Sarah Hall

6 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paediatrics: Pathology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet with the hon. Member for Warrington South, colleagues and representatives of Royal College of Pathologists about the recruitment of Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology consultants in

6 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paediatrics: Pathology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to fill vacant consultant posts in Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology working in the South West?and the Midlands.

6 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paediatrics: Pathology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will consider an expansion of Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology training posts up to 37 (31.1 WTE) by 2030 to help fill consultant vacancies and help ensure succession planning.

6 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Standing Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce regional inequalities with standing charge rates.

18 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the cumulative impact of property taxes, staffing costs, food and drink inflation and energy prices on the financial sustainability of hospitality businesses.

18 Nov 2025 · Treasury

VAT: Hospitality Industry

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will consider reducing VAT on hospitality services to 12.5% to encourage investment and support the sector.

18 Nov 2025 · Treasury

VAT: Hospitality and Tourism

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the 20% VAT rate on the competitiveness of the UK hospitality and tourism sectors compared with European nations with rates of 10–13%.

18 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will consider extending Employer NICs exemptions to young people and those returning to work from welfare to support employment growth in sectors such as hospitality.

18 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the 2024 changes to Employer National Insurance Contributions on job creation and retention in the hospitality sector.

18 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will consider exempting larger hospitality venues from the business rates surcharge as part of her Department’s review of support for high street and community-based businesses.

18 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will consider introducing the maximum business rates discount for hospitality properties with a rateable value under £500,000 to support high street recovery.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Consumers: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the government endorsed Trustmark scheme protects consumers from rogue traders.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Consumers: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to tackle rogue traders and protect consumers.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that paying parents who owe child maintenance are held responsible; and that enforcement action is taken to recover arrears and support children in separate

17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Babies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for implementing the National Screening Committee’s In-Service Evaluation of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy; what the duration of the evaluation will be; and wh

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Graduates: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that sufficient entry-level employment opportunities are available for graduates; and to support employers in providing roles which enable graduates to gain

17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hormone Replacement Therapy: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of allowing men who require Hormone Replacement Therapy in the form of testosterone to be added to the HRT Prescription Prepayment

17 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Family Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the process in which domestic abuse cases reach the family court in a) the north west and b) Warrington.

17 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve the migration process for claimants transitioning from income-related Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit; and what measures are in place to ensure th

17 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

DNA: Babies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS 10 year plan commitment to carry out DNA mapping on all new born babies, what steps he is taking to protect personal health data.

4 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Multiple Occupation: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to review planning requirements for converting homes into houses in multiple occupation.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Small Modular Reactors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of small modular reactor projects on (a) long-term waste management and (b) decommissioning.

4 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Overseas Students

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum claims were made by people holding student visas by nationality in the last 12 months; and what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the

4 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Visas: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to launch its consultation on the future of the British National (Overseas) 5+1 Indefinite Leave to Remain visa route.

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Packaging: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to reform the (a) Packaging Recovery Note (PRN) and (b) Packaging Waste Export Recycling Note (PERN) system to (i) address market imbalances that disadvant

4 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Aluminium: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of strengthening waste regulations (a) for the list of approved destinations of and (b) on the environmental standards f

30 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Carbon Emissions: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department plans to take to help ensure that the carbon border adjustment mechanism will support a reduction in carbon leakage in all the sectors in scope of the legislation.

30 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Carbon Emissions: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the carbon border adjustment mechanism supports the international competitiveness of businesses.

30 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Aluminium: Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support the aluminium industry through its negotiations on free trade agreements.

30 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Aluminium

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department considered including policies on the aluminium sector within the Industrial Strategy, CP 1337, published on 23 June 2025.