Blake Stephenson

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the amount of upfront funding allocated to ICBs in areas of expected high population growth.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Resident Doctors: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of resident doctor strikes on NHS waiting lists.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Resident Doctors: Strikes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to prepare for resident doctor strikes since July 2024.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled Patients and pupils to benefit from school and hospital repairs, published on 30 May 2025, whether any hospitals in Bedfordshire will be included.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England consulted the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government before proposing to merge Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB with Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire and

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the proposed re-organisation of ICBs, in the context of English Devolution.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Integrated Care Boards: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the proposed re-organisation of ICBs in the East of England.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department has made an assessment on the potential impact of the planned re-organisation of the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB with Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire and Peterborou

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reducing funding for Level 7 Apprenticeships on the NHS and Social Care workforce plan.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of NHS employees employed on a Level 7 Apprenticeship in each of the last five years.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Pay Settlements

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press release entitled NHS workers awarded real terms pay rises for second year in row, published on 22 May 2025, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Health Professions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas have been issued where the NHS is the sponsoring employer since July 2024; and how many of those employees continue to work for the NHS.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department requires sponsoring employers to notify them when an employee whose visa they are sponsoring leaves their employment.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Situation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he will take to support the US Government in improving the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the provision of humanitarian aid to the Gaza strip.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Beer and Public Houses: Soft Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the beer and pub sector on the UK’s soft power.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

South Atlantic Ocean: Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the ratification of the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable U

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chiropractic

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of utilising chiropractors to reduce NHS waiting lists.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of Student Visa holders who have overstayed their visa in each of the last five years.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of how many and what proportion of people who entered the UK on a skilled worker visa in each of the past ten years continue to (a) live in the UK and (b) work in an occup

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inspections of Home Office approved visa-sponsoring employers have been made since July 2024.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of visa holders who have left the UK prior to the expiry of their visa in each of the last five years.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will review the employment history of applicants for Indefinite Leave to Remain who have been in the UK on a (a) social care visa, (b) health visa and (c) other work-related visas to

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Syria: Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help (a) end the recent violence and (b) ensure the protection of minority groups in Syria.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the safe provision of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Palestinian Authority: Hamas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the future role of Hamas in the Palestinian Authority.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hamas: Ceasefires

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to Hamas on agreeing US proposals to secure a ceasefire.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Hamas

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on diplomatic steps to end the conflict between Hamas and Israel.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the safe provision of humanitarian aid to people in need in Gaza.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the (a) safety, (b) dignity and (c) provision of healthcare for (i) transgender and (ii) non-binary people in Mid Bedfordshire constituency.