Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the amount jurors can claim for jury service in the context of trends in the level of childcare costs in the last five years.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Government keeps under review all support provided to jurors throughout their service. Jury service is an important civic duty, and we want to ensure jurors feel supported as they undertake this important role. Jurors can claim childcare expenses for additional costs incurred due to jury service, as well as allowances for travel to and from court and subsistence during attendance. Additionally, expectant or new parents, including breastfeeding mothers, may request to be excused from jury duty if their caring responsibilities prevent them from serving within the next twelve months.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support the provision of mobile breast cancer screening units.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Government fully supports the use of mobile breast screening units where they are deemed appropriate. Mobile units support reduction of health inequalities by providing access to screening in areas where local people have difficulty accessing static screening units.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to reduce differences between the level of tax applied to (a) physical and (b) online businesses.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

To provide stability and predictability to both physical and online businesses, the government published its Corporate Tax Roadmap at Autumn Budget 2024. The roadmap committed to maintaining the main rate of Corporation Tax at 25%, which is the lowest in the G7, as well as a maintaining the UK’s generous R&D tax reliefs and world-leading capital allowance offer.

The Government also wants to ensure that the business rates burden is permanently rebalanced. That is why we have announced our intention to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure properties, with rateable values (RVs) below £500,000 from 2026-27. This permanent tax cut will ensure that they benefit from much-needed certainty and support.

We intend to fund these through introducing a higher multiplier for the highest value properties – those with RVs of £500,000 or above. These high-value properties cover the majority of large distribution warehouses, including those used by the online giants.

The final design of the new business rate multipliers, including their rates, will be set at Budget 2025 so that the Government can take into account the upcoming revaluation outcomes, as well as the economic and fiscal context.

To ensure that digital services providers pay their fair share of UK tax, the UK introduced the Digital Services Tax (DST) which is a 2 per cent tax levied on search engines, social media platforms, and online marketplaces to reflect the value they derive from UK users.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that, with the exception of the F-35, no British arms being exported to Israel are being used in the conflict in Gaza.

Answered by Hamish Falconer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

All export licences are assessed on a case-by-case basis. All licences for exports to the Israeli Defence Forces are kept under careful ongoing review to ensure they are not being used for military operations in Gaza or the West Bank.

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the proposed short-term let registration scheme will ensure all properties are clean and safe.

Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)

The registration scheme will make short-term let providers aware of their legal responsibilities, particularly around safety, helping to raise standards of accommodation, build consumer confidence, and support fair competition.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 April 2025 to Question 57518 on Farms: Tenants, if she will make it her policy to prevent agricultural landlords participating in the (a) Sustainable Farming Incentive, (b) Countryside Stewardship Scheme, (c) Landscape Recovery Scheme and (d) other similar schemes for a period of 12 months after they have taken land back from a tenant farmer.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Government remains committed to ensuring agricultural tenancies are fair and collaborative. Agricultural tenancy agreements grant tenant farmers statutory protections. Where tenancies end, all parties are encouraged to employ the Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Code of Practice, which sets out expected standards for constructive tenancy negotiations.

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Submit Evidence (by 4 Nov 2025)

This Environmental Audit Committee inquiry will examine the Climate Change Committee's advice on the Seventh Carbon Budget. It will consider the assumptions and costs underpinning the CCC’s recommendations, explore the balance between emerging and established technologies, the policy choices facing Government, and the potential impacts on households, businesses and the wider economy. The inquiry will also look at how the Government should communicate choices and trade-offs, and how Parliament and the public can best scrutinise delivery plans and progress.