Written questions

1,571 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Crime: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that police forces remain equipped with specialist local knowledge to tackle rural crime.

12 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support will be available to hospices during the period between the publication of the interim Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care and the implementation of subsequent

12 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the gap between the publication of the interim Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care and the implementation of any subs

11 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Health Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to integrated care boards on the funding of community services.

11 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase access to left atrial appendage occlusion in (a) Shropshire (b) the Midlands and (c) England.

11 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with integrated care board leaders regarding the delivery of left atrial appendage occlusion in their regions.

11 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antidepressants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance is in place to manage withdrawal symptoms of patients coming off antidepressant prescriptions.

11 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Antidepressants: Side Effects

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients are informed of the side effects of antidepressant medication prescriptions.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the reliability of the tuberculin skin test currently used for detecting bovine tuberculosis.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to help develop an effective vaccine to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to eradicate the spread of tuberculosis among wildlife and livestock.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the economic effect on farmers of cattle culling in areas with a high incidence of bovine tuberculosis.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the strategy and outcomes of Ireland's Bovine Tuberculosis Programme as a model for tackling the spread of tuberculosis.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her Department holds on the prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in areas where badger culls have been undertaken.

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed steel trade measures on the number of people employed in the UK steel processing and manufacturing industry.

5 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigs: Livestock Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings ministers have had with a) independent pig producers or b) representatives of the pig industry since 5 September 2025.

5 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigs: Livestock Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect independent pig producers.

5 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigs: Livestock Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the Fair Dealing Obligations (Pig) Regulations 2025.

5 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Mortality Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve hospital flow and reduce preventable mortality.

5 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of long waiting times in A&E departments on excess deaths.

4 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support small businesses in North Shropshire in the transition to Making Tax Digital.

3 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of midwives leaving the NHS before retirement age in each year since 2015 by numbers leaving more than 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45 years before

1 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Epidermolysis Bullosa: Prescriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to DEBRA UK's press release entitled EB patients being failed by prescription changes, published on 22 May 2026, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his pol

29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue guidance on clinical liability for triage decisions where a Single Point of Access triage system determines that a referral judged clinically appropriate by a GP should be

29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS England is taking to ensure that Single Point of Access pathways do not prevent patients being referred to consultant-led services where GPs consider it clinically appropriate.

29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Telemedicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing limits on the number of requests using the online consultation tool during core hours on GP practices.

29 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) impact assessments and (b) consultations were carried out before the publication of the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts and Personal Medical Services Agreements

29 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed steel trade measures on the manufacturing and construction sectors in Shropshire.

29 May 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to improve mobile signal coverage in Shropshire.

21 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives: Agency Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has spent on agency midwives in each of the last five years.

Source: official written-questions record.