Manuela Perteghella

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on preventing automated software programmes from buying driving test appointments.

12 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure the equitability of payment amounts between the (a) old State Pension, awarded until 2016 and (b) new State Pension, awarded from 2016 onwards.

5 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Religious Buildings: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to allow (a) churches and (b) other religious buildings to continue to recover VAT.

1 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle knife crime in late night venues.

28 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Glioblastoma: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commit funding for research into glioblastoma brain tumours.

28 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

HM Land Registry: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to help improve processing times for applications made to HM Land Registry.

28 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Economic Situation: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to help mitigate the ongoing financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on (a) individuals and (b) small businesses.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to (a) replace new Universal Credit claim (i) advance and (ii) benefit transfer loans with new claim grants and (b) to write off overpayments made in error.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to maintain the link between Local Housing Allowance rates and rent cost increases each year.

23 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Digital Services Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of increasing the Digital Services Tax.

21 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the system used to elect Members of Parliament.

21 Oct 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Research: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to support research and innovation campuses in the West Midlands.

21 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Self-employed

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support freelancers in the creative industries.

21 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Compulsory Purchase

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make her policy to bring forward legislative proposals for compulsory purchase powers for local authorities so that they are able to compulsory purchase at current us

17 Oct 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Performing Arts: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department provides to UK artists touring in the EU.

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of specialist input in PIP Reviews.

14 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to reduce the frequency of PIP Reviews.

10 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to reform the funding model for charitable hospices as part of the 10 year plan for health and social care.

9 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Almshouses: Affordable Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to bring almhouses into the definition of affordable housing.

9 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Bereavement Support Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to extend the length of time within which bereaved families can claim Bereavement Support Payments.

9 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Stratford-on-Avon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps with Chiltern Railways to reinstate direct rail travel between London and Stratford-upon-Avon.

9 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to introduce a national minimum requirement for developers to build social rent homes as part of medium and large developments.

9 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Stratford-on-Avon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle sewage dumping in the (a) rivers and (b) brooks of Stratford-on-Avon constituency.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to increase staff retainment in rail services.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the PIP review process on (a) vulnerable and (b) disabled claimants.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to ensure the continuation of the triple lock on state pensions.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to (a) bring forward legislative proposals to improve protections for farmed fish; and what steps his Department is taking to strengthen the

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Funds: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to require pension funds to comply with the climate rules in the Paris Agreement.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to review the School Food Standards; and if she will update those standards in line with the UK’s climate targets.

4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Tibet: Human Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how he plans to respond to Chinese government interference in Tibetan religious practices; and what diplomatic steps he plans to take to tackle human rights issues in Tibet.