Asked by: Ayoub Khan (Independent - Birmingham Perry Barr)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 14738 on Department for Transport: Public Expenditure, what the planned timetable is for the decision.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Budgets for individual projects, including whether to cancel, delay or rescope them following the Defence Investment Plan will be taken through the Department's normal planning processes, including Annual Business Planning and future spending reviews.
For the additional savings the Department committed to making on Roads at the Defence Investment Plan, we consulted on changes to RIS3 funding over the summer. This consultation closed in September and the Department is currently reviewing the feedback before making a final decision.
Asked by: Ayoub Khan (Independent - Birmingham Perry Barr)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential for Food Standards Agency-approved slaughterhouses to accommodate Jhatka slaughter methods that comply with general animal welfare laws; and what steps she is taking to support dietary diversity for the Sikh community in the UK.
Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 18 September to PQ UIN 28363.
Asked by: Ayoub Khan (Independent - Birmingham Perry Barr)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with representatives of the UK Sikh community and the Jhatka Council regarding the commercial availability and certification of Jhatka-slaughtered meat within the legal framework of standard humane stunning regulations.
Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 18 September to PQ UIN 28363.
Asked by: Ayoub Khan (Independent - Birmingham Perry Barr)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will review the text of Schedule 3 of the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 to consider extending the definition of permitted religious rites to permit Jhatka slaughter methods.
Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 18 September to PQ UIN 28363.
Asked by: Ayoub Khan (Independent - Birmingham Perry Barr)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to (a) his Egyptian counterpart and (b) the Egyptian authorities on securing the release of Eman el-Shazly from detention in Egypt.
Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is supporting the family of British-Egyptian dual national Eman el-Shazly and has raised her case with the Egyptian authorities, including requesting consular access and pressing for appropriate treatment and due process. We will continue to actively engage the Egyptian authorities. The Envoy for Complex Consular Detentions has been briefed on the case.
Asked by: Ayoub Khan (Independent - Birmingham Perry Barr)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Envoy for Complex Consular Detentions on securing the release of Eman el-Shazly from detention in Egypt.
Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is supporting the family of British-Egyptian dual national Eman el-Shazly and has raised her case with the Egyptian authorities, including requesting consular access and pressing for appropriate treatment and due process. We will continue to actively engage the Egyptian authorities. The Envoy for Complex Consular Detentions has been briefed on the case.
Asked by: Ayoub Khan (Independent - Birmingham Perry Barr)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what actions his Department is taking to secure the release of Eman el-Shazly from detainment in Egypt.
Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is supporting the family of British-Egyptian dual national Eman el-Shazly and has raised her case with the Egyptian authorities, including requesting consular access and pressing for appropriate treatment and due process. We will continue to actively engage the Egyptian authorities. The Envoy for Complex Consular Detentions has been briefed on the case.
Asked by: Ayoub Khan (Independent - Birmingham Perry Barr)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to update Government guidance to UK businesses operating in or trading with Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, following the announcement on 8 September 2026 that the Government considers Israel's occupation to be unlawful.
Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We routinely update our guidance to British businesses on the Overseas Business Risk website. Detailed guidance will be published alongside any future legislation to clarify the implications for UK businesses.
Asked by: Ayoub Khan (Independent - Birmingham Perry Barr)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to conduct a cross-departmental review of UK Government activity that may provide assistance to the maintenance of Israel's occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, following the change in Government policy announced on 8 September 2026.
Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Foreign Secretary set out on 8 September the official view of the UK Government is that Israel's occupation is unlawful. He announced a series of measures to ensure the unlawfulness of the occupation is reflected in UK economic relationships. Officials are working closely across Government to put these measures in place.
Asked by: Ayoub Khan (Independent - Birmingham Perry Barr)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what steps he plans to take to prevent the potential circumvention of the proposed ban on settlement goods through the trans-shipment, processing and re-export of goods through Israel and third countries.
Answered by Blair McDougall - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The measures announced by the Foreign Secretary on 8 September will restrict the import of goods originating in illegal settlements into the UK.
The UK enforces sanctions through a coordinated cross-government approach, with specialist departments and agencies responsible for specific sanctions measures.
Our trade policies are designed to be as effective as possible - UK enforcement effort will be focused on ensuring that goods originating in illegal settlements are not allowed to be imported into the UK. This will be through a coordinated cross-government approach with specialist departments, and agencies responsible for specific sanctions measures.
Where breaches occur, bodies including OFSI (the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, within HMT), HMRC, DfT, the Home Office, OTSI (the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation, within BIST) and the NCA can use civil and criminal powers, which range from warnings and civil penalties to prosecution in the most serious cases including powers to confiscate assets held to be the proceeds of crime.