Sorcha Eastwood

16 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of undertaking discussions with her Irish counterpart on establishing an all-island work visa for the island of Ireland.

16 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with his Irish counterpart on the potential merits of creating an all-island working visa.

16 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an all-island working visa for the island of Ireland.

16 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Journalism: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission a judge-led public inquiry into the surveillance of journalists in Northern Ireland by MI5.

16 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Genocide Convention

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she plans to take in response to the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory's report entitled Legal analysis of t

16 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Genocide Convention

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 UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory's

5 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Self-employed: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to enable (a) private coaches, (b) education tutors and (c) other self-employed people to apply for an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificate with the

5 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to introduce a legal requirement for people undertaking regulated activity to obtain an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificate with a barred list check.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commit to engaging with the blood cancer community to agree on an appropriate measure for early diagnosis in blood cancer.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent engagement he has had with the blood cancer community on the significance of implementing a proxy measure for early diagnosis in blood cancer.

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Department of Health on the (a) operation of the Foundation Programme allocation process and (b) its potential impact on applica

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make changes to the Foundation Programme allocation process, following the most recent application round.

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the (a) fairness and (b effectiveness of the Foundation Programme allocation process.

14 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will support the British Medical Association's Foundation Programme Recruitment Campaign.

11 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Payment Methods

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to ensure that the TV licence payment structures are (a) transparent, (b) proportionate and (c) accessible to people who cannot afford to pay the licence fee in one lump su

11 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Payment Methods

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of advance payment requirements for TV licences on low-income households.

11 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Direct Debits

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had discussions with the BBC on the rationale for requiring new Direct Debit customers to pay six months of licence fees in advance.

11 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Television Licences: Direct Debits

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has held discussions with the BBC on requiring new Direct Debit customers to pay six months of licence fees in advance.

11 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether motorcycling will be part of an integrated national transport strategy.

10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the forthcoming national cancer plan will introduce new targets for reducing late-diagnosis of cancer.

8 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has taken steps following receipt of the BMA letter dated 4 April 2025 requesting review of the Foundation Programme allocations.

8 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Housing: Construction

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions she has had with the Minister for Finance for Northern Ireland on the ability of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive to borrow to start to build homes.

8 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on introducing duty of candour legislation.

8 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chinook Helicopters: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what criteria was used to determine the 100-year classification of documents on the Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash in 1994; and whether a review of that classification has been held in the last five years.

8 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Chinook Helicopters: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to meet with bereaved families associated with the 1994 Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many meetings of the Motor Insurance Taskforce have taken place; and when the next meeting will take place.

20 Jun 2025 · Northern Ireland Office

Police and Prison Officers: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he plans to provide support to former Northern Ireland (a) prison officers and (b) police to maintain security at their homes.

10 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Allergies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many allergy 'near miss' incidents took place in schools in England in each year since 2016.

5 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Public Expenditure: Northern Ireland

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 4 June 2025, HCWS682, on School Food, what estimate she has made of the potential Barnett consequentials for Northern Ireland following the expansion of free school meals t

30 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Data Protection: Age of Consent

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what his planned timetable is for his Department's examination of the digital age of consent.