Alberto Costa

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Cross Country Trains: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) reliability and (b) punctuality of CrossCountry services operating between Birmingham, Leicester and Stansted Airport.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Councillors: Misconduct

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to apply (a) disqualification, (b) premises bans and (c) other sanctions to councillors found to have engaged in serious misconduct.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Legal Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that information on (a) settlement payments and (b) legal costs incurred by local authorities in cases of staff misconduct is shared with (i) re

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to ensure that interim officers in local government are held accountable for decisions made during their tenure.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parish and Town Councils: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of levels of contested parish council elections on accountability in local government.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parish and Town Councils: Annual Reports

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to require parish councils to submit annual governance reports to their principal authorities.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the Committee on Standards in Public Life's report entitled Local Government

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Councillors: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to bring forward proposals for the suspension of councillors for up to six months in cases of proven (a) bullying, (b) harassment and (c) serious mis

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to mandate standards committees with lay member involvement in principal authorities to ensure impartiality in misconduct cases.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Councillors: Misconduct

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to legislate to provide principal authorities with powers to (a) investigate breaches of conduct and (b) impose meaningful sanctions on (i) parish and (ii) town

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to introduce a mandatory code of conduct for local government in England.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Councillors: Misconduct

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) investigating and (b) sanctioning misconduct by (i) town and (ii) parish councillors.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to amend section 27(3) of the Localism Act 2011 to include a statutory definition of bullying and harassment covering (a) persistent verbal abuse, (b

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of collaboration between the National Crime Agency and local police forces in responding to cyber crime incidents.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to increase the number of police officers with expertise in tackling cyber crime in the next three years.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that every police force has specialist officers trained to investigate cyber crime.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of technical support offered by technology companies to people who report cyber crime incidents affecting their products.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether forthcoming legislative proposals on the use of non-disclosure agreements would apply retrospectively.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Crew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing mutual recognition of commercial pilot licences between the UK Civil Aviation Authority and the European Union Aviation Saf

21 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding strategies his Department is considering to ensure hospices remain (a) competitive and (b) sustainable.

21 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to support hospices to (a) attract and (b) retain their workforce.

30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an independent appeal or review mechanism for complainants who are dissatisfied with decision

14 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Portugal: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that British nationals who are the victims of violent attacks are adequately supported by the British Embassy in Portugal; and w

29 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the regulation of televised advertisements depicting (a) violent imagery, (b) knifes and (c) other weapons during family viewing hours; and what steps s

29 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the level of homelessness among armed forces veterans; and what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help pr

29 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Veterans: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that armed forces veterans are given priority status on local authority housing registers.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sheltered Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to bring forward proposals to (a) support and (b) incentivise the resale of retirement or sheltered housing units.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Empty Property: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to introduce a statutory exemption from the long-term empty homes council tax premium for properties that have been inherited and are being marketed

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Empty Property: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department monitors the number of households charged the council tax premium on long-term empty homes following (a) bereavement and (b) inheritance.

1 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Animal Welfare: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of private prosecution cases brought by the RSPCA being heard in the Crown Court since the introduction of the Animal Welfare Sentencing Act 2021.