Written questions by Darling.

Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration has she given to launching an independent review into the pig industry, to determine whether piglet thumping continues to be practised.

Awaiting answer.

What plans the Government has to provide full grandfathering or full transitional protection for Skilled Worker visa holders and their dependants who were already granted leave before any earned settlement rule change, by allowing them to apply for settlement under the 5-year qualifying period that applied when they entered or extended their visas.

Awaiting answer.

Representing the Church Commissioners, what plans they have to ensure the preservation of historic church buildings in England.

Awaiting answer.

What progress has been made on the Cancer Plan commitment to define and count recurrent cancers, starting with metastatic breast.

Awaiting answer.

What estimate they have made of the number of children eligible for free school meals who are not registered to receive them.

Awaiting answer.

What the average caseload per health visitor is (a) in the Devon Integrated Care Board area and (b) across all Integrated Care Board areas.

Awaiting answer.

What the average waiting time is between referral and commencement of NHS speech and language therapy for children aged 0–11 in the Devon Integrated Care Board area.

Awaiting answer.

What information his Department holds on how many children are currently waiting for NHS speech and language therapy in the Devon Integrated Care Board area.

Awaiting answer.

What information HM Courts and Tribunals Service holds on failures of the Digital Audio Recording Transcription and Storage system at Exeter Crown Court in each year from 2018 to 2025, including (a) the number of recording failures and (b) the percentage of hearings affected.

Awaiting answer.

Communities and Local Government, what the mean cost to the public purse was of a parliamentary by-election since 2024.

Awaiting answer.

Whether an Equality Impact Assessment has been carried out on the closure of his Department's Service and Support Centre (SSC) at Cotswald House Torquay.

Awaiting answer.

With reference to his oral contribution in response to the hon. Member for Torbay at Work and Pensions Oral Questions on 29 June 2026, Official Report, Column 605, when the offer of a meeting was made;

Awaiting answer.

When she will respond to the letter dated of 20 May 2026, my reference SD17565, your reference MPAM/1511614/26.

Awaiting answer.

How many women's health hubs have been established in NHS Devon ICB; and what services they provide.

Awaiting answer.

Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Animal Welfare Strategy for England, published on 22 December 2025, what her Department's planned timetable is for launching th

This Government is committed to ending puppy farming and the low welfare breeding of dogs. As part of the Animal Welfare Strategy, this Government has committed to launch a consultation on dog breeding reform. Next steps will be announced in due course.

Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Animal Welfare Strategy for England, published on 22 December 2025, what her Department's planned timetable is for conducting a

In the Animal Welfare Strategy, we have committed to improve our understanding of the size, scale and current management practices related to cat breeding, drawing on expertise from the sector, and consider any further steps which may improve welfare prac...

Media and Sport, if she will consider the potential merits of extending the period of validity of a declaration of "No License Needed" to TV Licensing, when a person wants to declare that they do not need a TV li

The BBC is responsible for the collection and enforcement of the licence fee. The Government is therefore not involved in TV Licensing operations including decisions regarding the period of validity of a ‘No Licence Needed’ declaration. However, the Gover...

What steps his Department is taking as part of the Parental Leave and Pay Review to enable kinship carers to access leave and pay entitlements.

The Government’s Parental Leave and Pay Review will conclude in early 2027 with a set of findings which outline next steps for implementing any reforms. In addition to considering all current parental leave and pay entitlements, the Review is considering ...

What recent progress he has made through the parental leave and pay review in assessing the potential merits of introducing a statutory entitlement to paid leave for kinship carers comparable to entitl

The Government’s Parental Leave and Pay Review will conclude in early 2027 with a set of findings which outline next steps for implementing any reforms. In addition to considering all current parental leave and pay entitlements, the Review is considering ...

Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take legislative steps to prohibit leaving children under the age of 12 unsupervised with dogs of any breed.

From 1 November, it will be an offence to leave a child under the age of 12 in close proximity with a banned breed dog, in a home or garden without adult supervision. This measure is intended to strengthen safeguards for children, where evidence indicates...