Alistair Strathern

30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Locksmiths: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of regulating the locksmith industry to protect people from rogue locksmiths.

21 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 50325, what his planned timeline is for publishing the update to the Patient Safety Commissioner’s report.

2 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicine: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on support available for medical students.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Postnatal Depression

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of postnatal depression involved (a) engagement with and (b) mental health assessment of the woman’s partner by the relevant service in the most recent 12-month period for which data

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Fathers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support NHS trusts to (a) recognise and (b) involve fathers as parents in (i) maternity and (ii) early childhood services.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Fathers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish data on the number of (a) fathers who have accessed perinatal mental health services and (b) maternity outreach clinics that offer (i) evidence-based mental health as

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Givinostat: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase availability of Givinostat for children.

8 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Records: Babies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS services (a) engage with new fathers and (b) record their details alongside the mothers in their baby's health records.

20 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the safety of children online.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Environment Protection: New Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support climate technology start-ups.

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

Heat Pumps: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department's proposals for planning restrictions on heat pumps will be implemented.

10 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to reduce the backlog in driving tests.

28 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Unadopted Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support her Department provides to highways authorities to (a) adopt and (b) repair and (c)upgrade (i) unadopted and (ii) ownerless roads that form key parts of local road networks.

25 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Birds of Prey: Rodenticides

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has he made of the potential impact of the Rodenticide Stewardship Scheme on bird species populations and their health.

14 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Nutrition: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on enhancing (a) diet and (b) nutrition education in the school curriculum.

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telecommunications: Power Failures

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of telecommunications systems resilience during power cuts.

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telecommunications: Power Failures

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to improve the resilience of local telecommunications networks through power outages.

11 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Temporary Accommodation: Care Leavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing the local connection test for care leavers seeking to access temporary accommodation.

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Lithium-ion Batteries: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps he has taken to regulate the safe disposal of lithium-ion batteries.

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Lithium-ion Batteries: Explosions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on the impact of lithium-ion battery explosions.

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

GB Energy: Power Failures

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of GB Energy providing temporary back-up sources of power for homes impacted by long power cuts.

5 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential benefits of making prostate cancer screening mandatory.

4 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Communications Ombudsman: Powers

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the Communications Ombudsman's powers to increase the accountability of telecommunications providers.

22 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had on the provision of Enhurtu to Her2 low metastatic breast cancer patients.

8 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the rate of implementation of step free access on the rail network.

8 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Special Guardianship Orders: Carers' Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to make changes to how it calculates special guardianship allowances.

8 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Children and Families: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the pilot of the family first for children pathfinder and family network.

8 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods: Hitchin

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on the response to flooding in the Hitchin constituency.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Arlesey Station and Hitchin Station: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans her Department has to improve accessibility at (a) Arlesey station and (b) Hitchin station.

9 Sep 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment: Endometriosis and Periods

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Employment Bill will include (a) endometriosis and (b) other menstrual health conditions.