Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farms: Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to encourage investment in on-farm (a) water storage and (b) irrigation infrastructure.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the role of (a) parish and (b) town councils in the context of Local Government reorganisation; what assessment he has made of the potential merits

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Caravan Sites and Holiday Parks

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help protect consumers from exploitative practices in the (a) holiday park and (b) static caravan sector.

8 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Property Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to require local planning authorities to consider the financial viability and track record of developers as part of the planning process.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Blue Badge Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to (a) improve support for Blue Badge holders and (b) ensure that applications are processed without delay across local authorities.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Fuels: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when the consultation on the renewable liquid heating fuel obligation will be launched.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Animal Breeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of regulations on dog breeding; and what steps she is taking to tackle illegal puppy farming.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Greyhounds: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the highest welfare standards for greyhounds (a) during racing careers and (b) after retirement.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to (a) improve the welfare of farmed animals and (b) restrict the use of cages.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that social workers receive specialist training to recognise signs of child sexual abuse connected to the production of online child pornography.

3 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Products: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timeline is for introducing legislation to prohibit the import of hunting trophies.

3 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hunting: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish draft legislative proposals to ban trail hunting.

3 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support is available to small businesses affected by changes in Small Business Rate Relief.

22 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Working Conditions: Temperature

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to review existing workplace temperature guidance; and if she will take legislative steps to set a maximum working temperature to protect employees’ (a) health and (b) safety.

21 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Improving the energy performance of privately rented homes: 2025 update, published on 7 February 2025.

18 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Season Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to review the range of season and flexible ticket options available to commuters when rail services are brought into public ownership, to better accommodate hybrid working patterns.

18 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Second Homes: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities are correctly implementing the council tax premium on second homes.

8 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to protect nature in the design of new build housing developments.

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Academic Year

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to grant local authorities greater flexibility in setting school term dates.

30 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle the challenges that medical graduates face in securing positions within medical specialty training programmes.

19 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pet Travel Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timeline is for the roll-out of the new pet passport scheme.

14 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of military accommodation units are unoccupied in Suffolk Coastal constituency; and whether his Department plans to bring them back into use.

14 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department plans to spend on military accommodation in Suffolk Coastal constituency in each of the next five financial years.

14 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Bases: Suffolk Coastal

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual running costs were for Army sites located in Suffolk Coastal constituency in each of the last five financial years; and how much funding his Department plans to provide for those sites in the next

9 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Freeport East

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to extend the boundary of Freeport East.

29 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Nuisance Calls: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to (a) ensure adequate in-person police access for older people seeking to report scam phone calls in communities where police stations have closed and (b) tackle t

29 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Nuisance Calls: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help older people report scam phone calls.

29 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Defibrillators: Entertainments and Tourist Attractions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of mandating the installation of defibrillators in all (a) visitor attractions and (b) entertainment venues in the UK that accommodat

22 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing an accessible food labelling system to improve transparency.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire and Rescue Services: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to University of Central Lancashire's report entitled Minimising firefighters’ exposure to toxic fire effluents, published in November 2020, what steps she is taki