Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what projections has the Department made for the number of households that will rely on gas for heating in a) five years and b) ten years.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Around 85% of GB homes currently rely on gas heating. This proportion will decline in future as increasing numbers of households adopt low-carbon heating such as heat pumps and heat networks.
In the Warm Homes Plan the Government outlined an aim to reach over 450,000 heat pump installations a year by 2030, with heat pumps increasingly replacing fossil fuel heating systems in existing homes. By 2035, low-carbon heating is expected to represent the vast majority of heating system replacements
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he plans to confirm the proposed Aerospace Supply Chain Fund; whether it will support dual-use and defence-related manufacturing activities; and whether eligibility criteria will include medium-sized manufacturers that sit above the standard small business threshold.
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)
Following the announcement at the 2026 Farnborough International Airshow, the British Business Bank is working with a prospective fund manager, industry partners and the wider aerospace sector to develop the fund's structure, strategy and eligibility criteria.
Whilst the criteria are still being agreed, the fund is intended to support both small and medium sized high-potential UK aerospace suppliers as they scale and invest for future opportunities, including businesses operating in dual-use areas. The aim is to strengthen the competitiveness, resilience and growth of the UK aerospace supply chain.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reclassifying biomedical scientists as healthcare professionals, and (b) including them within the healthcare occupations paid under the NHS Agenda for Change pay rates, to support NHS workforce needs.
Answered by Jo White - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
In their 18 December 2025 review of the Skilled Worker salary requirements the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) considered the requirements for biomedical scientists. The Government is carefully considering the recommendations in the MAC’s salary review.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the risks that private prosecutions in the United Kingdom may be used by well‑resourced organisations to (a) target and (b) intimidate individuals associated with pro‑Palestinian advocacy.
Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Any individual or organisation in England and Wales has the right to bring a private prosecution where a criminal offence has been committed.
The Government expects all organisations that bring private prosecutions to do so where there is sufficient evidence that the defendant has committed an offence, and where the prosecution is in the public interest.
The Ministry of Justice held a consultation on the regulation of private prosecutors – to ensure consistency, accountability, and transparency in private prosecutions – last year and the Government will set out its next steps shortly.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Government has made in its target to deliver half of the food in the public sector from local and sustainable sources.
Answered by Angela Eagle - Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Government remains committed to ensuring that at least half of public sector food is locally sourced or meets higher environmental standards within legal constraints. There is limited existing data about the origin and sustainability of food in the public sector supply chain and the data landscape is complex and fragmented. Defra has therefore begun data collection, which will provide us with detailed insights on the extent to which public sector settings are serving food from local and sustainable sources, and what more can be done.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Solicitor General, If he will deposit case papers in the case R. v. Nathan Gill in the Library of the House of Commons.
Answered by Ellie Reeves - Attorney General
The Law Officers will not deposit case papers in this matter.
This was a CPS prosecution and the Attorney General’s involvement was only to provide consent for one of the offences charged. This offence has been left to lie on file, following pleas from Nathan Gill to substantive offences of bribery.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Solicitor General, whether his Department holds data on communication between members of the European Parliament, UK Parliament and members of UK devolved legislatures and Oleh Voloshyn in the period between 2014-2019.
Answered by Ellie Reeves - Attorney General
The department has conducted a search of the electronic materials currently available to it. No data on communications within the scope of this question was identified.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Solicitor General, What date is the earliest evidence of bribery in the case of R. v. Nathan Gill.
Answered by Ellie Reeves - Attorney General
The dates of the bribery offences are a matter of public record, the earliest being 6 December 2018.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made in appointing a special envoy for complex detention cases.
Answered by Hamish Falconer - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 19 March to question 37752.
Asked by: Matt Western (Labour - Warwick and Leamington)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to publish the National Cyber Strategy.
Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)
I refer the Honourable Gentleman to the response given to Question 80985, tabled on 10th October 2025.