Written questions

Cat Smith

1,750 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Jul 2022 · Women and Equalities

Period Poverty Taskforce

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Period Poverty taskforce will resume its work before the end of August 2022.

20 Jul 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fish Farming: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the suffering of farmed fish at the time of killing.

19 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescription Drugs: Addictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 125 of Public Health England's report entitled Dependence and withdrawal associated with some prescribed medicines, published in December 2020, for what reason a helpline or

14 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to understand the impact of the total amount deducted from universal credit on families living in poverty (a) at a constituency level in general and (b) in Lancaster

14 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what specific policies her Department has in place to support families with children in poverty.

14 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the level of child poverty in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.

14 Jul 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of children living in poverty in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.

14 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the progress made on implementing recommendations in the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review report entitled First Do No Harm; and wha

14 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epilepsy: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that women and girls with epilepsy have access to pre-conception counselling around epilepsy medicines and contraception.

14 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sodium Valproate: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce a redress scheme for those affected by sodium valproate.

14 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review published 8 July 2020, if his Department will respond to the recommendations on sodium (a) sodium valproate, (b) MESH a

13 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including pilot programmes for the latest innovations in diagnostics in the forthcoming dementia strategy.

13 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will make it his policy to set out steps to increase sub-type diagnosis of dementia in the forthcoming dementia strategy.

5 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of healthcare professionals who are not complying with the requirements of the valproate Pregnancy Prevention Programme in the latest period for which figure

5 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the valproate Pregnancy Prevention Programme in reducing the number of children born with birth defects and persistent developmental disorders.

1 Jul 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients who do not have access to the NHS app are able to have the same access to NHS services as those with the app.

27 Jun 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Minister for Asia and the Middle East raised the matter of the blockade of Gaza with the Israeli Government on her visit to Israel on 22 June 2022.

22 Jun 2022 · Department for Education

Schools: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment he has made of the levels of business rates paid by state schools and independent schools which have charitable status.

20 Jun 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Suicide: Travellers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government's suicide prevention strategy considers the needs of the gypsy, Roma and traveller communities.