Liz Twist

16 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Surveys

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including acquired brain injury as a specific category in the special educational needs survey.

23 Apr 2026 · Women and Equalities

Poverty: Children

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce levels of inequality for children in poverty.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of increasing national pulmonary rehabilitation referral rates on (a) clinical outcomes for patients, (b) NHS emergency admission rates

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve the 37% referral rates of eligible patients for pulmonary rehabilitation.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to improve access to pulmonary rehabilitation for adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease living in Blaydon and Consett constituency.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he make an assessment of the potential merits of a Modern Service Framework for respiratory health to help improve referral and take up rates of pulmonary rehabilitation.

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Living Wage and Minimum Wage

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress he has made with Cabinet colleagues on helping reduce the number of employers underpaying the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage.

20 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Employment: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of promoting the document entitled BS 30480 Suicide and the workplace: Intervention, prevention and support for people affected by suicide, publi

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Ofgem on reforming the energy market.

21 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that hospitals follow NICE guidelines on (a) suicide and (b) self-harm risk assessment (i) tools and (ii) scales.

17 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurofibromatosis: Breast Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she has taken with NHS England to help raise awareness by (a) patients and (b) GPs of the increased risk of breast cancer in people with neurofibromatosis type 1.

17 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurofibromatosis: Breast Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of automatically notifying women with neurofibromatosis type 1 before their 40th birthday that they are eligible to attend breast cancer scree

16 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the publication Move to Universal Credit statistics, July 2022 to March 2024, published on 14 May 2024, if he will make an assessment of the reasons why over 180,000 Tax Credits claima

16 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to table 3 of his Department's publication entitled Completing the move to Universal Credit: Statistics related to the move of households claiming Tax Credits and DWP Benefits to Universa

8 May 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to ensure that all people with hearing loss have access to (a) Relay UK, (b) video calls with captions, (c) a video relay service and (d) in-person transcriptions services when app

7 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to (a) The Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health and (b) Every Mind Matters in each year since their inception.

7 May 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Office for Health Improvement and Disparities: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff were employed in the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities in public mental health national roles in (a) 2021, (b) 2022, (c) 2023 and (d) 2024.

18 Apr 2024 · Cabinet Office

Veterans: Suicide

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether official statistics on suicides in armed forces veterans will be published annually.

16 Apr 2024 · Northern Ireland Office

Health Services: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will hold discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on the adequacy of resources for tackling NHS waiting times in Northern Ireland.

15 Apr 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Satellites: Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions she has had with Ofcom on the eligibility of satellite broadband for the universal service obligation scheme.

15 Apr 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Satellites

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress her Department has made on the establishment of the Connectivity in Low Earth Orbit scheme.

15 Apr 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Project Gigabit: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has made an assessment of the economic impact of delays in the Project Gigabit Lot 4 procurement process on households in the North East of England.

15 Apr 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Project Gigabit: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for what reason the type B procurement of Lot 4 of Project Gigabit was not successful.

22 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2023 to Question 1672 on Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Vaccination, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the Joint Committee on

8 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps Veterans UK has taken to support veterans and their families.

5 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of integrating mental health data with the mapping of predictions of extreme weather events.

5 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on supporting the mental health and wellbeing of people impacted by flooding.

5 Feb 2024 · Home Office

Domestic Abuse: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the impact of extreme weather on the risk of intimate partner violence.

5 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Suicide: Weather

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the impact of extreme weather on suicide risk.

25 Jan 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) adults and (b) children were admitted to hospital for a tooth extraction due to decay in the region covered by the NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board in each of the