Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that proposed increases in MHRA regulatory fees do not lead to higher manufacturing costs for bespoke dental appliances.

Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has conducted a public consultation on its proposed fee changes, and is currently assessing responses to that consultation. Further details can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/mhra-consultation-on-statutory-fees-2026

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential financial impact of the proposed Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency registration fee increases on micro-businesses and small dental laboratories; and whether she will consider introducing a tiered fee structure or exemption for medical device manufacturers with fewer than five employees.

Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has conducted a public consultation on its proposed fee changes, and is currently assessing responses to that consultation. Further details can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/mhra-consultation-on-statutory-fees-2026

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the summary of responses to the call for evidence on park home sales commission has not yet been published; and when she expects to publish it.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The government recognise that there are longstanding concerns about the requirement to pay site owners a commission upon sale of a park home.

The previous government published a report in June 2022 on the impact of a change in the maximum park home sale commission. It can be found on gov.uk here.

On 5 March 2026, my Department published a 12-week call for evidence regarding the rationale for the payment of a commission. It can be found on gov.uk here.

We are currently analysing the feedback received and remain committed to publishing a detailed summary of responses ahead of announcing the government's final position by the end of the year.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Vietnamese counterpart following the sentencing in August 2026 of Montagnard Protestant pastor Y Nuen Ayun to seven years and six months' imprisonment; and what diplomatic démarches his Department has delivered on the protection of Montagnard Christians who worship independently of state-approved religious organisations.

Answered by Chris Elmore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK regularly raises freedom of religion or belief (FoRB) with the Vietnamese authorities, including through the UK Special Envoy for FoRB. Vietnam is a focus country under the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's FoRB Strategy, launched in July 2025. More broadly, we continue to highlight FoRB violations and abuses on the international stage, through our position at the UN and as an active member of the Article 18 Alliance, ensuring joint international action on FoRB. We will raise FoRB and wider human rights issues at the UK-Vietnam Strategic Dialogue, and during the FoRB envoy's visit to Vietnam, in November.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her department is taking to prevent the creation, viewing and distribution of child sexual abuse material on adult devices, where no child's device is ever involved.

Answered by Satvir Kaur - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

This Government is unequivocally committed to tackling child sexual abuse and exploitation, including the creation, viewing and distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

The Online Safety Act requires technology companies to prevent the presence of CSAM on their platforms and to put in place proportionate measures to ensure their platforms are not used for the facilitation of crime.

This is in addition to the Government also recognising the potential merits of wider operating-system level protections to prevent the creation, viewing and distribution of CSAM on children's devices, where on 8 September, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport reiterated the Government's commitment in a Statement to the House to prepare primary legislation requiring companies to build on-device operating system-level protections for children.

These device-level protections would operate by default and are intended to prevent children from taking, sharing or viewing nude imagery, which aims to reduce sexual extortion and grooming of children.