Food and Rural Affairs, what safeguards will apply to protect smallholder farmers’ ownership and control of geolocation data collected for compliance with the Forest Risk Commodities regime.
Awaiting answer.
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Food and Rural Affairs, what safeguards will apply to protect smallholder farmers’ ownership and control of geolocation data collected for compliance with the Forest Risk Commodities regime.
Awaiting answer.
With reference to his oral contribution in response to the hon. Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East during the Oral Statement of 14 April 2026 on Infected Blood Compensation Scheme, Official Report, columns 707, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East and to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
Awaiting answer.
Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that deforestation measures do not (a) exclude smallholder farmers from supply chains and (b) increase compliance costs for those farmers.
Awaiting answer.
Whether the Prime Minister has made an assessment of the potential merits of appointing Jonathan Ashworth to a head of mission role or the House of Lords.
Awaiting answer.
Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential economic impact of rolling out ultrafast full fibre broadband across Scotland.
Awaiting answer.
Innovation and Technology, whether she plans to take measures alongside the Scotland Office and his counterparts in the Scottish Government to ensure the R100 programme is carried out in full and on time.
Awaiting answer.
Innovation and Technology, what legislative options her Department is considering to improve broadband builders’ access to upgrade rental flats and apartments.
Awaiting answer.
Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with the Scottish Government on whether the R100 programme is on track; and when full connectivity is expected to be achieved in Aberdeenshire North and Moray East.
Awaiting answer.
What steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of women leaving the workforce due to menopause-related health issues.
Awaiting answer.
How many caseworkers working on Child Maintenance are available across (a) the UK and (b) the devolved nations in the last five years.
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.The Department is committed to delivering an effective Child Maintenance Service and ensures resourcing is regularly reviewed and deployed efficiently to meet customer needs.
What plans she has to (a) monitor and (b) assess the effectiveness of voluntary Menopause Action Plans before they become mandatory in 2027.
Awaiting answer.
Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure Scottish families and businesses, including those in Aberdeenshire North and Moray East, are included in reforms to improve ultrafast broadband access proposed in the UK Government’s latest consultation.
Awaiting answer.
Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has, in collaboration with its counterpart in the Scottish Government, made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to allow broadband providers to access communal areas in multi-dwelling units to upgrade flats and apartments across Scotland.
Awaiting answer.
Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of whether those living in in leasehold flats and apartments in Scotland will be able to benefit from the improved access to ultrafast broadband proposed in her Department’s recent consultation.
Awaiting answer.
Innovation and Technology, when she plans to respond to the correspondence in relation to Digital ID of 6 February, 12 March and 13 April with reference numbers SL03345/dw and MC2025-00011528.
Awaiting answer.
When she plans to introduce the National Wealth Fund Bill.
Awaiting answer.
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many arms export licences the UK Government has granted to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the last 3 years for which figures are available, and what criteria were used to select the more than 2,000 arms export licences recently reviewed for the UAE.
The UK operates one of the most robust export control regimes in the world. We assess all licences in line with the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, and they are kept under careful and continual review as standard. In October, the government checked all current and past export licences going back five years. Further details can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.The Hon. Member may also find it helpful to review the responses provided in the Urgent Question debate on the Conflict in Sudan on 5 November 2025, where issues around arms exports to other countries in the region were discussed at length.
How many Sudanese nationals were granted student visas for study in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
The Home Office publishes data on visas and extensions by route and nationality in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on visa grants are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset, and data on extension grants are published in table ‘Exe_D01’ of the extensions detailed datasets. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. The latest data is up to the end of December 2025. The Home Office does not publish information on location of study in the UK.Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the outcomes of the Berlin Conference on Sudan.
I refer the Hon Member to the answers provided by the Foreign Secretary to questions about the International Sudan Conference in Berlin during FCDO Orals on 21 April, and to the Conference Co-Chairs' statement, linked below for ease.https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/third-international-sudan-conference-april-2026-co-hosts-statement/third-international-sudan-conference-berlin-co-hosts-statement-15-april-2026
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many ambassadors are in post who were recommended to be denied vetting clearance by United Kingdom Security Vetting.
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 22 April in response to Question 128094.