Charlie Dewhirst

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of Child Maintenance Service enforcement procedures on (a) the mental health of and (b) suicide rates for non-resident (i) parents and (ii) parents

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) ensure that fishing corridors are maintained and (b) minimise the potential impact of offshore wind developments on fishing grounds.

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) the fishing sector is consulted and (b) the views of that sector are reflected in the (i) planning and (ii) approval process for offshore wind devel

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) Marine Protected Areas and (b) offshore wind development on (i) fishing grounds and (ii) fishermen.

11 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to improve the resilience of the electricity distribution network in (a) rural areas and (b) Kilham in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

10 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Employers' Contributions

What estimate she has made of the potential impact of increases in employers’ National Insurance contributions on early years settings.

5 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes have been made to the style guide for answering written Parliamentary Questions since July 2024; and if he will publish that style guide.

19 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Business and Trade of 31 October 2024, Official Report, column 927, what his Department's timetable is for publishing a

19 May 2025 · Home Office

Police: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press notice entitled Home Secretary to announce major policing reforms, published on 17 November 2024, what her Department's timetable is for establishing a unit to monitor poli

13 May 2025 · Home Office

Police: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the amount of funding that has been allocated for equality, diversity and inclusion roles in each police force in the (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27.

13 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Lobbying: Finance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the amount of funding Departments plan to provide to organisations that engage in the lobbying of Government in the (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27 financial year.

12 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Museums and Galleries: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of charging overseas tourists £10 to visit museums on the public purse.

12 May 2025 · Treasury

Treasury: Stonewall

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding her Department has allocated to Stonewall for (a) 2025/26 and (b) 2026/27.

12 May 2025 · Treasury

Public Sector: Equality

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what budget her Department has allocated to public sector equality, diversity and inclusion roles for (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27.

12 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what budget her Department has allocated to local government arts financing for (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27.

12 May 2025 · Treasury

Public Sector: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what budget her Department has allocated to public sector pay rises for 2025-26 and 2026-27.

12 May 2025 · Treasury

Retail Trade

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many retailers with a retail value of under £51,000 are based on retail parks.

12 May 2025 · Treasury

Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of reducing business rates relief for retailers that choose to leave the high street and move their businesses to retail parks.

7 May 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential economic impact of the increase in employers’ National Insurance Contributions on (a) fish and chip shops and (b) other small businesses.

7 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Natural Gas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on businesses’ reliance on gas for profitable commercial operations.

7 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Catering: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with (a) fish and chip and (b) other commercial food providers on pressures faced by SMEs due to (i) taxation, (ii) the price of fish and (iii) the expense of fu

7 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Small Business Strategy will consider the cost of full electrification of commercial properties for SMEs.

7 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Gas Cookers: Catering

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether (a) fish and chip shops and (b) other catering businesses will be required to replace existing gas cooking equipment.

7 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electrification: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of full electrification on (a) fish and chip shops, (b) other businesses and (c) economic growth.

6 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Overseas Investment: Western Sahara

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to encourage UK companies to invest in Morocco’s Western Sahara region, in the context of (a) levels of (i) economic growth and (ii) infrastructure development in th

6 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Iran: Polisario Front

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with regional allies on tackling Iran's alleged (a) involvement in training Polisario militias and (b) strategy to destabilise the regio

6 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Hezbollah and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps: Polisario Front

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what information his Department holds on whether (a) the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and (b) Hezbollah have provided military training and drone technology to the Polis

6 May 2025 · Home Office

Polisario Front

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of proscribing membership of the Polisario Front.

6 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Morocco: Sahel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the policies of the Moroccan government on providing aid for (a) security and (b) development

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line: Sunderland

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason LNER has withdrawn its London to Sunderland services from the East Coast Main Line timetable.