Lisa Smart

4 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to consult charities on the implementation of the policies in the White Paper entitled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, published on 12 May 2025.

4 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to set out a timeline for the consultation to inform the delivery of the White Paper entitled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, published on 12 May 2025.

4 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Solar Power: Schools

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many local companies who joined the Crown Commercial Services for Solar for Schools Tenders in November have been offered contracts.

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

Local Government: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to prevent local authorities from moving agency contractors onto fixed term contracts.

3 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a response to Early Day Motion 1000, published on 24 March 2025, on ensuring stability for Ukrainian refugees in the UK.

3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Stepping Hill Hospital: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will provide a response to Early Day Motion 1076 on Stepping Hill Hospital, tabled on 8 April 2025.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits: Cameras

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide a response to Early Day Motion 1222 on Speed camera guidance, tabled on 8 May 2025.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Disability Assessors who conduct assessments on the telephone are trained to appropriately interact with people who find phone calls difficult or stres

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

Affordable Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to increase the time for which affordable housing associations are required to help with repair costs.

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

Affordable Housing: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data her Department holds on the number of times that maintenance payments have resulted in people moving out of affordable housing.

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

Affordable Housing: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of maintenance payments can on the ability of residents to continue living in homes in affordable housing schemes.

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

Affordable Housing: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that the maintenance charges charged by affordable housing associations do not limit people’s ability to engage with the affordable housing sch

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the proportion of work that broadband providers have been able to carry out by laying (a) ducting and (b) overhead cables.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of complaints received about different broadband providers alleged to have breached the voluntary code of conduct within the Re

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dyspraxia: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage (a) Greater Manchester ICB and (b) other ICBs to offer dyspraxia assessments to adults (i) under the right to choose framework and (ii) through othe

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Drinking Water: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he will take steps to reduce limits for acceptable levels of (a) forever chemicals and (b) per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water.

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Minamata Convention on Mercury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) scientific experts, (b) NGOs, (c) industry representatives and (d) other stakeholders he has consulted as part of the development of the negotiating mandate for the Conferenc

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mercury: Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the the use of mercury in dental amalgam on (a) the environment and (b) public health.

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Minamata Convention on Mercury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the proposed amendments on dental amalgam use to the Minamata Convention on Mercury.

30 May 2025 · Treasury

Banks: Innovation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure that banks support innovation in relation to (a) digital assets and (b) other areas.

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the time taken to conduct Environment Agency (a) compliance inspections and (b) consent renewals on community-owned renewab

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Community Energy: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to review the (a) proportionality and (b) cost-effectiveness of the Environment Agency’s (i) licensing and (ii) inspection processes for small-scale commun

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hydroelectric Power: Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to simplify regulatory requirements for community hydroelectric schemes; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of doing so on his (a) net zero and

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he is taking steps to improve the (a) timeliness and (b) efficiency of the Environment Agency’s response to pre-application advice requests from (i) Stockport Hydro and (ii) ot

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the capacity of rail services to meet levels of demand during (a) parades, (b) football matches and (c) other events.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to expand public campaigns to improve driving safety awareness.

30 May 2025 · Home Office

Barbecues: Public Spaces Protection Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of (a) support and (b) guidance provided to local authorities on the use of Public Spaces Protection Orders to prevent the use of disposable barbecues

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Barbecues: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the voluntary agreement by major retailers to restrict the sale of disposable barbecues within one mile of Nationa

30 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

First-tier Tribunal: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce delays in the (a) processing and (b) hearing of cases at the First-Tier Tribunal.

22 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Oxygen: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England plans to include (a) diver safety organisations and (b) medical experts in future consultations on the national contract for recompression services.