Mark Sewards

13 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Headaches: Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to include migraine and other headache conditions within the Pharmacy First initiative.

13 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Headaches and Neurology: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to reduce waiting times for neurology and headache clinic appointments.

13 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Migraine: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how his Department plans to reduce waiting lists for patients with migraine.

13 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Headaches: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the waiting list for treatment for headache and migraine is across the NHS.

13 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Migraine: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support the roll-out of services for chronic migraine in the community.

7 Jul 2026 · Department for Education

Swimming: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of access to swimming and water safety education for primary school pupils.

7 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Swimming: Education

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing VAT from swimming lessons for children.

7 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Employment: Video Recordings

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to protect workers from being filmed without consent while carrying out their duties and having that footage published on social media.

2 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Examiners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Medical Examiners and Medical Examiner Officers have been recruited since the implementation of the death certification reforms in September 2024.

2 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Examiners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide additional funding to Medical Examiner offices experiencing persistent backlogs.

2 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Examiners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing and resources available to Medical Examiner offices.

2 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Examiners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the sharing of best practice between Medical Examiner offices.

2 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Examiners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether processes are in place to investigate Medical Examiner offices whose turnaround times consistently exceed the national average.

2 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Examiners: Death Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce delays in areas where Medical Examiner offices have reported the longest turnaround times for scrutiny of medical certificates of cause of death.

2 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Examiners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce national communication standards for Medical Examiner offices.

2 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Examiners: Death Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delays in the medical examiner process on bereaved families and funeral arrangements.

2 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Examiners: Death Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Medical Examiner scrutiny on the timeliness of the completion of Medical Certificates of Cause of Death; and what assessment he has made of tr

2 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Examiners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to conduct a review of the Medical Examiner system introduced in September 2024.

26 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that information on Pension Credit claims, mandatory reconsiderations and backdated payments is accessible to people who are classed as being digitally excl

26 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

GCE A-level: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with Ofqual on ensuring that grade boundaries fairly reflect variations in the difficulty of A Level examination papers.

24 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to establish a centralised system for publishing farmed animal welfare indicators, including mortality data.

24 Jun 2026 · 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 require the routine publication of farmed animal welfare inspection reports across all farmed species.

23 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Child Arrangements Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of decision making in family court proceedings relating to child arrangements.

23 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Business Premises: Deposits

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the accessibility of legal redress for small businesses in disputes relating to commercial property holding deposits.

23 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Business Premises: Leasehold

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government on protections for small businesses entering into commercial lease negotiations.

23 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Business Premises: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of protections for small businesses that pay holding deposits during negotiations for commercial premises.

23 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Funerals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department of Health and Social Care on consumer protection measures for the funeral sector.

23 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Funerals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of potential funding models for any future regulation of the funeral sector.

23 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Funerals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing minimum standards for the funeral sector.

23 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Funerals: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the Government will create a statutory regulator to oversee the funeral sector.