Asked by: Rebecca Paul (Conservative - Reigate)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the Competition and Markets Authority has indicated when it plans to announce whether it will open a formal competition investigation into Meta's revised Commercial Terms.
Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)
On 30 October the Competition and Markets Authority opened an investigation into Meta's commercial terms using its Competition Act 1998 (CA98) powers.
Asked by: Rebecca Paul (Conservative - Reigate)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with Meta regarding (a) businesses' ability to prevent their website content being collected through automated crawling and (b) the potential use of that content to develop or train artificial intelligence products.
Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)
Neither Ministers or officials have had any meetings with Meta specifically regarding its revised Commercial Terms and the use of content to train artificial intelligence products.
Responsibility for investigating competition issues falls to Competition and Markets Authority, the UK’s principal competition authority. On 30 October the Competition and Markets Authority opened an investigation into Meta's commercial terms using its Competition Act 1998 (CA98) powers.
Asked by: Rebecca Paul (Conservative - Reigate)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on UK businesses of the requirement to accept Meta's revised website-crawling provisions or cease using its commercial services.
Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)
The Department has not made an assessment of the potential impact on UK businesses of the requirement to accept Meta's revised website-crawling provisions or cease using its commercial services. Responsibility for investigating competition issues falls to Competition and Markets Authority, the UK’s principal competition authority.
On 30 October the Competition and Markets Authority opened an investigation into Meta's commercial terms using its Competition Act 1998 (CA98) powers.
Asked by: Rebecca Paul (Conservative - Reigate)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential competition impact of major digital platforms requiring business customers to accept contractual provisions concerning the use of their website content as a condition of continued access to their services.
Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)
The Department has not made a specific assessment of the potential competition impact described. Responsibility for investigating competition issues in digital markets falls to Competition and Markets Authority, the UK’s principal competition authority with responsibility for operating the digital markets regime.
Asked by: Rebecca Paul (Conservative - Reigate)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to amend the Building Safety Act 2022bto ensure that purchasers of properties previously held under non-qualifying leases can benefit from leaseholder protections where they intend to occupy those properties as their principal residence; and what assessment she has made of the impact of the existing rules on the ability of affected leaseholders to sell their properties.
Answered by Florence Eshalomi - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The Government has listened to concerns about the position of non-qualifying leaseholders and is planning to bring forward a comprehensive package of support.
As part of this, we announced at second reading of the Building Safety (Remediation of Unsafe Cladding etc) Bill that we are investigating how we can make sure leaseholders occupying a property as their only or principal home can benefit from the leaseholder protections.
Asked by: Rebecca Paul (Conservative - Reigate)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what discussions Ministers and officials in his Department have had with Meta regarding its revised Commercial Terms and the potential impact on UK businesses.
Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)
Neither Ministers or officials have had any meetings with Meta specifically regarding its revised Commercial Terms and the potential impact on UK businesses.
The CMA has engaged with Meta and affected stakeholders to gather further information. Meta has since announced that it was delaying implementation of its revised Commercial Terms indefinitely. On 30 October the Competition and Markets Authority opened an investigation into Meta's commercial terms using its Competition Act 1998 (CA98) powers.
Asked by: Rebecca Paul (Conservative - Reigate)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential economic impact of Meta's revised Commercial Terms on UK businesses that rely on its platforms for advertising, customer engagement and referral traffic.
Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)
The Department has not made an assessment of the potential economic impact of Meta's revised Commercial Terms on UK businesses that rely on its platforms for advertising, customer engagement and referral traffic.
Responsibility for investigating competition issues falls to Competition and Markets Authority, the UK’s principal competition authority. On 30 October the Competition and Markets Authority opened an investigation into Meta's commercial terms using its Competition Act 1998 (CA98) powers.
Asked by: Rebecca Paul (Conservative - Reigate)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether McCloud remedy compensation arrangements provide for financial losses incurred by police officers whose applications to restore opted-out pension service were accepted but whose pension rights were not restored in time for their intended retirement date; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that affected officers are not financially disadvantaged.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 and associated police pension regulations established the framework for implementation of the McCloud remedy in the Police Pension Scheme.
On 26 March 2026, I made a Written Ministerial Statement confirming that changes will be made for a small cohort of members who opted out of the scheme before the remedy period and were therefore unable to benefit fully from the intended effect of the legislation. This cohort includes members whose opted-out service had not been restored in time for their intended retirement date.
Members eligible for the McCloud remedy may also be entitled to claim compensation for certain financial losses arising from its implementation. It is for the relevant scheme manager to consider such claims.
Asked by: Rebecca Paul (Conservative - Reigate)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that guidance issued by the national sports councils is consistent with the Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers.
Answered by Stephanie Peacock - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
Following the Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers and the updated Equality and Human Rights Commission Code of Practice, which came into force on 5 August 2026, the Sports Councils agreed that the Transgender Inclusion in Domestic Sport Guidance should be reviewed.
Sport England is leading work on behalf of the Home Country Sports Councils to commission an independent review, which will consider the latest scientific, medical and policy evidence to ensure future guidance reflects the current legal framework.
Asked by: Rebecca Paul (Conservative - Reigate)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she plans to extend access to independent investigations beyond maternity services to patients who have suffered serious harm in NHS care and remain dissatisfied with local investigations; and whether her Department is considering the adoption of a Harmed Patient Pathway to ensure patients and families can access explanations, support, accountability and independent scrutiny.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Patients who have suffered serious harm in National Health Service care are entitled to use the NHS complaints system. Where patients are dissatisfied with the investigation of their complaint, they can refer their complaint to the independent Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, whose role is to investigate and make final decisions on unresolved NHS complaints.