Wendy Morton MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Food SupplyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure UK food security.
Answer: Food security is national security. We need a resilient and healthy food system, that works with nature and supports British farmers, fishers and food producers. That is why this Government will introduce a new deal for farmers to boost rural economic gro...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Aldridge-BrownhillsTreasuryTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40497More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on business confidence in Aldridge-Brownhills constituency.
Answer: Recent surveys from EY, PwC and Lloyds Bank show overall business and investor confidence is rising. The Government has taken significant steps to support rural businesses. We are investing £5 billion in broadband connectivity which will support growth in...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Rural AreasTreasuryTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40496More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Autumn Budget 2024 on business confidence in rural communities.
Answer: Recent surveys from EY, PwC and Lloyds Bank show overall business and investor confidence is rising. The Government has taken significant steps to support rural businesses. We are investing £5 billion in broadband connectivity which will support growth in...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40495More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of farmers which will be affected by upcoming changes to (a) Agriculture Property Relief and (b) Business Property Relief.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the PQ referenced UIN 29306 published on 5th February 2025 at: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-02-05/29306
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: Employers' ContributionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the upcoming increase to employers National Insurance contributions on hospices.
Answer: We have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at the Autumn Budget, enabling the Spending Review settlement of a £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department from 2023/24 outturn to 2025/26.The employer ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood BoardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 37169 on Neighbourhood Boards, what steps her Department plans to take to allow (a) public scrutiny and (b) questions from com
Answer: Undertaking meaningful engagement with the local community is a central pillar of the Plan for Neighbourhoods. Building trust and empowering the local community requires consistency, dedication and time, and evidence that people’s priorities have been act...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Food AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Sudanese Government’s response to the findings of the report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification e
Answer: The findings from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)'s Sudan assessment makes clear the gravity of the humanitarian context across the country. The IPC's findings show the presence of famine in at least five areas of the country and p...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWorld Summit for Social DevelopmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has for participation at the World Summit for Social Development 2025 by (a) officials and (b) Ministers.
Answer: The UK recognises the significance of the second World Summit for Social Development (WSSD), marking 30 years since the first World Social Summit in Copenhagen in 1995 which set strong foundational principles on poverty eradication, full and productive em...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInternational Conference on Financing for DevelopmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has for participation at the Financing for Development Conference 2025 by (a) officials and (b) Ministers.
Answer: The UK views the Fourth Financing for Development Conference (FfD4) as a pivotal moment to secure global consensus on a modernised development finance landscape that addresses the interlinked challenges our world is facing: be that climate change, stagnat...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOcean ConferenceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has for participation at the 2025 UN Ocean Conference by (a) officials and (b) Ministers.
Answer: The third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3), co-hosted by France and Costa Rica in June, will be at a critical time for the ocean and a stocktake of progress towards UN Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water. The UK is supportive of an action-orienta...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUnited NationsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the UN Secretary General’s UN80 Initiative.
Answer: In its 80th year, the need for an effective UN remains clear; however, the organization needs major reform if it is to meet the complex challenges of the future.The UK welcomes the UN Secretary-General's decision to launch a UN80 Task Force on reform, to ...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordConflict PreventionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support efforts to promote conflict prevention in (a) the United Nations and (b) other multilateral fora.
Answer: As the Prime Minister said in New York in September 2024, we must put new energy and creativity into conflict prevention, reverse the trend towards ever-greater violence, make the institutions of peace fit for purpose.The UK remains a steadfast supporter ...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUnited Nations: FinanceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with international partners to help ensure that UN Member States pay assessed contributions (a) in full and (b) on time.
Answer: The UK is proud of its longstanding support to the UN. We continue to show leadership and, together with partners, call on Member States to pay their Regular Budget contributions "in full and on time", as the UK has done consistently. We unambig...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael and Occupied Territories: Development AidForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he made of the potential impact of the reduction in Official Development Assistance funding on programmes in (a) Israel and the (b) Occupied Palestinian Terri
Answer: The Prime Minister made clear in the House on 25 February that this Government is proud of the UK's pioneering record on overseas development, and we will continue to play a key humanitarian role in Gaza. The reduction in Official Development Assistance w...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: ReconstructionForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with regional partners on the potential reconstruction of Gaza.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary welcomed the Arab initiative of a Recovery and Reconstruction Plan for Gaza, alongside Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and Italy on 8 March. Recovery and reconstruction efforts must be based upon a solid political and security f...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Occupied TerritoriesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK supports (a) normalised relations and (b) peace between Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Answer: Since day one, this Government has been clear that we need to see an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages cruelly detained by Hamas, better protection of civilians, significantly more aid consistently entering Gaza, and a path to long-term pea...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Politics and GovernmentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) Israel and (b) regional partners on the future governance of Gaza.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary welcomed the Arab initiative of a Recovery and Reconstruction Plan for Gaza, alongside Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and Italy on 8 March. Reconstruction efforts must be based upon a solid political and security framework that...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordInternational Fund for Israeli-Palestinian PeaceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs in the debate on Israeli-Palestinian P
Answer: The Foreign Secretary is committed to convening a meeting to support civil society in the region. On 11 March, I answered a Westminster Hall Debate on this topic, where I emphasised the UK's commitment to supporting peace efforts in the Middle East and to...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Occupied TerritoriesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Answer: As the Foreign Secretary said to the House on 20th March, we strongly oppose Israel's resumption of hostilities. We urgently want to see a return to a ceasefire. More bloodshed is in no-one's interest. Hamas must release all the hostages and negotiations ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Occupied TerritoriesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the UK's active involvement in discussions on the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Answer: As the Foreign Secretary said to the House on 20th March, we strongly oppose Israel's resumption of hostilities. We urgently want to see a return to a ceasefire. More bloodshed is in no-one's interest. Hamas must release all the hostages and negotiations ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: Occupied TerritoriesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Israel, (b) the USA, (c) the UAE and (d) other countries in the region on the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Occupied
Answer: As the Foreign Secretary said to the House on 20th March, we strongly oppose Israel's resumption of hostilities. We urgently want to see a return to a ceasefire. More bloodshed is in no-one's interest. Hamas must release all the hostages and negotiations ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: Sanitation and WaterForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to (a) water and (b) sanitation in Sudan.
Answer: The conflict in Sudan is causing a nationwide humanitarian crisis - the most severe and largest globally with over 30 million people in need. Water access remains woefully inadequate in part due to the targeting of water supply infrastructure by armed act...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPension CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39438More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Pension Credit applications her Department has processed in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: On 27 February 2025 we published Pension Credit applications and award statistics. This publication provides application volumes up to 23 February 2025. Pension Credit Applications and Awards - February 2025. Please note, the figures presented are from DW...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSustainable Farming Incentive: Environmental Land Management SchemesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive on the effectiveness of the Environmental Land Management scheme.
Answer: Defra has closed the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) for the submission of new applications, but existing agreements will continue. We now have over 37,000 live SFI agreements. Every penny in all existing SFI agreements will be paid to farmers, and ou...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSudan: RefugeesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of Official Development Assistance funding to Sudan has been spent on Sudanese refugees in Chad.
Answer: Since the start of the conflict in Sudan, almost one million people have crossed the border into Chad which now has Africa's largest refugee caseload. On average, 200 people each day seek safety in Chad from Sudan. In January, whilst in Chad, the Foreign ...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
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