Steve Darling

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent consideration he has made of the potential merits of a national workforce strategy for community pharmacies.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will ask Ofcom to investigate the consent or pay model for websites.

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Email

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason Access to Work advisers no longer accept supporting evidence by email for new and renewal applications, and instead require applicants to submit documents by post; what assessment has be

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Veterinary Services: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has considered a) regulating the cost of veterinary procedures, and b) requiring increased transparency around costs of veterinary procedures for pets.

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Home Education: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the financial impact of participating in GCSE exams on home-schooled students.

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Data Centres: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Government are taking to tackle the environmental impact of data centres.

11 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Droughts and Water supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans does the UK Government have to support overseas states experiencing severe droughts and difficulty in accessing water.

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Adoption: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to support adopted children’s recovery from early years trauma.

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Adoption: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of trauma-informed training undertaken by professionals working with adopted children.

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of compelling landlords to allow electric vehicle meters to be connected to a leaseholder’s residential supply.

11 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what modelling (a) she and (b) the OBR has carried out on the distributional impact of measures on salary sacrifice for pensions in the Autumn Budget 2025.

9 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason Access to Work advisers no longer accept supporting evidence by email for new and renewal applications; what assessment he has made of the potential impact of that change on processing t

9 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applicants for (a) new Access to Work awards and (b) the renewal of existing awards who undertook holistic workplace assessments received support in line with the recommendations of those asses

9 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of plastic recycling provision in supermarkets including where products are sold in packaging which needs to be recycled in-store.

9 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to reform the family court system to ensure children's best interests are prioritised.

9 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Chronic Illnesses and Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to dentistry services for (a) veterans and (b) people suffering with long-term illnesses.

9 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Chronic Illnesses and Veterans

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of dental care given to (a) veterans and (b) those suffering with long-term illnesses.

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to hold the consultation on proposed changes to NDAs under the Employment Rights Bill; and what is the planned timeline for implementation.

29 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Democracy and Disinformation: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the report by Resilience and Reconstruction entitled Disinformation, UK Democracy, and At

29 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Citizenship and Media: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies on media literacy and citizenship education of the findings of the report by Resilience and Reconstruction entitled Disinformation,

28 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish the outcome of its consultation on the Bathing Water Regulations.

28 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of sexual misconduct policies implemented by NHS integrated care boards for protecting NHS staff from sexual misconduct by other staff members.

15 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to (a) remove the cap on the number of days courts can sit, (b) help ensure prisoners are transported to court on time, (c) hold discussions with the Crown Prosecution Service on the removal

14 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Second Homes: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department takes account of exceptional circumstances in previous years when calculating Council Tax base growth, including reviews of single person discounts and the

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, from January 2023 to December 2025, what information his Department holds on the number of instances where waiting times for Access to Work have resulted in claimants losing their job or having their wo

2 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Youth Services: Torbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure adequate funding for Time for Young People in Torbay; and if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of early support provision.

12 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carers: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help ensure that local carer services are able to provide Income Maximisation services and crisis support to unpaid carers.

12 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Crisis and Resilience Fund: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether unpaid carers will be classified as a financially vulnerable group eligible for the Crisis and Resilience Fund.

12 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance: Overpayments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many carers have been convicted of fraud since 2015 due to Carer’s Allowance overpayments.

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to regulate artificial intelligence.