Dr Simon Opher

10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Development and Housing: Gloucestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which housing and community development projects have received Government funding in Gloucestershire in financial year 2024-25.

6 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Curfews

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her planned timeline is for the proposed extension of the maximum period that an eligible prisoner may spend on Home Detention Curfew.

5 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cancer screening programmes recommended by the National Screening Committee are (a) funded and (b) available to patients as quickly as possible.

5 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what consideration his Department has given to including a separate faster diagnosis target for children and young people with cancer.

5 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure early diagnosis of cancer.

4 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Sexual Offences: Crown Court

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the backlog of (a) rape and (b) sexual offence cases in the Crown Court.

4 Mar 2025 · Home Office

British Nationality: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Good character: caseworker guidance, updated on 13 February 2025, whether her Department plans to review the £1,630 citizenship application fee.

26 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Power Stations: Gloucestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he will visit the decommissioning power stations at (a) Oldbury and (b) Berkeley (Severn Edge); and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (i) deploying Small Modula

26 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

River Severn: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with relevant stakeholders on the long-term strategic investment required to support flood mitigation along the Severn Estuary.

25 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Child Arrangements Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of legal mechanisms available to victims of (a) coercive control and (b) other abuse when family courts do not enforce child custody arrangements.

25 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Police: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that police forces are adequately (a) trained and (b) resourced to respond effectively to (a) reports of (i) coercive control and (ii) abuse and (b) breaches of cour

25 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Child Arrangements Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to review (a) the requirement to pay fees to initiate legal action when child custody court orders are breached and (b) other financial barriers to enforcing those orders.

25 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Child Arrangements Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that breaches of child custody court orders are enforced (a) effectively and (b) in a timely manner.

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

Agriculture: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Capital Grant scheme for farmers will re-open for applications.

21 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will automate the visa extension scheme application process for people applying to the Ukraine Permission Extension scheme.

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

Climate Change: Developing Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a regional allocation system similar to flood and coastal management funding to support local authorities and

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

River Frome: Beavers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the release of wild beavers in the River Frome.

21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS 111: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the average response time for the NHS 111 service.

21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS 111: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the NHS 111 service is accessible to elderly patients.

21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Osteoporosis: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to deliver early diagnosis services for osteoporosis.

21 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to end homelessness; and what steps she plans to take to involve people with lived experience.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Caravans: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to stop the mis-selling of static caravans via the holiday park industry.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Caravans: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing new customer protections for individuals that purchase static caravans, in the context of alleged reporting of mis-selling.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department's proposed regulations on short-term lets will be extended to include static caravan holiday parks.

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

Climate and Nature Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve data reporting on consumption emissions, in the context of commitments made during the Climate and Nature Bill Second Reading debate on 2

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

Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to implement changes to binding commitments on nature protection, in the context of assurances made during the Climate and Nature Bill Second Readin

13 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on ensuring that constraints on the strategic road network do not prevent local authorities from

10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of entry level nursing roles.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to strengthen the National Adaptation Programme.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish a timeline for the implementation of his local power plans policy.