Sir Oliver Dowden

10 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences and Motor Vehicles: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will review the policy of verifying addresses for vehicle registrations and driving licenses.

10 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Fraud: Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the DVLA is taking to reduce the number of people using addresses not belonging to them for driving license applications.

10 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving License and Motor Vehicles: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the DVLA on levels of fraud.

10 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Licenses and Motor Vehicles: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the DVLA are taking to reduce levels of address fraud for vehicle registrations and driving licenses.

10 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences and Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce address checks for driving licenses and vehicle registrations.

10 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Iran

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support is in place for Iranian nationals seeking to visit family members in the UK.

9 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Drax Power: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of Ofgem’s ability to scrutinise Drax.

9 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Drax Power: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) environmental and (b) ethical standards required for the continued provision of support to Drax.

9 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the workforce capacity in cancer and diagnostic services.

9 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer and Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the recruitment freezes on cancer and diagnostic departments.

9 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer and Radiology: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help recruit in clinical oncology and radiology.

9 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Planning Practice Guidance on the Green Belt, how the Department defines (a) large built-up areas, (b) towns and (c) historic towns.

9 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to protect local democracy when changing the referral criteria to require Local Planning Authorities to notify the Department where they intend to refuse

9 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Obligations: Railway Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department will make it a requirement for developers of sites near rail stations to contribute to Section 106 monies to help deliver future accessibility improvements

9 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will provide the evidence base used to determine that 800m is the appropriate radius for station-based Green Belt release.

9 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many "Grey Belt" planning applications have been approved on appeal against the wishes of the local planning authority since the publication of the revised NPPF in December 2

9 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has conducted an assessment of the potential for "Grey Belt" designations to encourage speculative planning applications on land in an area that does not h

9 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Brownfield Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homes his Department plans to build on brownfield land.

9 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Freedom of Expression

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect free speech.

9 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Freedom of Expression

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to promote free speech.

9 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Political Impartiality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance her Department provides to Arts Council England regarding the political neutrality of National Portfolio Organisations.

9 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Political Impartiality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that arts organisations receiving public funding do not discriminate against events based on the political or philosophical viewpoints of the speaker

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Fireworks: Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Fireworks Regulations 2004 on tackling the purchase of fireworks for anti-social use.

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Fireworks: Hertfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking with local councils to tackle the anti-social use of fireworks in Hertfordshire.

29 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will prohibit bottom-towed fishing gear in all 41 Marine Protected Areas.

28 Jan 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

BBC: Political Impartiality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the BBC on the adequacy of the political impartiality in its news and current affairs output.

13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to change the current bed capacity in the NHS across England.

13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current bed capacity is in the NHS across England.

13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Robotics: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote NHS innovation in robotics.

13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgery: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote NHS innovation in nano surgery.