Patrick Hurley

27 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Arts: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of introducing an exemption from the higher business rates multiplier for (a) cultural and (b) entertainment venues.

23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to publish a national strategy for palliative and end of life care.

20 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of funding allocated by his Department for research and innovation for (a) less survivable and (b) other cancers.

17 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Defibrillators: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require all publicly accessible defibrillators to be registered on the Circuit network.

17 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates in the North West.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, ?what steps she is taking to rebuild the school estate.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Southport

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the recently announced £400m UK Government funding for grassroots sports facilities will be allocated to facilities in Southport constituency.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tennis: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to take steps to support the LTA’s ambition to develop covered (a) tennis, (b) padel and (c) multi-sport facilities to facilitate year-round, all-weather participatio

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of establishing a national multi-cancer case-finding initiative to identify people at higher risk of (a) pancreatic and (b) other les

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage research into detection (a) tools and (b) tests for the early detection of (i) pancreatic and (ii) other less survivable cancers.

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

Furniture Poverty: Southport

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the levels of furniture poverty in Southport; and what steps he is taking to reduce this.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that patients taking weight loss medication have equitable access to community-based (a) weight management and (b) lifestyle support services.

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

Furniture Poverty: Southport

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the levels of furniture poverty in Southport constituency.

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

Furniture: Southport

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of furniture provision on people who have experienced rough sleeping; and what steps his Department is taking to a

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Crisis and Resilience Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of furniture provisions as a core component of the Crisis and Resilience Fund on people in receipt of Housing Benefit; and what steps he i

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fertility: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken to implement the Women’s Health Strategy on LGBTQ+ people ageing out of NHS fertility eligibility.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fertility: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has set a national timeline for equal access to NHS-funded fertility treatment.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Artificial Insemination: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that Integrated Care Boards remove the requirement for self-funded intrauterine insemination for same-sex couples.

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Research: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of safeguards in the Research and Development (R&D) tax relief scheme to prevent misuse by third-party claims agents; and whether she is taking ste

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has had recent discussions with utility companies on the exclusion of people in (a) flats and (b) houses in multiple occupation from off-peak reduced tariffs due to qui

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Governing Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on the development of futsal of the Football Association's level of influence in (a) FIFA and (b) UEFA.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what information her Department holds on whether Sport England has published guidance on mechanisms to challenge the (a) misuse of public funds and (b) neglect of mandated responsibilities by foo

16 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor people with inherited cancer risk for less survivable cancers.

16 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to incorporate clinical trials as a performance metric within the NHS to encourage clinicians to prioritise research.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Cancer: Clinical Trials and Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure equitable regional access to national cancer (a) research funding and (b) clinical trial opportunities.

22 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Rehabilitation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of expanding (a) prehabilitation and (b) rehabilitation services in cancer care on (i) NHS costs and (ii) patient outcomes.

22 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the National Cancer Plan will expand innovation in cancer screening to ensure people from deprived areas are encouraged to participate.

22 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to implement automatic enrolment into stop smoking support at (a) A&E departments, (b) cancer screening appointments, (c) mental health services and (d) other NHS servi

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Corporate Governance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of international best practices in embedding stakeholder governance into company law.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Corporate Governance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of requiring companies to amend articles of association to reflect (a) environmental and (b) stakeholder responsibilities.