Ian Byrne

21 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Cryptoassets

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered introducing legislation to adopt a composite no gain, no loss framework to align the tax treatment of crypto-asset lending and staking with traditional financial instruments; and what prog

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Cancers: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming National Cancer Plan for England will include (a) targets to improve the early diagnosis of (i) myeloma and (ii) other blood cancers, and steps to (b) reduce the number of G

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to introduce free bus travel for people under the age of 22; and what assessment he has made of the potential impact of transport costs on young people’s access to education, traini

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

Livestock: Animal Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to bring forward a public consultation on (a) banning the use of cages and (b) close confinement systems for farmed animals; and if she will make it her po

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Airports: Neurodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that UK airports provide autism-friendly (a) facilities and (b) support; and whether she plans to introduce national standards for accessibility provision for neuro

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of legal powers held by councils to tackle pavement-parked cars.

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

Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department’s policies of allowing the practice of carrying chickens by their legs.

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Budgets

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the revised Carbon Budget Delivery Plan on the international commitment to cut carbon emissions by over two-thirds by 2030.

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

Chemicals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a national chemicals regulator.

21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Bereavement Counselling: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all bereaved parents who need specialist psychological support following (a) pregnancy and (b) baby loss can access it (i) at any time and (ii) fr

22 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Inquiries: Legal Representation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much from the public purse has been spent on legal representation in public inquests and inquiries in each year between 2020 and July 2025.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plants: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2025 to Question 49250 on Plants: Disease Control, what assessment he has made of the the potential impact of the UPOV 1991 convention on small holder a

23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) the number and (b) the percentage of people over 60 presenting at A&E who waited over 12 hours to be (a) transferred, (b) admitted or (c) discharged in t

23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of how many and what proportion of patients aged over 75 presenting at A&E in England were screened for general frailty in the last 12 months.

23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of how many and what proportion of patients aged over 75 presenting at A&E in England were screened to assess their risk of falling in the last 12 months.

23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of how many and what proportion of patients aged over 75 presenting at A&E in England were screened for delirium in the last 12 months.

18 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pathways to Work: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published in March 2025, how the £1 billion employment, healt

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Holiday Activities and Food Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make the eligibility criteria for the holiday activities and food programme the same as that for free school meals.

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve diabetes (a) prevention, (b) care and (c) treatment.

2 Jun 2025 · Women and Equalities

Women: Older People

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to include older women in her Department's (a) policies and (b) decision-making processes.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of bringing water companies into public ownership on (a) bills and (b) infrastructure investment.

30 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Public Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a regulator for artificial intelligence.

30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Taxis: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to protect workers' rights for app-based taxi drivers.

30 May 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of pausing student loan interest from accruing while new parents are in receipt of statutory maternity pay.

30 May 2025 · Department for Education

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of the potential merits of making the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund permanent.

30 May 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure state schools have adequate levels of funding.

30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Houses: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support local pubs.

30 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the decision to freeze Local Housing Allowance on rates of poverty.

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

Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of social housing.

21 May 2025 · Department for Education

Learning Disability: Disability Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing spelling and grammar software from Disabled Students' Allowance funding on student retention rates at universities.