Matt Vickers

12 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Juries: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of data collection on (a) deaf jurors and (b) jurors with other protected characteristics within jury service records.

12 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Juries: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has consulted with organisations representing deaf people on the barriers faced by deaf people when undertaking jury service.

12 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Sign Language

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has considered setting national minimum standards for British Sign Language interpreter provision across all courts.

12 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Juries: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of deaf people who have completed jury service since the coming into force of the legal right to British Sign Language interpreters in jury deliberation rooms i

12 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Juries: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department monitors compliance with the legal right to British Sign Language interpreters in jury deliberation rooms in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.

12 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Juries: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department provides to court staff on communicating with deaf jurors in the absence of an interpreter.

12 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Juries: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of interpreter absence on the ability of deaf jurors to fully participate in court proceedings.

12 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Juries: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints has HM Courts and Tribunals Service received from deaf jurors regarding interpreter provision in the last five years.

12 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Juries: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Deaprtment is taking to ensure that cost does not prevent deaf people from serving as jurors.

12 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Juries: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of British Sign Language interpreters for deaf jurors.

1 Sep 2025 · Home Office

People Smuggling: Buoyancy Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the use of recovered life jackets on investigations into people smuggling networks.

1 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of life jackets recovered from small boat crossings since 4 July 2024; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of their disposal.

1 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the process for the (a) collection, (b) storage and (c) disposal of life jackets recovered from small boat crossings.

1 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support law enforcement agencies with the technical capability to (a) detect and (b) disrupt livestreamed child sexual abuse in real time.

1 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that people in the UK who pay to direct livestreamed sexual abuse of children overseas are (a) identified and (b) prosecuted.

1 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on tackling (a) livestreamed child abuse and (b) other online sexual exploitation and abuse of children.

1 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Age Assurance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of defaulting to a claimant’s self-declared age where no independent verification is available on the provision of effective (a) safegua

1 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Age Assurance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards are in place to ensure that recording an asylum claimant’s self-declared age does not place adults at risk of being accommodated with children.

1 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Age Assurance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times her Department has recorded an asylum claimant’s self-declared age as their official age in circumstances where their age could not be independently verified since June 2024.

1 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Age Assurance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether trends in levels of age-dispute cases have increased or decreased since June 2024.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Motor Neurone Disease: Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of limited trial site locations on the ability of motor neurone disease patients to participate in research; and what support his Department prov

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Motor Neurone Disease: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to support MND Care Centres to participate in (a) research studies and (b) MND-SMART.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Motor Neurone Disease: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department has allocated to support the (a) development and (b) expansion of MND clinical trial infrastructure.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Motor Neurone Disease: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with (a) NHS England and (b) the National Institute for Health and Care Research on (i) expanding the number of recruiting sites for and (ii) including James

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Motor Neurone Disease: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of regional variation in patient access to motor neurone disease clinical trials; and what steps he is taking to ensure equitable access across al

1 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Airguns

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to improve (a) awareness and (b) enforcement of legislation on air weapon (i) safety and (ii) responsible ownership.

1 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Airguns: Misuse

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve public (a) awareness and (b) education on the (i) dangers of misusing air weapons and (ii) impact of that misuse on (A) animals and (B) communities.

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Renewable Energy: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has a budget for retraining programmes for adult workers transitioning from oil and gas to renewable energy.

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Offshore Industry: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions his Department has had with employers in the oil and gas sector in England on (a) skills transition and (b) workforce retention.

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Oil and Gas Transition Training Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what reason the Oil and Gas Transition Training Fund is restricted to Scottish residents; and whether he plans to extend that scheme to workers in England.