Tracy Gilbert MP: written questions
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Surrogacy: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission research on the effects on UK citizens of a ban on pursuing surrogacy abroad.
Answer: The Department has no plans to commission research on the effects of a ban on international surrogacy arrangements.The Government supports surrogacy as a part of assisted conception options, to help people who have difficulty starting their own family.The...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordIVF: Pressure GroupsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with women's rights campaigners to discuss the impact of egg donation on young women.
Answer: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), as the regulator of the United Kingdom’s fertility sector, met with Surrogacy Concern and Stop Surrogacy Now in October and December 2024.The HFEA provided information about the strict requirements ...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordIVF: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commission research in to the long term effects of egg retrieval on women's bodies.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Reigate on 22 July 2025 to Question 68253.
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordIntellectual Property: Digital TechnologyMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to take steps to protect digital ownership.
Answer: The Government is taking steps to protect digital ownership by introducing the Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill. This Bill confirms that digital assets such as crypto-tokens can be recognised as personal property under the law of England and Wales, and ...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordVideo GamesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the practice by video game publishers of remotely disabling access to games that consumers have legally purchased on consu
Answer: The Government is aware of concerns relating to the continued access to video games, including licensed, online-only video games, and we appreciate the frustrations of players of some games that have been discontinued. The Government has responded to a re...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCryptoassets: Bank ServicesTreasuryTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66033More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that crypto asset businesses have access to banking systems.
Answer: The Government is aware that cryptoasset firms are facing challenges associated with access to banking services, and it is engaged with the sector on these matters. Whilst the Government recognises that access to banking decisions are largely commercial i...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation Authority: FinanceCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65680More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the funding allocated to the Infected Blood Compensation Authority is drawn from the £11.8 billion set aside by the Government for infected blood compensation or provided from a separate budget.
Answer: In the Autumn Budget, the Government announced £11.8 billion in compensation to people who were infected and affected as a result of the Infected Blood scandal.This is separate to the funding allocated to the administrative costs of the Infected Blood Com...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation Authority: Operating CostsCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65679More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of the (a) establishment and (b) ongoing administration of the Infected Blood Compensation Authority.
Answer: The Cabinet Office will lay IBCA's annual reports and accounts before Parliament in the usual way. The Cabinet Office will expect to be consulted by IBCA where there is a risk that IBCA will breach its administrative cost controls, or vary significantly f...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65678More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the equality impact assessments undertaken in relation to the development of regulations on infected blood compensation.
Answer: The Infected Blood Compensation Scheme Regulations 2025 Equalities Impact Assessment can be found here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348268843/pdfs/ukdsipes_9780348268843_en_001.pdf.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Inquiry: Public ConsultationCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65677More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is planning to take to (a) consult further with the infected blood community and (b) involve that community in the development of the Government's response to the Infected Blood Inquiry.
Answer: This Government is committed to engaging openly and transparently, and taking on board feedback from the infected blood community. The Cabinet Office regularly engages with over 30 key representatives and organisations in the community. I have met with a ...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFood SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to increase food security.
Answer: We are investing over £2.7 billion a year in farming and nature recovery, cutting EU export costs for food producers, and ensuring farmers are well-placed to bid for a fair share of public sector food contracts.We will make reforms to ensure farmers recei...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDentistry: Migrant WorkersDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people waiting to sit a Dental Overseas Registration Examination.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on exactly how many candidates are waiting to sit the General Dental Council’s (GDC) Overseas Registration Exam (ORE), as this data is held by the GDC. In April 2025, we understand from the GDC that there were approximate...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, whether she plans to change the 12-month qualifying period between the grant of inde
Answer: We will be consulting on the earned settlement and citizenship schemes later this year and further details on the proposed schemes will be provided at that time.
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVisasHome OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, on the UK Ancestry Visa.
Answer: The UK Government values its close cultural and historical ties with its fellow Commonwealth countries and this is reflected by the UK Ancestry visa, which allows Commonwealth citizens with a UK-born grandparent to live and work in the UK.Further details ...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordYouth Mobility Scheme: EU CountriesCabinet OfficeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52444More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has undertaken preparatory work on a potential youth mobility scheme with the EU.
Answer: We have agreed that we will work towards the establishment of a balanced youth experience scheme with the EU. We have agreed that any scheme will be time-limited and capped, and we have also been clear that it should be in line with the UK’s existing sche...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCompanies: RegistrationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 1 May 2025AnsweredUIN 49829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of fraudulent companies registered with Companies House.
Answer: In October 2023, the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 was enacted with the primary purpose of bearing down on the fraudulent use of corporate structures in the UK. The process of implementing that legislation is underway but strengthened...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles: ChinaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of lifting tariffs on non-folding Chinese e-bikes on British manufacturers.
Answer: On 6 February the government extended the anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures on Chinese e-bikes but only for folding e-bikes. The independent Trade Remedies Authority assessed the annual impact of removing the measures on non-folding Chinese e-bikes, ...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHeat Networks: RegulationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 2198 on District Heating, when his Department plans to bring forward regulations to implement the Heat Network Market Framework.
Answer: The first part of the Heat Networks (Market Framework) (Great Britain) Regulations 2025 was signed into law on the 2nd of March 2025. The remaining parts of this regulatory framework will be laid in Parliament later this year, and Ofgem will assume its ro...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMyanmar: Humanitarian AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much financial assistance his Department is providing to Myanmar following the earthquake that hit on 28 March 2025.
Answer: The UK has announced up to £25 million in life-saving support for people affected by the earthquake in Myanmar. This includes up to £5 million to match the British public's generous donations to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal.The UK supports the...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCITB: ScotlandDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships the Construction Industry Training Board supported in (a) Edinburgh North and Leith constituency and (b) Scotland in (i) 2023 and (ii) 2024.
Answer: In the Edinburgh North and Leith constituency, the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) supported 36 registered employers in 2023, and 47 registered employers in 2024. A CITB registered employer may access more than one grant or fund, and the cumul...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCITB: ScotlandDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many businesses the Construction Industry Training Board supported in (a) Edinburgh North and Leith constituency and (b) Scotland in (i) 2023 and (ii) 2024.
Answer: In the Edinburgh North and Leith constituency, the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) supported 36 registered employers in 2023, and 47 registered employers in 2024. A CITB registered employer may access more than one grant or fund, and the cumul...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCrown Immunity: ScotlandScotland OfficeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will remove corporate crown immunity from the Scottish Prison Service.
Answer: The Lord Chancellor has received a letter from the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs seeking to discuss a number of issues across the justice system and will respond in due course.Crown Immunity within the Scottish Prison ...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordImport Duties: USADepartment for Business and TradeTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of tariffs applied by the US Government on (a) jobs and (b) exports in (i) Edinburgh North and Leith constituency and (ii) Scotland.
Answer: We know that this will be a concerning time for businesses in Scotland; in 2024, 12.3% of goods exported from Scotland were to the US. That is why the government has been focused on negotiating an economic deal with the US and we remain committed to these...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Aid Workers and Health ProfessionsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) aid and (b) health workers detained by Israel.
Answer: The Gaza Ministry of Health reported that at least 330 health care workers from Gaza had been detained by the Israeli authorities as of December 2024, but we do not have current figures for the number of aid or health workers detained by Israel. The UK ur...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHussam Abu SafiyaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on the (a) right to access legal advice and (b) wellbeing of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya.
Answer: I remain deeply disturbed by the ongoing detention of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya and other medical staff from Gaza, and I have raised his case with the Government of Israel. We continue to urge Israel to clarify the reasons for the detention of Dr Abu Safiya an...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
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