Steve Darling

15 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Lead

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who is the responsible body for ensuring lead testing happens in school buildings.

15 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Torbay sent on 22 and 27 April, reference SD16253.

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming Machines: Payment Methods

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions her Department has had with representatives of the adult gaming centre sector on enabling cashless payment systems; and whether she plans to bring forward related regula

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming Machines: Prizes

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had discussions with the adult gaming centre sector on raising the stakes and prizes cap; and what assessment she has made of the potential economic impact of

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming Machines: Prizes

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has considered raising the stakes and prizes cap for adult gaming centres.

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming Machines: Prizes

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to review the maximum stakes and prizes limits for Category B3 and C gaming machines in adult gaming centres.

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress his Department has made in the completion of the Universal Credit split payment impact assessment; and whether they plan to use split payments as the default mechanism for all joint

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Assistance Animals: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her timetable is for the introduction of measures to simplify the movement of assistance dogs between the United Kingdom and the European Union.

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Assistance Animals: Pet Travel Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the enforcement action against the use of European pet passports on assistance dog users.

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Assistance Animals: Pet Travel Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the feasibility of introducing a digital passport system for assistance dogs; and what consideration has been given to the development of digitalised pa

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Assistance Animals: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with key stakeholders on negotiating an exemption from Animal Health Certificate requirements for assistance dogs travelling between the UK and the Europea

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Assistance Animals: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help facilitate the movement of assistance dogs accompanying their owners travelling from the UK to the EU.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Elected Office for Disabled People Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide an update on the Access to Elected Office Fund; and when it is likely that applications for support will open.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Pets

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of Battersea’s new Cost of Cute campaign.

10 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Administration of Estates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans does she have to decrease the time taken to return savings to estates of the deceased.

10 Jul 2026 · Church Commissioners

Churches: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what plans they have to ensure the preservation of historic church buildings in England.

10 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consideration has he given to broadening the scope of countries where the UK state pension receives an annual increase.

10 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to provide full grandfathering or full transitional protection for Skilled Worker visa holders and their dependants who were already granted leave before any earned settl

10 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what consideration she has given to the introduction of a service standard for family visa applications.

10 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department has taken to make the drug Enhertu available for people with secondary breast cancer in England, following the increase in NICE’s cost effectiveness thresholds in April 20

10 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on the Cancer Plan commitment to define and count recurrent cancers, starting with metastatic breast.

10 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cataracts: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to tackle the backlog of cataract operations, including for those who need the operation to undertake driving exams.

10 Jul 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans she has in place to ensure that businesses accounts on social media are protected from unfair suspension, to mitigate the financial impact on their business.

10 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigs: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration has she given to launching an independent review into the pig industry, to determine whether piglet thumping continues to be practised.

9 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Free School Meals

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate they have made of the number of children eligible for free school meals who are not registered to receive them.

9 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Visitors

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average caseload per health visitor is (a) in the Devon Integrated Care Board area and (b) across all Integrated Care Board areas.

9 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Speech and Language Therapy: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on how many children are currently waiting for NHS speech and language therapy in the Devon Integrated Care Board area.

9 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Speech and Language Therapy: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time is between referral and commencement of NHS speech and language therapy for children aged 0–11 in the Devon Integrated Care Board area.

8 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Crown Court: Exeter

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information HM Courts and Tribunals Service holds on failures of the Digital Audio Recording Transcription and Storage system at Exeter Crown Court in each year from 2018 to 2025, including (a) the number of

7 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the mean cost to the public purse was of a parliamentary by-election since 2024.