Matt Western MP: written questions
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Written questions
Private Prosecutions: PalestineMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the risks that private prosecutions in the United Kingdom may be used by well-resourced organisations to (a) target and (b) intimidate individuals associated with
Answer: Any individual or organisation in England and Wales has the right to bring a private prosecution where a criminal offence has been committed.The Government expects all organisations that bring private prosecutions to do so where there is sufficient eviden...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordFood: Public SectorDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Government has made in its target to deliver half of the food in the public sector from local and sustainable sources.
Answer: The Government remains committed to ensuring that at least half of public sector food is locally sourced or meets higher environmental standards within legal constraints. There is limited existing data about the origin and sustainability of food in the pu...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordOleh VoloshynAttorney GeneralTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104245More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, whether his Department holds data on communication between members of the European Parliament, UK Parliament and members of UK devolved legislatures and Oleh Voloshyn in the period between 2014-2019.
Answer: The department has conducted a search of the electronic materials currently available to it. No data on communications within the scope of this question was identified.
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNathan GillAttorney GeneralTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104244More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, What date is the earliest evidence of bribery in the case of R. v. Nathan Gill.
Answer: The dates of the bribery offences are a matter of public record, the earliest being 6 December 2018.
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNathan GillAttorney GeneralTabled 8 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104243More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, If he will deposit case papers in the case R. v. Nathan Gill in the Library of the House of Commons.
Answer: The Law Officers will not deposit case papers in this matter.This was a CPS prosecution and the Attorney General’s involvement was only to provide consent for one of the offences charged. This offence has been left to lie on file, following pleas from Nat...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDiplomatic Relations: Public AppointmentsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98975More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made in appointing a special envoy for complex detention cases.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 19 March to question 37752.
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIron and SteelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department plans to launch the steel strategy.
Answer: The Government is developing a Steel Strategy to be published in 2025 that will set out a long-term vision for a bright and sustainable steel sector in the UK and the actions needed to get there.The strategy will articulate what is needed to create a comp...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordResearch: CybersecurityDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93076More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Cabinet Office's policy paper entitled National security strategy 2025: security for the British people in a dangerous world, updated on 29 August 2025, when her D
Answer: The Research Security Strategy, led by my Department, will for the first time present a single, coordinated Government view on research security and set out a clear narrative on how a thriving R&D sector, supported by a strong research security cultur...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCybersecurity: Public SectorDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 59879 on Cybersecurity: Public Sector, what recent progress she has made on the development of an implementation plan to support the d
Answer: DSIT expects to publish the Government Cyber Action Plan later this Winter. The plan sets out how we will adopt a radical shift in our approach to cyber and digital resilience risks across the public sector, strengthening accountability and investing in c...
Answered 28 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCybersecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93074More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to publish the National Cyber Strategy.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the response given to Question 80985, tabled on 10th October 2025.
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGift AidDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing exemptions to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act (2024) to enable people who pay for charity subscriptions to continue
Answer: The government understands the vital role that Gift Aid income provides for charities. The government intends that charities will be able to comply with both the consumer protections in the subscription chapter of the Digital Markets, Competition and Cons...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
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