Dr Simon Opher

6 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Eligibility

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she take steps to delegate powers to local authorities to (a) identify and (b) automatically register all children eligible for free school meals.

6 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Personal Care Services: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing regulations to enhance financial transparency within the hairdressing industry.

27 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Consumer Goods: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing advertising restrictions on high carbon emission products (a) on television and (b) online.

25 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Asylum: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish the criteria for determining which individuals seeking asylum will be subject to detention.

25 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Illegal Migration Act 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to repeal the Illegal Migration Act 2023.

25 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle abuse in immigration detention centres.

25 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Migrants: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to introduce a statutory time limit on immigration detention.

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

Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of legislating to enable local authorities in England to adjust council tax rates by increasing them for higher-band proper

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

Community Relations: Departmental Coordination

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to promote cross-departmental work to strengthen community cohesion.

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

Private Rented Housing: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to prohibit a landlord from (a) demanding and (b) accepting more than one month’s rent in advance in respect of a (i) tenancy and (ii) licence of r

19 Nov 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of grassroots sports programmes in strengthening mental health (a) literacy and (b) resilience of men and boys.

18 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

X Corp: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing further regulations on X to tackle the spread the of (a) disinformation and (b) misinformation.

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

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will set out her timeline for the implementation of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.

18 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Cycle to Work Scheme: Low Incomes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Cycle to Work Scheme in improving cycle ownership among people on low incomes.

18 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Bicycles

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential health benefits of improving access to cycles for people on low incomes.

14 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Conditions of Employment: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to strengthen employee rights for those who were employed by an employer that has become insolvent.

14 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will take steps to ensure that households that do not have driveways can access (a) on-street and (b) domestic EV charging infrastructure.

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

Litter

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory codes of practice for businesses to reduce litter.

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

Empty Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to bring empty homes back into use.

4 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Teachers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps has her Department is taking with the Teacher's Pension Scheme to reduce the time taken to provide pension valuations for teachers undergoing divorce proceedings.

4 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences Act 2003

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make it her policy to amend the Sexual Offences Act 2003 to classify driving instructors as a position of trust.

31 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Edward Jenner

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with UNESCO on the proposed application for Dr Edward Jenner's house in Berkeley to receive world heritage statue.

30 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Park Homes: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her department has any plans to review the 10% commission charge applied to the sale of park homes by site owner.

29 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Business Premises: Empty Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to implement part 10 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.

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

Rights of Way

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to repeal the 2031 deadline for registering public rights of way.

25 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Driving Instruction: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to take steps to regulate driving instructors to help ensure the safety of young women.

24 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Birds: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support cavity-nesting birds on the Red List.

23 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Demonstrations: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the independent review of sentencing policy will include sentencing for peaceful protest.

22 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment Tribunals Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to increase the time limit for access to the Employment Tribunal from three months to six months after an incident of workplace discrimination.

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

Agriculture: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to move the regulation of sludge used on agricultural land from the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989 into the Environmental Permitting (Englan