Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he will provide guidance to businesses who sell to consumers in (a) the EU and (b) Northern Ireland prior to the EU Product Directive 2024/2853 coming into effect.

Answered by Chris Bryant - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)

My Department is working with the Northern Ireland Government on the transposition of the new Product Liability Directive, which will include working with them to consider whether guidance may potentially be helpful to businesses in understanding the new product liability framework. However, it should be noted that the Directive does not impose any additional rules on businesses governing which products may be placed on the EU or Northern Ireland markets, or the safety requirements they must meet.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered standardising chargers for defibrillators.

Answered by Sharon Hodgson - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department has not made an assessment of standardising chargers for defibrillators. The Government’s position is that local communities are best placed to make decisions about procuring, locating, and maintaining automated external defibrillators.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which central funding pathways are available for places of worship in the devolved regions.

Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

Heritage funding is devolved. The Places of Worship Renewal Fund is an England-only scheme starting in 2026/27 with a £23m annual budget. The Northern Irish Government received Barnett consequentials through the Spending Review.

We work with other funders to maximise UK-wide opportunities. Between 2024 and 2027, the National Lottery Heritage Fund expects to invest around £100m in places of worship, including £30m a year via their National Lottery Heritage Grants open programme.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether VAT reimbursements are available under the Places of Worship Renewal Fund.

Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)

The new Places of Worship Renewal Fund is a capital grant scheme which will operate in England only as Heritage is a devolved matter. Where capital grants have been awarded, VAT on eligible works and costs will be rebated where it is not otherwise reclaimable.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is facilitating United States aircraft at Belfast International Airport or Aldergrove Flying Station on missions supporting their military operations in Iran.

Answered by Al Carns

Aldergrove Flying Station (AFS) routinely supports Belfast International Airport by providing additional parking on its estate for visiting NATO aircraft to separate military from civilian aircraft. This is coordinated locally between AFS and Belfast International Airport staff. There is no direct relationship between AFS and visiting military forces.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, in relation to the Infected Blood Compensation Authority, whether the estates of a deceased affected person who died prior to 21 May 2024 will be eligible to make a claim for compensation.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office

No, estates of a deceased affected person who died prior to 21 May 2024 will not be eligible to make a claim on behalf of the estate. In its July 2025 Additional Report, the Inquiry recommended that the compensation scheme be amended so that the estate of a deceased affected person will be eligible to claim compensation where an affected person passed away between 21 May 2024 and 31 March 2029. This is to acknowledge that the passage of time in delivering payments to the affected community since the Compensation Scheme was announced has left some at a disadvantage.

Following the Inquiry’s recommendation, we have amended the scheme so that the estate of a deceased affected person is now eligible to claim compensation where an affected person passed away between 21 May 2024 and 31 March 2031. This date range is a further two years than the date range recommended by the Inquiry.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what safeguard assessments have been put in place to prevent AI profiling of demographics while investigating fraud, as a result of the Quantexa deal.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

HMRC applies robust data protection, ethical, legal and security frameworks to any use of artificial intelligence across all its activities, including in areas such as fraud investigation and any technology it employs. These tools are used to support HMRC’s ability to understand and better serve customers effectively across tax and excise regimes, using the data it lawfully holds.

HMRC collects only the data necessary for the administration of the tax system and does not routinely collect demographic or protected characteristics data.
HMRC’s approach to assurance is ongoing rather than one-off. Our use of

Quantexa and any inbuilt AI is subject to close monitoring and evaluation throughout the lifecycle to ensure compliance with legal, data protection requirements and alignment with HMRC’s ethical standards and operational objectives.

Five-year indefinite leave to remain pathway for Skilled Worker visa holders (No. 2)

Job cuts planned at the BBC

Government response to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report on communication of changes to women’s state pension age

Government response to Israel’s actions in the West Bank and Gaza

Redress for people impacted by surgical mesh, sodium valproate and Primodos

Draft Code of Practice on Services, public functions and associations

78 years of the Palestinian Nakba

Found: Claire Hanna: We don’t support that Reform. Matthew O'Toole: No, indeed.

Found: Claire Hanna: We don’t support that Reform. Matthew O'Toole: No, indeed.

Found: Claire Hanna: We don’t support that Reform. Matthew O'Toole: No, indeed.

Found: Claire Hanna: We don’t support that Reform. Matthew O'Toole: No, indeed.

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Tonia Antoniazzi (Chair); Sorcha Eastwood; Claire Hanna; Simon Hoare

Found: Watch the meeting Members present: Tonia Antoniazzi (Chair); Sorcha Eastwood; Claire Hanna; Simon Hoare

Found: Labour; Gower) (Chair) Chris Bloore (Labour; Redditch) Sorcha Eastwood (Alliance; Lagan Valley) Claire Hanna