Cat Smith

17 Dec 2020 · Cabinet Office

General elections: Dementia

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to improve the accessibility of polling stations to people with dementia at the next General Election.

17 Dec 2020 · Cabinet Office

Proxy Voting: Proof of Identity

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the voter ID plan on proxy voting.

15 Dec 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2020 to Question 114936 on Kickstart Scheme: Ethnic Groups, what steps her department i taking to help ensure collection of data on the proportion of jobs created a

15 Dec 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to enable service users of supported accommodation to access employment services.

15 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, at what stage in his vaccination timetable critical workers will receive a covid-19 vaccine.

15 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his definition is of frontline health and social care workers as set out in phase 1 on the Joint Committee on Vaccines prioritisation list.

15 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether frontline homeless service workers will receive a covid-19 vaccine under phase 1 of the Joint Committee on Vaccines and Immunisation prioritisation list.

10 Dec 2020 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) enabling expired photo ID to be valid as voter ID and (b) the length of expiry for which that ID will be

10 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Youth Investment Fund

When he plans to allocate the £500 million Youth Investment Fund.

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the terms of the COVID-19 Bus Services Support Grant define an amendment to ticket validity times as a fare price increase.

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether prior consent is required from his Department for a bus operator in receipt of the COVID-19 Bus Services Support Grant to change ticket validity times.

9 Dec 2020 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether bus operators in receipt of the COVID-19 Bus Services Support Grant are permitted to amend ticket validity times.

8 Dec 2020 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor the effect of the new voter ID requirements on voting uptake by (a) different disability groups and (b) Black, Asian an

1 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the weekly covid-29 tests for care workers will be made available for adult social care staff providing (a) vision rehabilitation and (b) other in-person rehabilitation.

1 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking ensure that people who are digitally excluded and do not have an email address are able to (a) register for and (b) receive their coronavirus home testing results.

1 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that home covid-19 testing is accessible for (a) people who are blind or partially sighted and (b) other people with a disability.

30 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to respond to the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review recommendations (a) holistically or (b) separately in relation to the three separate health issues, Sodium

24 Nov 2020 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Travellers

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Local Authority 2018 Voter ID trials Equalities Impact Assessment in Bromley, what steps his Department is taking ahead of the national roll-out of

24 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Poland: Females and LGBT+ People

What recent representations he has made to the Polish Government on (a) women’s and (b) LGBT+ rights in that country.

17 Nov 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Independent Review

If he will publish a timescale for the implementation of the recommendations of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review report, published in July 2020.

12 Nov 2020 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to introduce automatic voter registration in response to the recommendations from the Joint Committee on Human Rights.

12 Nov 2020 · Cabinet Office

Electoral Register: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to improve voting registration rates among black people in the UK.

12 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of jobs created as part of the Kickstart scheme have been allocated to young people with disabilities to date.

12 Nov 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme: Ethnic Groups

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of jobs created as part of the Kickstart scheme have been allocated to Black, Asian and minority ethnic young people to date.

4 Nov 2020 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what evidence his Department used to complete the equality impact assessment ahead of the Government's Voter ID trials.

2 Nov 2020 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Travellers

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2020 to Question 100441 on Elections, whether the Government has consulted the Traveller and Roma communities on the potential effect

30 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office

Ballot Papers: Visual Impairment

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2020 to Question 104226 in Ballot Papers: Visual Impairment, which accessible formats they are considering providing alongside physic

23 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Visual Impairment

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what equality impact assessment his Department has carried out on the effect on blind and partially sighted people of the Government's local authority voter ID pilot sche

23 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office

Elections: Travellers

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2020 to Question 100441 on Elections, what assessment he has made of the effect of introducing Voter ID on the Traveller and Roma com

23 Oct 2020 · Cabinet Office

Proof of Identity: Travellers

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2020 to Question 100441 on Elections, whether the Government holds data identifying the proportion of the Traveller and Roma communit