Blake Stephenson

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Govia Thameslink Railway and London Northwestern Railway: Nationalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2025 to Question 30410 on Govia Thameslink Railway and London Northwestern Railway: Nationalisation, what the relevant circumstances considered are.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

East West Rail Line: Stansted Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of running East-West Rail to Stansted Airport.

24 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Income Tax: Pensioners

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of pensioners will pay income tax in each of the next five years.

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Take-up

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Nearly fifty thousand extra pensioners receiving vital Pension Credit support following surge in claims processed, published on 27 February 2025

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the press notice entitled Nearly fifty thousand extra pensioners receiving vital Pension Credit support following surge in claims processed, published on 27 February 2025, if she will

24 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Sick Leave: Productivity

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2025 to Question 30412 on Sick Leave: Productivity, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of workplace sickness on productivity.

24 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the press notice entitled New deal for GPs will fix the front door of the NHS, published on 28 February 2025, whether the funding announced in that notice is in addition to fundin

24 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Accident and Emergency Departments and Urgent Treatment Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the level of geographic detail available on the number of (a) A&E and (b) Urgent Care Centre admissions.

21 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Mathematics: Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the number of school students in Mid Bedfordshire constituency impacted by changes to funding for the Advanced Mathematics Support Programme.

21 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 February 2025 to Question 29563 on General Practitioners: Finance, what projects he has discussed with the NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Boa

21 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ADHD: Girls

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of ADHD assessments in identifying that condition in girls.

21 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Surgeries: Wixams

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with the NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board on the proposed Wixams GP surgery.

21 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Young People: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Government partners with young people to help develop new national youth strategy, published on 5 March 2025, whether any Democracy Cafes

21 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tourism: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2025 to Question 27307 on Tourism: Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of increased local authority spendi

21 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a clawback option for agricultural property relief and business property relief where 100% relief is reinstated but inheritance tax is applied wh

21 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Beavers: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Wild release and management of beavers in England, published on 28 February 2025, whether he has plans to take steps to release

21 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods and Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of AXA UK's report entitled Extreme weather risks: An analysis of England’s vulnerability to flooding

21 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Government's Flood Resilience Taskforce has made on improving flood resilience in high-risk areas.

21 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farmers: Income

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 February 2025 to Question 30413 on Farmers: Income, if he will make an estimate of median income for farmers in the 2023-24 financial year.

21 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Employers' Contributions: Construction and Housing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the (a) housebuilding and (b) construction industry of her proposed changes to the level of employer National Insurance contributions.

21 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Local Government: Ecology

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the recruitment of additional ecologists in local government.

21 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing and Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will provide guidance to councils on balancing the needs for (a) new housing and (b) nature recovery.

21 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Environmental Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Institute for Public Policy Research's report entitled Strategic planning for green prosp

21 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to increase the number of new homes built to high standards of environmental resilience by 2030; and what proportion of existing housebuilding projec

21 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Floods and Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of AXA’s report entitled Extreme weather risks: An analysis of England’s vulnerability to floodi

21 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Floods Resilience Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Flood Resilience Taskforce Model to consider wider resilience challenges.

21 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Mauritius: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of comments made by Georges Pierre Lesjongard on 15 February 2025.

21 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that humanitarian support for Gaza cannot be used to further Hamas’ objectives.

19 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Defence: Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, columns 631-634, if she will provide a breakdown of the funding sources for the proposed increase i

19 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Development Aid: National Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, columns 631-634, if she will make an estimate of the savings to the public purse by reducing the am