Written questions

Pippa Heylings

609 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Liquefied Natural Gas: Mozambique

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of UK support for the Mozambique liquefied natural gas project on the global clean energy transition.

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Liquefied Natural Gas: Mozambique

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of support for the Mozambique liquefied natural gas project on the UK’s international human rights obligations.

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Liquefied Natural Gas: Mozambique

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of support for the Mozambique LNG project on the UK’s international climate diplomacy priorities.

3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing.

3 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Afghanistan: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help secure the release of Peter and Barbie Reynolds from detention in Afghanistan.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment Tribunals Service: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent the misuse of non-disclosure agreements in employment tribunal settlements.

3 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: thebigword

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to review its contract with The Big Word Interpreting Services Ltd for (a) service quality and (b) value for money; and how her Department monitors the performance of that contract.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help improve consumer access to minimally processed foods.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Consumers: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that consumers choosing not to share personal data through loyalty schemes are not disadvantaged in terms of (a) pricing and (b) access to services.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Business: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to prevent business owners from closing their business following serious workplace safety incidents.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of Level 7 apprenticeships in helping people to attain higher-level qualifications while in paid employment.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Budgets

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to consult the public on his revised seventh carbon budget plan.

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fertility: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all Integrated Care Boards offer (a) three full cycles of IVF to women under 40 who have not conceived after two years of regular unprotected inte

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fertility: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) that Integrated Care Boards are (i) required and (ii) resourced to deliver fertility services in accordance with NICE guidelines entitled Fertility

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the eligibility criteria for an older person's bus pass to include people over the age of 60 in England.

2 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the real-terms value of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s £30,000 Quality-Adjusted Life Year threshold since its introduction in

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Grazing Land: Biodiversity and Carbon Capture and Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of silvopastoral systems and holistic planned grazing practices to carbon sequestration and biodiversity enhancement.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Timber: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, on what statutory basis his Department can prevent biomass companies from claiming renewable subsidies for burning wood from irreplaceable primary forests.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of concerns from solar developers on the Government’s 2035 projections for their technology and the potential impact

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power: Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the 2035 Future Energy Scenarios-derived capacity ranges for solar and batteries in his Department’s Clean Power Action Plan connections annex are intended to be used by Ofgem and net

30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking with Companies Houses to ensure that businesses are adequately insured.

30 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Employment: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) applicant tracking systems and (b) artificial intelligence-based CV screening on the (i) fairness and (ii) accessibility

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve road safety for to e-bikes to reduce the number of injuries involving e-bikes.

30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Housing: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve the safety of cooking appliances in order to reduce the number of home fires.