Mr Richard Holden

16 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Official Gifts

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, With reference to the publication entitled Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Ministers' Gifts - May 2025, published on 26 June 2025, what the meaning is of the ent

16 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Official Hospitality

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Ministry of Defence: Ministers’ Hospitality - May 2025, published on 26 June 2025, for what reason the Rt Hon Member for Liverpool Garston received lunches offered by Babcock on (a) 26 May, (b)

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Beer: Excise Duties and Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of new packaging regulations on the cost of producing draught and bottled beer; and whether those impacts were t

15 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Beer: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of draught beer duty relief on the viability of pubs in (a) rural areas and (b) newly developed communities.

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fractures: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the roll-out of Fracture Liaison Services.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Ofcom: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions his Department has had with Ofcom on the potential impact of the Supreme Court ruling in the case of For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers on the guidance it issu

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Ofcom: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has set a deadline for Ofcom to implement the Supreme Court judgment in the case of For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers of 16 April 2025 within Ofcom guidance.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Ofcom: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on plans to implement the Supreme Court judgment in the case of For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers of 16 April 2025 within Ofcom guidance

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Ofcom: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had had with Ofcom to discuss the implementation of the Supreme Court judgment in the case of For Women Scotland v The

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a duty to refer new mothers experiencing mental distress to appropriate local services.

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Third Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that new mothers experiencing (a) anxiety, (b) postnatal depression and (c) other difficulties after birth are routinely referred to local third-sector

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Children's Funeral Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has considered extending eligibility for the Children’s Funeral Fund to include babies lost before 24 weeks’ gestation; and if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providi

14 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will introduce a three month extension to the transition period for capital allowance rules for Double Cab Pick Ups.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Foreign Investment in UK: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities in Essex to deliver place-based foreign direct investment strategies in line with the Harrington Review recommendations.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Financial Services: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to bring forward pilot zoning schemes to provide easier planning for commercial development in financial and professional service hubs in the East of England.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Growth and Skills Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking through the Growth and Skills levy to introduce greater flexibility for blended and modular learning.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Financial Services: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to support the development of local industrial strategies for financial and related professional services in Essex.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Strategic Investment Opportunities Unit within the Office for Investment supports SMEs and scale-ups to access investment in (a) Basildon and Billericay const

11 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Living Wage and Minimum Wage: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answers of 2 July 2025 and 11 July 2025 to Questions 62768 and 64918 on Pay: Publicity, whether he has considered releasing the (a) aggregate value of the payments made to and (b) the n

11 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Family Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government plans to commission an independent review of training for (a) family court judges, (b) Cafcass officers and (c) expert witnesses on (i) coercive control, (ii) post-separation abuse and (i

11 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the evaluation of the Pathfinder pilot family courts will be published in full prior to any national policy changes based on its findings.

11 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts: Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how often the presumption of contact was disapplied in family court proceedings where (a) allegations and (b) findings of domestic abuse were present in the last 12 months; and whether her Department plans to pub

11 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts: Custody

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when her Department plans to publish its review of the presumption of parental contact in family courts; and whether that review will include consideration of disapplying the presumption in cases where domestic a

11 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of serving teachers have completed continuous professional development specifically covering ADHD and dyslexia since 2020; and what plans she has to make such training compulsory.

11 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Girls

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the under-diagnosis of ADHD in girls; and what targets have been set for improving identification rates by 2026.

11 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the feasibility of allowing general practitioners to initiate ADHD diagnostic referrals for school-age children.

10 Jul 2025 · Women and Equalities

Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to respond to the report entitled Review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender - Report 2: Barriers to research on sex and gender, published on 2 July 2025.

10 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54794 on British Indian Ocean Territory: Sovereignty, what the value of each annual payment is in cash terms.

10 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Climate Change: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has provided funding for intersectional climate action since July 2024.

10 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Official Hospitality: Lancaster House

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost was of the summer reception at Lancaster House on 1 July 2025.