James Naish

6 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Visas: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increasing the qualifying period for settlement under the BNO visa scheme from five years to ten years on those visa holders, in the

6 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Visas: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that individuals prosecuted under the Hong Kong National Security Law are not unfairly excluded from access to the British Nationals (Overseas) visa schem

6 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Visas: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will relax the 90-day absence rule for British National (Overseas) visa holders for exceptional circumstances for visa holders from Hong Kong.

6 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: China

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will issue an apology for the lack of (a) referendum and (b) recognition of the right to self-determination for Hong Kong residents prior to the handover of Hong Kong t

6 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

British National (Overseas): Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on guaranteeing the long-term continuation of the British National (Overseas) visa scheme for

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure cross-border cooperation between local education authorities in the planning and allocation of school places.

4 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Audit

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will instruct the DVLA to conduct an audit of car park records in instances where a pattern of disputes has been identified.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to ensure that food producers are not undercut by imports produced to lower standards.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock: Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to help improve the (a) recording and (b) traceability of farm animals through the Livestock Information Service.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Veterinary Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help increase the number of veterinary professionals in the farming sector; and what plans he has to reform the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 to enable more u

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Veterinary Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered introducing a centrally-funded veterinary surveillance scheme to support early detection of animal disease.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animals: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) capacity and (b) capability of the Animal and Plant Health Agency to respond to a major outbreak of exotic animal disease.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Lighting

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of undertaking a public awareness campaign to encourage more drivers to replace (a) faulty and (b) broken indicator lights.

30 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Restoring control over the immigration system: white paper on the UK's foreign policy in relation

30 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department had discussions with the Home Office on the development of the Restoring control over the immigration system: white paper; and what representations his

30 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Home Office on the impact of the Restoring control over the immigration system: white paper on British Nationals (Overseas) v

22 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Horse Riding: Disadvantaged and Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with (a) Sport England and (b) UK Sport on access to equestrian activities for (i) underrepresented groups and (ii) young people with SEND.

22 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government provides guidance to local authorities on the allocation of funding (a) across different sports, (b) for the provision for (i) SEND-inclusive and (ii) therapeutic sporting

22 May 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Horse Riding

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department provides funding for equestrian activities for children with special educational needs and disabilities.

21 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Information Sharing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling people to verify their (a) income and (b) identity online through secure access to their benefit data.

21 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Information Sharing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of enabling data sharing between her Department's systems.

21 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Information Sharing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support the Government’s Open Data Agenda; and whether she plans to expand secure access to selected datasets for the purposes of reducing financial exclusion.

21 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Information Sharing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential (a) economic and (b) social impact of enabling Universal Credit recipients to share their benefit data with consent with regulated third pa

21 May 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the duration of the Ukrainian Visa scheme for Ukrainian national visa holders with children currently working towards GCS

20 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that autism is considered in delivery plans for the Get Britain Working White Paper, published on 26 November 2024.

20 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Clean Energy: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support growth in domestic clean energy supply chains.

20 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Offshore Industry: Production

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to align UK oil and gas production with climate targets.

19 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hong Kong: Judiciary

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has considered bringing forward legislative proposals that are similar to the Hong Kong Judicial Sanctions Act.

19 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Almost million more pupils get access to mental health support, published on 16 May 2025, whether the mental health support measures for yo

14 May 2025 · Department for Education

Education: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered supporting the development of bridging courses for qualified British National (Overseas) visa holders in (a) teaching, (b) social work, (c) healthcare and (d) other profess