Martin Wrigley MP: written questions
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Chemicals: Sanitary ProductsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps bring forward regulations to ban period products which include pesticide residues.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 13th June 2025 to question 57485 (Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament).
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: Sanitary ProductsDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that free period products provided in schools are (a) certified organic single use disposables and (b) additive-free.
Answer: Nobody should have to miss out on education because of their period, which is why the department provides free period products to girls and women in their place of study through the Period Products Scheme. The scheme aims to remove periods as a barrier t...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChemicals: Sanitary ProductsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a legal requirement for manufacturers to list (a) the components and (b) any trace toxic chemicals in period products.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 13th June 2025 to question 57485 (Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament).
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChemicals: Sanitary ProductsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing testing for period products to ensure they are free from toxic chemical residues.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 13th June 2025 to question 57485 (Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament).
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth West Main Line: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to provide funding for the final phase of the South West Rail Resilience Programme.
Answer: Following the Chancellor’s Spending Review statement on 11 June we are now working to confirm our portfolio of rail enhancements, which will be announced shortly.
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help tackle stigma among disabled veterans claiming PIP.
Answer: The benefits system exists to support people at critical points in their lives and for a range of reasons. There should be no stigma attached to claiming a benefit you're entitled to, and people should claim social security benefits as and when their circ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to allow veterans in receipt of the Armed Forces Independence Payment to claim the new health-related Universal Credit support.
Answer: The Green Paper, “Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working” announced that we would be scrapping the Work Capability Assessment and moving to a single assessment for financial support related to health and disability benefit...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Security Benefits: VeteransDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support disabled veterans in Devon.
Answer: Disabled people, including disabled veterans, can access a wide range of support in Devon. Information on what support is available to them can be found on Gov.UK including these specific areas: Veterans UK - GOV.UK and Disabled people - GOV.UK.
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: GazaHome OfficeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children from Gaza have been granted visas to the UK for medical treatment since the scheme began.
Answer: The requested information is not currently available from published statistics, and could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.The UK has supported an initiative by Project Pure Hope to bring a ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what what steps she is taking to help ensure consistency in standards of (a) ethics, (b) training and (c) reporting in (i) parish, (ii) town and (iii) district councils.
Answer: The government’s December 2024 consultation set out the government’s views on the adequacy of the current local government standards regime. The consultation also set out what sanctions are currently available and that government considers that, in key as...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncillors: ConductMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what statutory powers are available to local standards committees to investigate and sanction councillors for breaches of the Nolan Principles.
Answer: The government’s December 2024 consultation set out the government’s views on the adequacy of the current local government standards regime. The consultation also set out what sanctions are currently available and that government considers that, in key as...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ComplaintsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many complaints were referred to local standards committees in the last year; and what proportion of those complaints led to sanctions.
Answer: The government’s December 2024 consultation set out the government’s views on the adequacy of the current local government standards regime. The consultation also set out what sanctions are currently available and that government considers that, in key as...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Codes of PracticeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the enforcement of the local government code of conduct.
Answer: The government’s December 2024 consultation set out the government’s views on the adequacy of the current local government standards regime. The consultation also set out what sanctions are currently available and that government considers that, in key as...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth West Main Line: DawlishDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 59834 on South West Main Line: Dawlish, if she will set out a timescale for when a decision on whether Stage Five of the rail resilience programme for Dawlish
Answer: We are currently working to determine which rail enhancement projects will be taken forward following the conclusion of the Spending Review on 11 June. More information will be made public shortly.
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUSA: British Nationals AbroadForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 19 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 58701 on USA: British Nationals Abroad, if he will make representations to his US counterpart on the potential merits of pr
Answer: The Foreign Secretary regularly discusses a range of bilateral issues with his US counterpart, and officials are regularly in touch with US authorities on consular and immigration issues which may affect British Nationals living in the US. Data collected ...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Benefit and Universal Credit: LandlordsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what accountability mechanisms exist for private landlords who receive public funds through (a) Housing Benefit and (b) Universal Credit.
Answer: Local authorities have a wide range of enforcement tools to take action against private landlords who fail to comply with regulations, including those who receive public funds through Housing Benefit and Universal Credit. They can, for example, issue impr...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increased social housing investment on reducing reliance on private landlords.
Answer: Over time, increased investment in social housing will reduce reliance on the private rented sector. At the Spending Review the Chancellor announced £39 billion for a successor to the Affordable Homes Programme over 10 years from 2026-27 to 2035-36.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: RentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department has taken to compare best practice in (a) the UK and (b) other countries on reducing public expenditure on private rents.
Answer: My Department uses both domestic and international evidence to inform policy development in relation to a wide range of issues, including in respect of public expenditure on private rents.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that AI-generated intelligence products are (a) reproducible, (b) trusted and (c) secure.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) continues to exploit AI tools to support intelligence analysts in producing robust and comprehensive assessments. Assessments that incorporate AI analysis are held to the same rigorous standards, such as the Professional Head...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of non-deterministic AI behaviour on the validity of (a) training simulations and (b) operational planning exercises.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence intends to exploit AI across a broad spectrum of use cases from the frontline to the back office to make all parts of Defence more efficient and effective. This may include the use of ‘non-deterministic’ AI systems (such as Large L...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: Artificial IntelligenceMinistry of DefenceTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60623More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for which roles his Department has considered using non-deterministic AI systems; and what mechanisms he plans to put in place to (a) monitor and (b) mitigate associated risks.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence intends to exploit AI across a broad spectrum of use cases from the frontline to the back office to make all parts of Defence more efficient and effective. This may include the use of ‘non-deterministic’ AI systems (such as Large L...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: Public SectorDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will publish guidance on the safe use of non-deterministic AI in public sector decision-making systems.
Answer: The AI playbook clearly describes the non-deterministic nature of probabilistic, AI-based predictive analysis and automated decision-making, while prescribing ten key principles for the safe and responsible use of AI. For example, it highlights the non-de...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArtificial Intelligence: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take legislative steps to introduce a regulatory framework to set standards for (a) testing and (b) verification of non-deterministic AI systems.
Answer: It is right that most AI systems are regulated at point of use by our existing expert regulators, who are best placed to do this. In response to the AI Action Plan, Government committed to building regulators’ capabilities to do this.Additionally, the Gov...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration and Police: Artificial IntelligenceHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to assess the reliability of non-deterministic AI before it is used to support (a) policing, (b) public safety and (c) immigration processes.
Answer: The government recognises the importance of operational trust in AI systems. The Home Office is actively working to ensure the responsible adoption of AI technologies within our processes.This includes evaluation and assurance of AI tools in line with rel...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: DatabasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60619More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the security implications of awarding NHS data management contracts to (a) Palantir Technologies Inc. and (b) other companies with significant overseas (i) defence an
Answer: In awarding the contract for the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP), NHS England made an assessment of the cyber risk and the protections offered by each bidder. The FDP has extensive security arrangements in place to manage cyber risk, including: strong n...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
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