Asked by: Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the timescale for the development of the Sizewell C nuclear plant.
Answered by Lord Vallance of Balham - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Sizewell C Ltd plan to begin operating the power plant in the mid- to late-2030s.
Asked by: Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the value of goods imported from China to the UK each year for the past 10 years.
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.
Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.
The Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard
House of Lords
London
SW1A 0PW
27 October 2025
Dear Lord Elliott,
As Acting National Statistician, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking for the value of goods imported from China to the UK each year for the past 10 years (HL11221).
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes UK trade in goods data at country level in our trade in goods: country by commodity imports dataset as part of our monthly UK trade release[1]. This data is available up to August 2025.
Data on UK imports of goods from China can be found in Table 1. Please note that all data are in current prices and, as such, include the effect of inflation.
Table 1: UK imports of goods from China, 2015 – 2024
£ billion, current prices, including precious metals
Year | Import value (£bn) |
2015 | 36.947 |
2016 | 40.827 |
2017 | 43.706 |
2018 | 44.231 |
2019 | 49.973 |
2020 | 55.198 |
2021 | 65.970 |
2022 | 71.481 |
2023 | 68.109 |
2024 | 67.264 |
Source: Office for National Statistics
Yours sincerely,
Emma Rourke
Asked by: Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to remove the 5 percent VAT rate currently applied to domestic fuel.
Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Chancellor makes decisions on tax policy at fiscal events.
Asked by: Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many dwellings have been completed but cannot be occupied due to delay in inspection by the Building Safety Regulator.
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
As of 15 October 2025, there are currently five Gateway 3 New Build applications covering 1,336 residential units awaiting approval, and 12 Gateway 3 New Build applications approved covering 1,187 units.
Currently, no Gateway 3 New Build applications have been withdrawn, invalidated or rejected.
Asked by: Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many dwellings have received gateway three approval from the Building Safety Regulator.
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
As of 15 October 2025, there are currently five Gateway 3 New Build applications covering 1,336 residential units awaiting approval, and 12 Gateway 3 New Build applications approved covering 1,187 units.
Currently, no Gateway 3 New Build applications have been withdrawn, invalidated or rejected.
Asked by: Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many dwellings are awaiting gateway three approval from the Building Safety Regulator.
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
As of 15 October 2025, there are currently five Gateway 3 New Build applications covering 1,336 residential units awaiting approval, and 12 Gateway 3 New Build applications approved covering 1,187 units.
Currently, no Gateway 3 New Build applications have been withdrawn, invalidated or rejected.
Asked by: Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many Northern Ireland Troubles legacy inquests have taken place into (1) killings of security force members, (2) killings of known terrorists, and (3) killings of civilians; and what are the names of each of those inquests.
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Legacy Inquests are a matter of public record and are available on the Judiciary NI website.
The conduct of inquests in Northern Ireland is devolved and, as records of any pre-devolution inquests would have been transferred to the Northern Ireland Department of Justice (DOJ), requests for information on these matters should be directed to the DOJ.
Asked by: Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what involvement or role is planned for the government of Ireland within any Troubles legacy institutions in Northern Ireland.
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The Government considers the Irish Government to be an essential partner in addressing the legacy of Northern Ireland’s past. On Friday 19 September 2025, the two governments published a high-level framework document outlining all key areas on which they have reached agreement, which includes meaningful and tangible commitments by the Irish Government and UK Government respectively.
The Framework is enclosed.
Asked by: Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what further legacy inquests they plan to instigate as part of the Northern Ireland Troubles legacy.
Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
As I set out in my Written Ministerial Statement of 19 September 2025, the UK and Irish governments have published a framework document outlining the main areas on which the two governments have reached agreement on Legacy. The Government will fulfil its commitment to restore those inquests that were halted by the Legacy Act. The remainder will be considered in a sifting process by the Solicitor General. Our approach reflects the importance of inquests to many families, but also the significant role that a fully reformed Commission with more powers will play in achieving outcomes for families, particularly in cases containing sensitive information.
Asked by: Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 22 July (HL9221), what was the overall cost to date of implementing the Northern Ireland Protocol and Windsor Framework, including the individual capital costs of constructing inspection centres at ports in Northern Ireland; and what were the costs of operating those centres.
Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
In accordance with the Statement of Funding Policy on funding the devolved Governments (copy attached), the Government maintains its commitment to fund direct costs associated with reaching the required level of compliance to implement obligations under the Windsor Framework. A full breakdown of devolved funding can be found in Block Grant Transparency, the next update to which will be published in due course.
The Government has committed to a maximum funding allocation of £192.3 million for all the facilities at the four ports. Of this allocation, Defra has spent £111.3 million up to 30 June 2025.