Tom Morrison

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

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer to written question UIN 13627, if will list the circumstances where the Government believes that it is not appropriate for Council Tax charges to apply and

16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to reduce waiting times for probate applications referred to specialist teams.

16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of probate applications referred to specialist teams are determined within the target timeframe.

16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what target time HM Courts and Tribunals Service has set for determining probate applications referred to specialist teams.

16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether staffing levels within specialist probate teams are sufficient to meet demand.

16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff have been assigned to the Lost Wills Team in each year since 2022.

16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probate applications have been awaiting action by a specialist team for (a) over six months, (b) over 12 months and (c) over 18 months.

16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for applications referred to the Lost Wills Team.

16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for probate applications referred to specialist teams within HM Courts and Tribunals Service in each of the last three years.

16 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mental health support and signposting is available to parents identified by the Child Maintenance Service as experiencing financial distress.

16 Jul 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of the wellbeing of parents engaged with the Child Maintenance Service, including those experiencing financial hardship and arrears.

16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Department has undertaken an assessment of the potential relationship between family separation, family court proceedings and mental health outcomes.

16 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the adequacy of the mental health support available to parents involved in prolonged family court proceedings.

16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of the availability of early dispute resolution and mediation services for separating parents before child arrangements proceedings commence.

16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Department is taking to support children in maintaining meaningful relationships with both parents following separation, where this is safe and in the child's best interests.

16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Department has reviewed international evidence on shared parenting arrangements following parental separation and the potential implications for family justice policy in England and Wales.

16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Department has considered linking family justice datasets with mortality data to support understanding of long-term wellbeing outcomes for separated parents.

16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the time taken to progress child arrangements proceedings on the wellbeing of children and parents.

16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data the Department collects on the average duration of private law child arrangement proceedings; and what steps he is taking to help reduce those times.

16 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Written question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Department has made of the feasibility of linking family court data with other Government datasets to better understand the long-term outcomes for parents involved in family justice proceeding

30 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps she is taking to support the ceasefire in the Gaza war.

30 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestine: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel's report entitled The essence of childhood has bee

30 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestine: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel's report entitled The essence of childhood has bee

30 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Occupied Territories: International Humanitarian Law

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the recent report by the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied P

30 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Special Educational Needs: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for each of the last seven years, how many SEND7 request for change applications have been submitted to the SEND tribunal; how many of these applications have resulted in a new, sooner appeal date; and what was t

30 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Special Educational Needs: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the average wait for a SEND tribunal appeal to be heard from receipt of the appeal and what was the average wait for a SEND tribunal appeal in each year from 2019-2025.

30 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sheep: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration her Department has given to the potential merits of requiring the use of effective pain relief when tail docking or castration is carried out on lambs.

30 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sheep: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to restrict the routine use of tail docking and castration in lambs to exceptional circumstances under veterinary supervision.

30 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sheep: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the scientific evidence on the welfare impacts of routine tail docking and castration in lam

30 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Police: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the annual cost of allowing all surviving spouses, civil partners and partners receiving benefits under the Police Pension Scheme 1987 to retain those benefits