Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether the outgoing Prime Minister wrote a note of advice to the new Prime Minister.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

The Government does not disclose details of personal correspondence, including confirming whether it has or has not been received. The former Prime Minister has given his wholehearted support to his successor.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to establish a "Number 10 North" in Manchester; and, if so, how often the Prime Minister intends to work there.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

I refer the Noble Lord to the Written Statement provided by Baroness Smith of Basildon on 21 July 2026, HLWS298.

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government, in light of the Cabinet Office's style guide Writing about ethnicity, what assessment they have made of the use of (1) Global Majority, and (2) Global South in their communications.

Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The government has made no such assessment.

The Cabinet Office’s style guide ‘Writing about ethnicity’ describes the government’s preferred style for writing about ethnicity. This guidance is informed by categories in the independent Office for National Statistics’s harmonised standard for ethnicity data collection.

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government for what reason religion and belief is not included in the remit of the Office for Equality and Opportunity.

Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Office for Equality and Opportunity is responsible for the Equality Act 2010, including its protections against discrimination and harassment on the basis of religion or belief.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) leads the Government’s work to support and engage faith and belief groups and coordinates the Government’s work to tackle religious hatred.

This government celebrates the central role of faith and belief in our national life, and its contribution to building a more cohesive society where all communities feel safe. We seek to ensure that the voices of people of faith and belief are warmly welcomed and richly valued as we tackle the challenges we face together.