Fred Thomas

19 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Thames Water: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingency plans her Department has made help ensure suppliers are protected in the event that Thames Water enter Special Administration Regime.

18 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who in the new Defence Reform Quad structure is responsible for ensuring that new commercial technologies are adopted by the armed forces.

23 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with businesses on maintaining flexible staffing arrangements in the context of the Employment Rights Act 2025.

23 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Zero Hours Contracts: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed reforms to zero-hours contracts on businesses whose sales are significantly affected by (a) the weather and (b) other unpredictable facto

23 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Hospitality Industry: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department are taking to help support hospitality businesses in managing cost pressures from energy costs.

23 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry: Inflation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the impact of food inflation on hospitality businesses.

12 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients' Rights: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase public awareness of Martha's Rule.

12 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Quality Commission

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential benefits of removing the three-year statue of limitations for offences under Part 1 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008.

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

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure that parking companies (a) behave appropriately towards their customers and (b) have adequate ticketing practices.

21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Plymouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is the responsible Minister for the Team Plymouth partership.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available for (a) parents and (b) children who receive diagnoses of neurodevelopmental conditions.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurodiversity: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional support is available to (a) parents and (b) carers of children awaiting neurodevelopmental assessment.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to (a) encourage homeowners to make sustainable upgrades to properties and (b) make those improvements more affordable.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Homes Plan

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to expand support available through the Warm Homes Grant.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether staff in his Department receive trauma-informed training.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability and Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether staff in his Department have access to information about claimants' known (a) disabilities and (b) mental health conditions when the claimant contacts his Department by phone.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Wheelchairs: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce wait times for people requiring new wheelchairs.

8 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fampridine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on the prescription of Fampridine as a treatment for MS.

1 Sep 2025 · Department for Education

Armed Forces: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the challenges faced by military families when applying for school places (a) during school holiday periods and (b) other times outside of the normal admissions cycle.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help tackle the variation between national and local standards for (a) preventing and (b) repairing potholes.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Disability Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that essential home adaptations required for hospital discharge are (a) supported and (b) delivered in a timely manner.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paediatrics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve paediatric care in hospitals.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that parents with children in hospital have access to care close to their home.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Child Maintenance Service is taking to help tackle cases where undeclared income from the paying parent is found.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence the Child Maintenance Service requires to incorporate (a) additional income from online selling platforms and (b) other additional income sources in their calculations.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing standardised charges for (a) non-core GP services and (b) the D4 medical check for drivers.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Osteoporosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the support available for people diagnosed with osteoporosis.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Osteoporosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve (a) early diagnosis and (b) treatment of osteoporosis.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing unannounced Ofsted inspections in early years settings.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing mandatory safe sleep training for all early years staff working in nurseries.