Mark Pritchard

12 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Intelligence Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing funding for the security service in the context of existing and emerging state and non-state threats to the UK’s national security.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Self-harm

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce rates of self-harm by people who work in (a) farming and (b) other agricultural industries.

10 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure sufficient recruitment of retained firefighters in Shropshire.

10 Feb 2025 · Home Office

West Mercia Police: Special Constables

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to help West Mercia Police recruit more special constables in rural communities.

10 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Police: Performance Related Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing performance-related pay for Chief Constables based on (a) rates of crime reduction and (b) crime outcomes including (i) charges an

10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fractures: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of Integrated Care Boards in England which have a Fracture Liaison Service.

10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fractures: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of Integrated Care Boards in England have a Fracture Liaison Service.

10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Death Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the time taken for medical examiners to issue death certificates.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of VAT on school fees on the shared provision of (a) SEND support, (b) sporting facilities and (c) SEND school transport between the independent and state

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Telecommunications

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to encourage train operating companies to improve on-train connectivity for (a) voice and (b) data services.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a strategy to improve the retention of teaching staff in schools.

5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antidepressants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps with NHS England to review the (a) volume and (b) type of antidepressants prescribed on the NHS and their (i) side effects, (ii) long-term effectiveness and (iii) addictivenes

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Advertising: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the implementation of the Broadcasting Code by Ofcom on reducing the sexualisation of children through broadcast advertising.

5 Feb 2025 · Women and Equalities

Men: Publicity

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if her Department will take steps to promote positive male role models.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Cars: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs lost in the car manufacturing sector between July and December 2024.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Video Games: Classification Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will have discussions with the Games Rating Authority on the classification of video games; and if she will take steps to reduce the sexualisation of children in video games.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Pornography Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when he expects the report of the Independent Pornography Review to be published.

29 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Armed Forces: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to ensure Inheritance Tax is not charged on death in service payments paid to relatives of armed forces personnel.

29 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office

Visas: EU Countries

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will have discussions with his European Union counterpart on the potential merits of establishing a six months visa waiver scheme for citizens visiting EU Member States in the Schengen area to replace the

29 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Supported Housing: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will increase the funding available to local authorities to provide living services for people with learning disabilities.

28 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will meet with the US Energy Secretary to discuss (a) importing US-produced (i) Liquefied Natural Gas and (ii) oil and (b) imports from volatile regions.

28 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democratic Republic of Congo: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support (a) peace and (b) stability in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

28 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Clubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will hold discussions with the (a) Home Office and (b) Football Association on the potential merits of introducing lifetime club bans for people convicted of threats of violence against (i

28 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce age-related universal testing for prostate cancer.

27 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Advertising and Broadcasting Programmes: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will discuss with Ofcom potential steps to reduce the sexualisation of children in television (a) advertisements and (b) programmes.

27 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Film and Video Games: Classification Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will discuss with the British Board of Film Classification the classification of (a) films and (b) video games; and if she will take steps to reduce the sexualisation of children through t

23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will reinstate the four percent funding floor for Core Spending Power growth for Shropshire.

23 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will reinstate the Rural Services Delivery Grant in the next local government financial settlement for Shropshire.

23 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Motor Neurone Disease: Medical Treatments and Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support research into (a) the treatment of and (b) a cure for motor neurone disease.

20 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Social Media: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Home Department, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to make it a criminal offence to create fake online media accounts for public bodies and organisations where the communication of official and public inform