Mr Richard Holden

15 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Charitable Donations

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC plans to issue guidance for charitable trustees on the treatment of legacies under section 523A of the draft Finance Bill 2025–26.

15 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Airports: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to increase business rates on (a) airports and (b) airport operators; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of such an increase on regional airport (i) viability and (ii) conne

15 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to remove the 40-year Vehicle Excise Duty exemption for historic vehicles; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of such a change on (a) the classic car sector and (b) the

15 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to raise rail fares above the rate of inflation; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of any such increase on (a) passengers and (b) the economy.

15 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Insurance Premium Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to increase the rate of Insurance Premium Tax; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of any such increase on (a) household and (b) business insurance costs.

15 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Taxis: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to introduce or extend VAT to private hire vehicle journeys; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of such a measure on (a) fares for passengers and (b) small operators.

15 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to increase Air Passenger Duty on domestic or international flights; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of any such increase on (a) regional connectivity and (b) aviatio

15 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Fuels: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to increase fuel duty; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of any such increase on the (a) cost of living and (b) business transport costs.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what oversight exists of local authorities that (a) keep and (b) exhibit animals in public parks, and what steps her Department is taking to ensure such animals are kept in accordance

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Pensions (Abolition of Lifetime Allowance Charge etc) (No. 3) Regulations 2024 on people with enhance protection; and whether she has considered

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Horse Racing: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of existing legislation to ensure that foals are not entered into competitive races.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Defibrillators

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2025 to Question 69609 on Defibrillators in non-emergency ambulances, whether his Department has made an assessment of the consistency of Integrated Care Board

10 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Defibrillators: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to expand the range of defibrillator manufacturers and suppliers available through Government procurement frameworks.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Defibrillators: Emergency Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that defibrillators are routinely procured and installed in (a) police cars and (b) other frontline public service vehicles.

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Defibrillators: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending existing VAT reliefs on defibrillators to cover direct purchases by (a) community groups, (b) sports clubs and (c) small businesses.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Stray Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many stray dogs were taken into shelter by local authorities in the last 12 months.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

London, Tilbury and Southend Line: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) mitigate the impact of repeated (i) over-running engineering works and (ii) cancellations on the c2c network and (b) ensure that passengers using (A) season tickets an

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the backlog of employment tribunals; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of delays on claimants aged over 50 seeking redress for unfair dism

10 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Anglo American Corporation: Teck Resources

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the merger of Anglo American and Teck on national security.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to educate consumers about less harmful alternatives to smoking.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what evidential basis his Department has assessed the public health implications of (a) the Tobacco and Vapes Bill and (b) encouraging the use of less harmful alternatives to tobacco.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill on the risk of vapers returning to traditional cigarettes.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press notice entitled Simpler train travel for the South East as contactless ticketing rolls out at 47 more stations, published on 20 January 2025, how many and what proportion of the 49 s

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press relase entitled New era of rail accountability for passengers as performance data goes live at stations, published on 6 March 2025, when she expects performance data to go live on-sc

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

South Western Railway: Nationalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press notice entitled New dawn for rail as South Western services return to public hands, published on 25 May 2025, on what evidential basis her Department calculated that public ownership

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

East West Rail Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press notice entitled East West Rail services planned to begin this year as Chiltern Railways named operator, published on 25 March 2025, when she expects (a) passenger services between Ox

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Switzerland

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press notice entitled Transport Secretary forges landmark deal to progress new Swiss rail link, published on 9 May 2025, how many meetings of the joint UK–Swiss working group have been hel

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Southeastern

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press notice entitled Great British Railways in action – passengers benefit from track and train being united on South Eastern Railway, published on 18 June 2025, how many times the South

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press notice entitled New tech to make rail replacement travel more accessible, published on 13 May 2025, what information her Department holds on the number of times the 3D animated avata

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: WiFi

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press notice entitled On track and online: landmark deal to end mobile dead zones, published on 25 June 2025, what progress her Department has made on Project Reach; and whether her Depart