Ian Roome MP: written questions
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Written questions
Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on the next steps laid out in the Animal Welfare Strategy for England, published on December 2025.
Answer: The Animal Welfare Strategy sets out the priority issues that this Government will address, focusing on the changes and improvements that Defra aim to achieve by 2030 to improve the lives of millions of animals across the UK. The Government is determined ...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordIsrael: DetaineesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23661More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on the treatment of Palestinian healthcare workers in detention.
Answer: The UK government regularly engages with Israeli counterparts to express concern about the detention of Palestinian doctors and other detainees. We have been consistently clear that all detainees, including doctors, must be treated with dignity and in ful...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department periodically reviews the eligibility criteria for Medical Exemption Certificates granting free NHS prescriptions; and on what basis those criteria are chosen.
Answer: We keep all policies under regular review. This Government is also continuing to take action to make prescriptions more affordable for everyone, including freezing prescription charges for the 2026/27 financial year, both for single prescriptions and the ...
Answered 18 Aug 2026
Original Parliament recordData Centres: PlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17532More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what technical or planning criteria he will consider before granting a hyperscale data centre project a Development Consent Order via the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Pr
Answer: Any decision to grant a Development Consent Order will take into account matters raised at Examination, and the recommendation report of the Examining Authority. As a business and commercial project, a data centre would first need to be directed into the ...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 17121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to implement the findings of the December 2024 Court of Appeal ruling on animal welfare practices that breach the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England
Answer: The judicial review challenge relating to the legality of keeping fast-growing breeds of meat chickens was unanimously dismissed by the Court of Appeal. The Court made no declaration that the keeping of fast-growing breeds of meat chickens was unlawful an...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordChild Trust FundTreasuryTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16191More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of an automatic release process for unclaimed Child Trust Funds traced by National Insurance number.
Answer: The Government agrees it is vital to step up efforts to reunite young people with their unclaimed matured Child Trust Funds (CTFs). Around three million accounts have now matured, of which over three quarters of a million remain unclaimed. Recognising the...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordChild Trust FundTreasuryTabled 6 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 16190More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to trace the owners of unclaimed Child Trust Funds.
Answer: The Government agrees it is vital to step up efforts to reunite young people with their unclaimed matured Child Trust Funds (CTFs). Around three million accounts have now matured, of which over three quarters of a million remain unclaimed. Recognising the...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
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