Will Stone

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

Landlords: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on improving the collection of fines issued to rogue landlords; and if she will bring forward legislative proposals to

12 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Care Homes: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an exemption from the increase in employer's National Insurance contributions for care homes where more than half of residents are funded by the

12 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing asylum applications from people from Syria.

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

Private Rented Housing: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to prevent duplication between the planned landlord database and local licensing schemes to reduce inefficiencies.

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

Local Government: Accountability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory annual reporting by councils on enforcement activity to ensure transparency and accountability.

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

Environmental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a new national post of Chief Environmental Health Officer to provide leadership on enforcement.

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

Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the resources local authority enforcement teams (a) currently have and (b) will need to implement the Renters’ Rights Bill.

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

Private Rented Housing: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the reason that only 7% of Housing, Health and Safety Ratings System (HHSRS) inspections led to an Improvement Notice being served.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) requiring social media accounts to be linked to a form of ID and (b) preventing people with certain convictions from interac

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

Greyhounds: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the number of greyhounds that have been killed at racetracks since 2023.

7 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Skills Bootcamps

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what (a) progress she has made and (b) steps she plans to take with the Secretary of State for Transport on the HGV skills bootcamp programme.

28 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire: HCRG Care Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of whether the Bath, Swindon, and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board's decision to award a contract to HCRG Care Group for community-based care (a) includes social value

13 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office

Steroid Drugs: Death

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many death certificates mentioning steroids were issued in each of the last five years.

26 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Further Education: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the 5.5% pay award for teachers in academized sixth forms to non-academized colleges.

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

Greyhounds: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of trends in the number of greyhounds that have died at racetracks since 2023.

4 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of dropping the salary requirement for people on visas employed by the Government.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Swindon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on the potential opening of public direct travel between Swindon and Oxford using the current freight track.

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

Leasehold: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her timeline is for implementation of (a) the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 and (b) other government initiatives to tackle leasehold issues.

21 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Diplomatic Service: Married People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing spouses of people sent on British diplomatic missions to continue working if (a) they work for a Government

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

Animal Products: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for the introduction of legislation to ban imports of hunting trophies.

10 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to (a) improve access to and (b) increase involvement in sports in deprived areas.