Blake Stephenson

20 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Taxation: Domicil

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of how many non-domiciled residents have left the country in each month since July 2024.

20 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Transport: North of England

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the press release entitled PM: North will no longer be held to ransom by broken transport system, published on 28 March 2025, how these projects will be funded.

20 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Financial Services: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department plans to take to reduce regulations on financial service businesses.

20 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Investment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the barriers to direct retail investment in shares by UK citizens; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of those barriers on economic growth.

20 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Capital Markets: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System on economic growth; and when she expects the regulatory framewor

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

New Towns

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 7 of the New Towns Taskforce’s interim update Building new towns for the future, published in February 2025, what models other than local authority mainten

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

New Towns: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 6 of the New Towns Taskforce’s interim update Building new towns for the future, published in February 2025, what steps the New Towns Taskforce s taking to

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

New Towns: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 3 of the New Towns Taskforce’s interim update Building new towns for the future, published in February 2025, whether sites will be considered which were no

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

New Towns

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that New Towns deliver beautiful (a) housing and (b) public realm.

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

New Towns: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment on the potential implications for her policies on New Towns of the decision to end Chartered Town Planning Level 7 apprenticeship funding.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Local Government: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the press release entitled AI experiments see “Humphrey” help townhalls cut costs and improve services, published on 23 May 2025, if he will publish the quality assura

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

Local Government: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the number of Level 7 apprenticeships offered by local authorities.

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

Planning: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the number of planners employed by (a) local authorities and (b) developers who have a Level 7 apprenticeship qualification.

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

Sewers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government during the Twelfth sitting of the Public Bill Committee on the Planning a

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

New Towns: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the New Towns Taskforce has consulted with specialist flooding experts on the potential impact of the proposed new town locations on flooding.

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

New Towns: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the New Towns Taskforce has consulted with specialist (a) arboriculturalists and (b) ecologists on the potential impact of the proposed new town locations on biodiversity

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

Affordable Housing: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking with the Mayor of London to increase the level of construction of affordable housing in London.

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

Planning: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 10 of the impact assessment for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, published on 6 May 2025, how her Department calculated the £1.1 billion value for pla

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

Peatlands: Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to strengthen protections for peatland from development in Mid Bedfordshire constituency.

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

Green Belt: Maps

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to map grey belt land.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Thameslink Line: Passengers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to Question 49562 on Railways, if she will publish the rail demand scenarios for Thameslink she has modelled.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of long waiting times for driving tests on social and economic mobility of young people in (a) Mid Bedfordshire and (b) other rural areas.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 46979 on Railways, what steps she plans to take to ensure that Great British Railways provides a more reliable system for passengers.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 46979 on Railways, what steps she plans to take to ensure that Great British Railways provides a more efficient system for passengers.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 46979 on Railways, what steps she plans to take to ensure that Great British Railways will have a relentless focus on passengers.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Tempsford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the new NaFRA flood zone data, published on 25 March 2025 on plans for an East West Rail station at Tempsford.

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

Droughts: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled EA steps up dry weather prep after driest spring start since 1956, published on 7 May 2025, whether he has made an assessment of the potent

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

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the trends in capital investment in the farming sector ahead of the implementation of reforms to agricultural property relief and business property rel

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

National Landscapes: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to expand the Chilterns National Landscape area to cover the whole of the Chilterns Character Area in Bedfordshire.

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

National Landscapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of National Landscape status on (a) planning and (b) development of that land.