Lisa Smart

7 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Publications

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS documents are available in (a) large print, (b) braille and (c) other accessible formats for patients with visual impairments.

7 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of changes in the level of staff overtime pay rates in emergency departments on (a) the quality of patient care and (b) the ret

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the economic impact of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) implementation on (a) small manuf

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Glass: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will review the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) cost allocation model for glass packaging.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to (a) exempt and (b) reduce Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) fees to packaging waste managed through private waste contracts in the hospitality se

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) fee structure accurately reflects the environmental performance of (a) the brewing sector,

7 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diethylstilbestrol

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 38407 on Diethylstilbestrol, whether he plans to issue an apology to women who (a) experienced long-term health impacts, (b) were compelled to pl

7 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Information

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC plans to improve its (a) telephone and (b) online chat services to ensure that people can receive human assistance when digital systems fail to provide information.

7 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the accessibility of HMRC's communication channels for people seeking urgent updates on (a) A1 certificate renewals and (b) other time-sensitive applications.

4 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Windrush Commissioner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2025 to Question 41564, under what circumstances the Windrush Commissioner could move from operating on a non-statutory basis to a statutory basis.

4 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Offenders: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral answer of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice on 11 March 2025 to Question 903119 on Female Offenders, whether that specialised training is available to all staff.

4 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Police Custody: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the rollout of suicide prevention training on staff in police custody suites.

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

Fire and Rescue Services: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on ensuring firefighters receive suicide prevention training.

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

Fire and Rescue Services: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what role her Department has in setting (a) standards and (b) contents of training for firefighters.

2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs: Custodial Treatment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England has spent on (a) drug and (b) alcohol treatment in (i) prisons, (ii) young offender institutions, (iii) immigration removal centres and (iv) other secure settings in the last t

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Migraines: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to raise awareness of the impact of migraines on children’s education.

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Migraines: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to raise awareness of the impact of migraines in the workplace.

31 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Honours

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the average time taken to process nominations for national honours.

31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Counselling: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent people without accreditation from offering paid counselling services.

31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Counselling and Psychiatry: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to introduce statutory regulation for (a) counsellors and (b) psychotherapists to help ensure minimum standards of (i) training, (ii) supervision and (iii) professional conduc

31 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Counselling and Psychiatry: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of levels of statutory regulation of (a) counsellors and (b) psychotherapists on patient safety.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits: Cameras

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Using speed and red-light cameras for traffic enforcement: deployment, visibility and signing, published on 31 January 2007, what recent assessment her Depar

28 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits: Cameras

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to update guidance on the deployment of fixed speed cameras to allow their proactive use.

27 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Windrush Commissioner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to mandate the Windrush Commissioner to report regularly to (a) Parliament (b) the Home Affairs Committee.

27 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Windrush Commissioner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms her Department will put in place to ensure the Windrush Commissioner’s (a) advice and (b) recommendations to the Government are promptly acted upon.

26 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Bodies: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his planned timetable is to establish a duty of candour for public servants.

26 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has plans to restore the core schools budget to 2010 in real terms.

26 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Windrush Commissioner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she considered the potential merits of consulting the Windrush scandal's (a) victims and (b) victims' representatives in determining the role specification of the Windrush Commissioner.

26 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Windrush Commissioner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure the the independence of the Windrush Commissioner in terms of (a) appointment, (b) resourcing and (c) reporting mechanisms.

26 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Windrush Commissioner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Windrush Commissioner will have the authority to compel responses from government departments or agencies in the course of their work.