Dr Simon Opher

7 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the average body mass index of pregnant women in the (a) most recent period for which data is available and (b) five years before the most recent period for

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Active Travel: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Active Travel England funding allocation formula on (a) rural and (b) semi-rural areas; and whether she plans to review the use of per capi

5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Mission Board: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Health Mission Delivery Board has appointed external experts.

5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Preventive Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the health mission delivery board on the prevention of ill health.

4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Preventive Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on the five-point prevention plan.

4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Mission Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Health Mission Delivery Board will next meet.

4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Mission Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the Health Mission Delivery Board last met.

4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Preventive Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the five-point prevention plan.

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

Devon & Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on the review of the Devon and Severn Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority funding formula; and if he will set a timeline for completion.

4 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Forests: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether woodlands qualify for inheritance tax relief.

4 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether land farmed under the Environmental Land Management Scheme will be exempt from new inheritance tax rules for farms.

4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to increase the funding available for research into children cancers.

4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the availability of hospital beds for teenagers and young adults undergoing cancer treatment.

3 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to contribute to the target of halving violence against women and girls in ten years.

3 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 make it his policy to enable community-owned small-scale energy generators to sell electricity directly to local consumers.

3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

USA: Foreign Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the reported decision by the US government to pause foreign aid.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of enabling community-owned small-scale energy generators to sell electricity directly to local consumers on (a) energy prices,

31 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Holiday Accommodation: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress she has made on delivering a mandatory short term let registration scheme.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Plastics: Treaties

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has received representations from fossil fuel companies on the Global Plastics Treaty.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Treaties

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support the introduction of a binding global target to cut all forms of primary plastic polymer production.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Treaties

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had discussions with the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries on the UN Global Plastics Treaty.

29 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Treaties

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the negotiations for a global plastics treaty.

20 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Mission Board

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) structure and (b) scope is of the cross-Government Health Mission Board.

20 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to deliver a fully funded cross-government strategy to reduce health inequalities which (a) takes into account the wider determinants of health and (b) includes measurable goa

20 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to engage with (a) parliamentarians and (b) healthcare stakeholders on steps to improve health inequalities.

17 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport

Active Travel England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria is used to determine funding allocations from Active Travel England to local authorities.

16 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Secondary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of 14-16 year old provision in further education colleges.

16 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Secondary Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of differences in levels of funding between 14-16-year-old students who undertake their Key Stage 4 education at a (a) main

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

Affordable Housing: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to launch a further consultation on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework to reduce the cost and complexity for community-led housing providers aimi

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

Homes England: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to include a specific requirement to support community-led housing in commissioning the next phases of funds for Homes England.