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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, where purchaser funds are transferred between connected companies or used in connection with other developments within the same corporate group, what legal or regulatory requirements govern those transactions.

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
35113
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he is considering the potential merits of changes to insolvency or consumer-protection legislation to provide greater protection to purchasers of off-plan residential property, including greater protection for deposits.

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
35118
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the insolvency framework in providing protection to purchasers who have paid deposits for properties that have not yet been completed when the developer enters administration.

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
35117
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of requirements for disclosure of related-party transactions and intercompany balances to allow purchasers and other unsecured creditors to understand how funds were moved within a property development group before insolvency.

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
35116
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, when amounts are owed between companies within the same property development group, what mechanisms exist to ensure that potentially recoverable funds or assets are adequately investigated and pursued for the benefit of creditors.

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
35115
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what rights individual creditors have to (a) scrutinise and (b) challenge administrator fees and expenditure where those costs may materially reduce the amount available for distribution to creditors.

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
35120
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he plans to introduce improved rights for purchasers in large property administrations to establish (a) representative creditor committees and (b) equivalent mechanisms to scrutinise administrator decisions, fees, asset recoveries and investigations.

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
35121
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what powers and obligations do administrators have to investigate transactions between connected companies within a property development group where one or more companies subsequently enter administration.

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
35114
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what oversight mechanisms are in place governing the fees and expenses charged by insolvency practitioners in large property administrations involving hundreds of individual purchasers.

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
35119
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether he plans to review the adequacy of the regulatory and insolvency framework in providing protection for consumers purchasing off-plan property from developers operating through multiple connected companies.

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
35122
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what protections are in place for purchasers who pay deposits towards off-plan residential developments and what safeguards exist to ensure those deposits are retained for the development for which they were paid.

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
35112
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason contributions are calculated using a paying parent’s gross income as opposed to a net income, and whether there are plans to change this.

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
15 October 2026
Reference
35111
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reversing the decision to allow the English Single malt geographical indication.

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
13 October 2026
Reference
32780
House
House of Commons

What recent estimate he has made of the cost of the Nuclear Enterprise.

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Tabled
Date
13 October 2026
Reference
901551
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the UK rejoining the EU SAFE access scheme.

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
12 October 2026
Reference
29779
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether an assessment of civilian harm risks forms part of the decision-making process when determining whether to accept a request from the United States for UK military assistance in operations against the Houthis in Yemen.

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
9 October 2026
Reference
32358
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has reviewed whether any civilian harm incidents identified by the US in their recent ‘1057’ review involved intelligence, targeting information, surveillance, refuelling, basing or other support provided by the United Kingdom.

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
9 October 2026
Reference
32359
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK officials have discussed with their US counterparts the findings that US operations against the Houthis in Yemen in 2025 caused civilian deaths and injuries.

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
9 October 2026
Reference
32769
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recent US Department of Defense findings concerning civilian casualties arising from US military operations against the Houthis in Yemen in 2025; and whether those findings have prompted any review...

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Tabled
Date
9 October 2026
Reference
31961
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK Government will take legal action against British citizens living in Occupied Palestine in illegal settlements who commit acts of terrorism and settler violence.

Asked by
Lara Bird (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 September 2026
Reference
28275
House
House of Commons