Victoria Collins

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

Sewers: Private Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to (a) amend planning policy and (b) issue guidance on how local planning authorities should frame enforceable planning conditions where delivery of

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

Land Use: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking steps to help tackle the practice of subdividing agricultural land into multiple small plots for onward sale without an accompanying (a) planning and (b) cha

16 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Overseas Students: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support Palestinian students from Gaza who have been accepted onto UK university courses with (a) access to secure (i) English language testing (ii) visa process

16 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Buildings: Insurance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has issued guidance on the rights of consumers to access property-specific risk data held by (a) insurers and (b) third-party providers that are used in insurance premium calculations.

11 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Hospitality Industry: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support entry-level employment opportunities for young people in the hospitality sector.

11 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Employment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent tax changes on employment levels in the hospitality sector.

11 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to ensure that people no longer eligible for covid-19 vaccines under the the Flu and Covid-19 Seasonal Vaccination Programme are able to receive them if they wish;

11 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Cost of Living

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support disabled households with the cost of living in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

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

Planning: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to improve coordination between Local Planning Authorities and Lead Local Flood Authorities on ensuring (a) adequate resources and (b) clear m

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

Hedgehogs: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support hedgehog conservation initiatives in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Buildings: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of VAT on (a) repair and (b) retrofit works to older buildings; and whether she plans to review that taxation.

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Protest

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Crime and Policing Bill on the right to peaceful protest; and what steps she is taking to ensure that lawful demonstration

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Harpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase funding for newly qualified nurse positions in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to regionalise the property cap on Lifetime ISAs.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Press: Privacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of press regulation in preventing press intrusion.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infant Foods: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to update regulations on the (a) composition, (b) marketing and (c) labelling of commercial (i) infant and (ii) toddler foods.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on local planning policies supporting the expansion of early years provision through the (a) protection

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing draft duty relief for (a) consumers, (b) pubs and (c) breweries in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carers: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of conducting a national safeguarding review into the protection of disabled dependents when their sole carer is incapacitated.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: Harpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide support for people with postural tachycardia syndrome in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Business: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support businesses to invest in skills and training in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Digital Technology: Harpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support businesses to take up digital technologies in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure mobile network operators cannot invoke the all reasonable efforts clause to avoid penalties under the Shared Rural Network agreement in (a)

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Coastal Areas and Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 59177 on Broadband: Coastal Areas and Rural Areas, whether the reported 95 percent coverage achieved by the Shared Rural Network will

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Uniforms

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with schools on the potential impact of branded school uniform policies on families; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that schools comply with the statut

16 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Defibrillators: Emergency Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of increasing the proportion of (a) police, (b) fire and (c) other emergency service vehicles that are fitted with defibril

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving: Defibrillators

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department make an assessment of amending (a) the Highway Code and (b) driving (i) theory and (ii) practical tests to ensure that all drivers are trained in the use of defibrillators.

16 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Death

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of deaths as a result of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in (a) 2020, (b) 2021, (c) 2022, (d) 2023 and (e) 2024.

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Hertfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent steps his Department has taken to consult with rural community-owned businesses in (a) Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency and (b) Hertfordshire in the development of its planned small b

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Defibrillators

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making it a mandatory requirement to fit defibrillators in every newly manufactured car.