To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that the UK will retain the right to set its own agricultural regulations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent consultations he has undertaken with the farming sector on UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary negotiations.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of dynamic alignment with the EU on UK commercial competitiveness.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of regulatory alignment with the EU on the UK’s ability to negotiate trade agreements with third countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the armed forces' current operational posture is for protecting merchant shipping in the Middle East and adjacent sea lanes; and what role Royal Navy frigates are undertaking within that posture.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what contingency plans he has implemented to ensure the safe passage of oil and other critical energy imports to the UK following disruption to shipping routes in the Middle East.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to mitigate potential domestic price shocks arising from disruption to international oil and gas shipments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether Great British Energy is making purchases of clean energy products that (a) have and (b) are suspected of containing elements made using (i) slave and (ii) forced labour; and if he wil

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 9 February (HL Deb, cols 2–3) on beagles used for testing in life sciences laboratories, what progress they have made on developing a replacement strategy for reducing the u

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding to further education colleges to support staff pay awards in the 2026–27 academic year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve recruitment into further education teaching roles in high-demand subject areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the Association of Colleges on the adequacy of further education staff pay levels relative to school teacher pay.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the Association of Colleges on narrowing the pay gap between further education college lecturers and school teachers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to conduct a compliance investigation into the companies involved in the seizure of UK-origin military goods in Belgium.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what measures are in place to ensure that UK-origin controlled goods comply with licensing requirements when transiting third countries.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of risks to (1) client confidentiality, (2) data protection, and (3) professional standards, arising from the reported use of artificial intelligence tools by legal professionals to process cl

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to strengthen the resilience of the financial system against cyber risks arising from the use of advanced artificial intelligence tools, in light of warnings from the International Monetary Fund t

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support the development and scaling of artificial intelligence start-ups.

To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they have given to parts of the NHS regarding allowing individual members of staff to attend LGBT+ Pride marches in uniform.

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to establish a system to record deaths in supported accommodation.

To ask His Majesty's Government which minister has lead responsibility for securing the long-term sustainability of the British Council; and how they will ensure that Parliament remains informed of that progress.

To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria they use to prioritise the British Council's presence in fragile or strategically important regions, particularly where UK security interests are engaged.

To ask His Majesty's Government what role they plan for the British Council in supporting the UK's international climate objectives, including through education, cultural partnerships and engagement with young people in advance of COP31 in November.

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) Northern Ireland airports, and (2) airlines serving Northern Ireland, about jet fuel supplies.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) intercepted and (b) arrested since January 2025 in relation to smuggling illegal migrants into the UK.