Wendy Morton

7 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Lotteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans her Department has to remove the cap on charity lottery ticket sales.

7 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Aldridge-brownhills

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 33016 on Pension Credit: Aldridge-Brownhills, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing data on the number of outstanding Pe

7 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce potential barriers to accessing Pension Credit for pensioners who do not have access to digital services or face challenges with online applications.

7 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Public Sector: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help mitigate the impact of public sector pay settlements for 2025 on inflation.

7 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) on the ability of farming families to pass on agricultural (a) businesses and (b) property to future gener

7 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Retail Trade: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support (a) councils and (b) local authorities to improve high streets.

7 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Empty Property: Retail Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of empty retail units in town centres; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing new (a) grants

7 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Land Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2024, what instruction has been given to the planning inspectorate on determining land as grey bel

7 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Land Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2024, what steps she plans to take to ensure consultation with local communities before any develo

7 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Land Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the National Planning Policy Framework published in December 2024, what her Department's definitions of (a) grey belt and (b) green belt are.

6 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Policing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on the funding for neighbourhood police officers in the financial year 2025-26 and beyond.

6 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that police forces are sufficiently resourced to tackle crime rates.

6 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Police Stations: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed closures of (a) Aldridge Police Station and (b) other local police stations on community safety.

6 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services and Railways: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in Employers National Insurance Contributions on the budgets of train and bus operators transitioning from franchise to public mode of operat

6 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to (a) support small businesses and (b) ensure that they are not disproportionately impacted, in the context of the anticipated increase in Employers National Insurance Contributions fro

6 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing a phased reduction in employer National Insurance contributions for businesses with fewer than 50 employees.

6 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: Reform

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) introducing targeted relief for and (b) reforming employer National Insurance contributions.

6 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Serbia: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the meeting of the All-Serbian Assembly in June 2024.

6 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps is he taking to ensure continued accountability for people responsible for crimes committed during Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

6 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Foreign Policy and Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of relaxing restrictions on the (a) energy, (b) transport and (c) finance sectors in Syria on the UK's (i) foreign policy

6 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to adapt the Syria sanctions regime.

6 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Day of Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 28557 on International Day of Education, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of aid delivered to Af

6 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Health Services: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to support the integration of greener practices in (a) global healthcare and (b) the surgical sector to meet net-zero emissions target

6 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 27263 on Development Aid: Asylum Hotels, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Departmen

6 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February to Question 28082 on the British Council, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of any decision to reduce the number of Br

6 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UK Soft Power Council: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2025 to Question 27532 on the Soft Power Council, what allocation from existing budgets has (a) been allocated to and (b) been spent on t

6 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Cooperation: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the inclusion of children in multilateral events such as the Nutrition for Growth Summit.

6 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a Special Envoy for Children within his Department.

6 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to develop internal guidance for including child and youth consultation for policymaking across his Department.

5 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the safe and voluntary return to Syria of Syrian refugees.