Written questions

Susan Murray

167 written questions tabled, most recent first.

18 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Inheritance Tax: Tax Thresholds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of threshold for the payment of Inheritance Tax on families with assets worth over £1 million.

17 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that British dentists are prioritized when allocating Licence in Dental Surgery examination places.

17 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that British dentists have access to Licence in Dental Surgery examinations.

17 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Income Tax and Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of planned changes to (a) income and (b) inheritance tax on people who inherit more than £1 million.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the risk that the Collect and Pay service charge system can be used to place additional financial pressure on the paying parent.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the average cost difference between the (a) paying and (b) receiving parents for the Child Maintenance Service Collect and Pay service charge.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Child Maintenance Service Collect and Pay service fees on families.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the Child Maintenance Service charges parents to use the Collect and Pay system.

12 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of fees to use the Child Maintenance Service's Collect and Pay system on people using that system.

4 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to diversify the supply chain for pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy.

4 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide additional funding to Integrated Care Boards for the importation of alternative pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy brands.

4 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of local plans implemented by Integrated Care Boards to mitigate pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy shortages.

4 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy: Shortages

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to meet (a) clinicians, (b) patient advocacy groups, (c) affected charities and (d) manufacturers of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy to discuss (i) shortages and (ii) potenti

25 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Packaging

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to regulate the packaging of vapes to provide similar safeguards to that of cigarettes.

4 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Overseas Visitors

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how her Department assesses references from British nationals during the visitor visa application process.

3 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Restaurants: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support her Department provides to restaurant businesses who have incurred financial cost as a result of operating from premises affected by flammable cladding.

28 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Bounce Back Loan Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the bounce back loan scheme implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic; and what assessment he has made of trends in the level of repayment

23 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Imports

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help support small and medium sized enterprises with the cost of import charges.

15 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the VAT (a) threshold and (b) rates on the (i) growth and (ii) financial sustainability of small businesses.

11 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to ensure palliative care standards are maintained for an aging population.

11 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes made to employer National Insurance contributions at the Autumn Budget 2024 on access to palliative care.

3 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of workforce shortages on the delivery of palliative care services.

3 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Disability: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will review the criteria for vehicle tax exemptions for disabled individuals (a) over the state pension age and (b) in receipt of Attendance Allowance.