectively. The assessment published 20 January 2026 has implications across a wide range of Defra pol...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitality IndustryDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has considered the potential merits of integrating the growth strategy, tourism strategy, high street strategy and small business strategy with the Hospitality Sector Council’s strategy.
Answer: The Government recognises the hospitality sector’s vital contribution to growth, tourism, high streets and small businesses. To support this, the Hospitality Sector Council (HSC) was established to co-create solutions and deliver the Hospitality Strategy....
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality IndustryDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has considered implementing new terms of reference for the Hospitality Sector Council to include a) ensuring early-stage discussion with Government departments and b) fully integrating the g
Answer: The Government recognises the hospitality sector’s vital contribution to growth, tourism, high streets and small businesses. To support this, the Hospitality Sector Council (HSC) was established to co-create solutions and deliver the Hospitality Strategy....
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: Fees and ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the impairment fee under the extended producer responsibility scheme on future impairment costs.
Answer: The impairment provision is based on the bad debt experience of Defra with charging schemes that are most similar to pEPR, whilst taking into consideration the large values of some of our Notice of Liabilities. It will be subject to regular review based o...
Answered 26 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has held discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of the impairment fee on financial pressures on the British brewing sector.
Answer: Incorporating impairment provisions for bad debt in a cost recovery scheme is an expected consideration of Government as detailed in Managing Public Money guidelines and is common practice when setting fees. Additionally, Managing Public Money guidelines ...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact that the impairment fee applied under the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme will have on business cashflow and financial stab
Answer: Incorporating impairment provisions for bad debt in a cost recovery scheme is an expected consideration of Government as detailed in Managing Public Money guidelines and is common practice when setting fees. Whilst Notice of Liabilities issued under the E...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the safety of talc used in medical products.
Answer: The Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is the Government agency responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe.Additives in medicines, termed excipients, are required to comply with the stan...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DrugsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the safety of talc in medicines.
Answer: The Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is the Government agency responsible for ensuring that medicines and medical devices work and are acceptably safe.Additives in medicines, termed excipients, are required to comply with the stan...
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordFuels: Excise DutiesTreasuryTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88767More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of an increase in fuel duty on the competitiveness of (a) haulage and (b) coach operators based in Wales.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government announced continued support for people and businesses by extending the temporary 5p fuel duty cut and cancelling the planned increase in line with inflation for 2025/26. The temporary 5p cut is scheduled to expire in ...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Wealth Fund: WalesTreasuryTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 88766More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on enabling (a) hauliers and (b) coach operators in Wales to access the National Wealth Fund for investment in zero-emission vehicles and refuelling infrastruct
Answer: The National Wealth Fund is committed to ensuring the benefits of its investments are felt in all four nations of the UK. It is actively engaging with stakeholders in Wales, including with the Welsh Government and Wales Office, to identify opportunities f...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: InternetForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78430More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Taliban's decision to shut down the internet in at least 11 provinces in Afghanistan.
Answer: The Taliban's decision to shut down internet services from 29 September to 1 October was deeply concerning. It risked crippling Afghanistan's economy, causing significant issues with the delivery of vital UK aid, and cutting off vulnerable communities. Fo...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: TaxationTreasuryTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 905559More
Question: What assessment she has made of the potential impact of levels of taxation on the hospitality sector.
Answer: Businesses in our retail, hospitality and leisure sectors are foundational to our economy and our high streets, and we are supporting them to succeed.From 2026-27, we will introduce a permanently lower business rates multiplier for retail, hospitality and...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWomen: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers of 16 April 2025 on Northern Ireland.
Answer: Equal opportunities and anti-discrimination law remain devolved matters in Northern Ireland, and the Equality Act 2010 does not apply in Northern Ireland (save in some very limited areas).We expect those affected by the Supreme Court judgment in the ‘For ...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTennis: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with the Lawn Tennis Association on the provision of funding for (a) tennis and (b) padel facilities.
Answer: The Government is determined to ensure that everyone has access to quality sport and physical activity opportunities. That is why we have committed at least £400 million to transform facilities across the whole of the nation following the Spending Review....
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOil: Seas and OceansDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he plans to take to help tackle chronic oil pollution in UK seas.
Answer: The UK has a comprehensive environmental regulatory regime for the offshore oil and gas sector which is administered by the Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning (OPRED). The regime ensures that provisions are in place to minimi...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Protocol and Windsor FrameworkNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51137More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether she plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of new (a) policy and (b) legislation on (i) Northern Ireland-Republic of Ireland and (ii) Great Britain-Northern Ireland trade and coopera
Answer: The development of all UK Government policy and legislation will always consider possible impacts, including where required the completion of an impact assessment. As set out in the Safeguarding the Union command paper, public authorities must also includ...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTofersenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of access to Tofersen through the Early Access Programme for people with SOD1 motor neurone disease.
Answer: Companies may put in place Early Access Programmes (EAPs) to allow for early access to new medicines that do not yet have a marketing authorisation. Participation in EAPs is decided at an individual National Health Service trust level, and under these pro...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpirit AerosystemsNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he most recently met with (a) Airbus and (b) other relevant stakeholders to discuss the future of Spirit AeroSystems; and what was discussed at each meeting.
Answer: I discussed the future of Spirit Aerosystems in meetings with Airbus on 25 November 2024 and 23 April 2025, the trade unions on 29 January 2025, and the Minister for the Economy, Caoimhe Archibald MLA, on 3 March 2025. My officials are continuing to colla...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the extended producer responsibility scheme on local economic growth.
Answer: The Secretary of State has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of issues, including extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR) and the packaging reforms more broadly.These reforms, pEPR, Simpler Recycling and the Deposit Retu...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: RecyclingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the potential impact of extended producer responsibility levies on business (a) competitiveness and (b
Answer: The Government has listened to feedback from small businesses and introduced support measures to help compliance with EPR, including: exemptions from fee obligations for producers with annual turnover below £2 million and packaging tonnage below 50 tonnes...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the classification by the Office for Budget Responsibility of the extended producer responsibility schem
Answer: Whilst pEPR was announced a few years ago, Defra has now built a modelling framework to calculate local authority costs and producer fees that was used for the first time by the OBR to include pEPR in their forecast. Pending a decision by the ONS, the OBR...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordData, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent ReviewNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2025 to Question 40390 on Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review, if he will have discussions with his counterparts in Northern Ireland on t
Answer: The government has now published the independent review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender commissioned by the previous government. We are considering the findings in light of ongoing policy work in this area.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
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