Written questions · Alex Mayer

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Press

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, on what dates the industry working group established to support development of the local media strategy has met to date, and what the planned timescale is for its next meeting.

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Press: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the Public Notice Portal’s contribution to improving public engagement with statutory notices, and how its archive and consultation functions will be in

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Press: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the planned timescales are for the commencement of the statutory notices review.

3 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the number and type of businesses that will be impacted by business rates relief changes announced in the Budget 2025 in (a) Bedfordshire, (b) the East of England and (c) t

3 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Postal Services: Public Consultation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when her Department plans to publish the consultation on the technical detail of the new small parcels regulatory arrangements.

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Uncrewed Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve cross-government understanding of developments in drone technology, and what plans the has to improve inter-departmental collaboration on the regulation and deploy

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Office of Rail and Road: Retail Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what transparency, reporting and accounting requirements will be placed on the Office of Rail and Road to undertake effective monitoring and competition oversight of GBR’s retail activities.

1 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a list of the total amount allocated to highways maintenance funding by the department, including one off grants, for the years (a) 2021/22; (b) 2022/23; (c) 2023/24; (d) 2024/25 to Central

27 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Faroe Islands: Cetaceans

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the Faroese Minister for Fisheries on cetacean hunts.

27 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments: Fish

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods, published on 11 November 2025, what the evidential b

27 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to Replacing animals in science: A strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods, published on 11 November 2025, what steps her Depart

27 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Freight: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the risk of organised-crime groups targeting high-value freight loads during peak retail periods; and what steps she is taking to improve freight-security measures.

27 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Network Rail’s progress in (a) undertaking risk assessments for assets that do not comply with its internal standards and (b) evidencing its (i) identification an

27 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Teachers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many retired teachers in the East of England are waiting to receive their Teacher's Pension Scheme Remediable Service Statement.

27 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Public Sector: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the (a) cost-recovery model for statutory fees and charges and (b) use of such fees and charges as a demand-management tool.

26 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services and Railways: Accountability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of moving rail functions from Transport Focus to the new passenger watchdog on integration between train and bus.

25 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Licensed Premises: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the effect of removing the requirement to publish new premises licences or variations in local printed newspapers on the audience reach of statutory notices, the s

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Season Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of ticket sales for season tickets from (a) Leighton Buzzard to Euston, (b) Cambridge to Kings Cross, (c) Bath to Paddington, (d) Three Bridges to Victoria, a

18 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Buses: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the coach industry on battery electric motorway charging networks.

17 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Procurement: Buses

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what measures the Government will take to hold contracting authorities accountable in delivering procurement strategies that support domestic supply chains, particularly within the UK bus manufacturing sector.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade