Mark Sewards

26 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that independent community pharmacies have adequate funding to sustain their (a) businesses and (b) services.

14 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing stronger regulation for e-bikes, including full registration and insurance requirements.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: New Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that small AI startups in the UK receive adequate support and resources to compete effectively.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the timelines for grant disbursement to ensure that AI startups have the cash flow they need to grow.

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: New Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to support AI startup businesses outside of London and the South East with investments and funding.

27 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that social care providers are receiving the £600 million pounds allocated for social care in the Autumn Budget 2024.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Dangerous Driving

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle dangerous driving.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that there are adequate electric vehicle charging points for properties that do not have a driveway.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Football: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that football stadiums are accessible to fans with disabilities.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Consumers: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is taking steps to improve consumer rights protections.

27 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Housing Improvement

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using (a) tax incentives and (b) other methods to encourage people to renovate older properties.

15 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Attendance Allowance: Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of recommending the inclusion of Attendance Allowance recipients to the Motability scheme.

9 Jan 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people with (a) fibromyalgia, (b) ADHD and (c) other invisible disabilities are supported back into work.

8 Jan 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that childcare providers are not able to charge for childcare costs on days where they are unable to deliver the service.

17 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurological Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for people with (a) Motor Neurone Disease and (b) other degenerative conditions.

17 Dec 2024 · Treasury

Travel: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the Overseas Scale Rates.

12 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing sentences for offenders guilty of unlawful act manslaughter.

20 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Leeds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with Healthwatch Leeds on the potential merits of implementing their policy on communication, coordination and compassion in other parts of the country.

20 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people with additional communication needs are able to access (a) online appointment bookings and (b) other digital healthcare services.

20 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Leeds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of implementing the recommendations of the briefing paper by Healthwatch Leeds entitled Communicating change, published in September

18 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support people diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

11 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of making tuition free for dental students; and what steps he is taking to ensure that dentists receive adequate fundin

8 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allow individuals with a history of anaphylaxis to receive Novavax Covid-19 booster vaccinations.

5 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward regulations to ensure that solar panels fitted to new housing are (a) safe and (b) pose a low fire risk.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport

Transport: Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help support improvements to (a) local transport links and (b) networks across (i) Yorkshire and (ii) Northern Lincolnshire.

29 Oct 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: North Lincolnshire and Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support business investment into (a) Yorkshire and (b) northern Lincolnshire.

29 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Economic Growth: Lincolnshire and Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps Department is taking to help support economic growth across (a) Yorkshire and (b) northern Lincolnshire.

29 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Economic Growth: Lincolnshire and Yorkshire and the Humber

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support economic growth across (a) Yorkshire and (b) northern Lincolnshire.

24 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Crime: Victims

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing legislation to allow victims of crime to express impact statements to convicted people directly.

24 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to regulate emissions produced by organisations.