Victoria Collins

19 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting times are for appeals awaiting an inspector assignment.

19 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time taken for enforcement appeals pending by written representations.

19 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support the digitalisation of the property transaction process.

19 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Conveyancing: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to reform the residential conveyancing process to (a) reduce the time taken and (b) increase transparency for (i) buyers and (ii) sellers.

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

Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to establish a national chemicals regulator to improve the (a) monitoring and (b) management of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination.

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

Drinking Water: Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to review the current regulatory limits for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water.

19 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Chronic Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 55944, what steps her Department plans to take to support people with complex and overlapping health conditions who are subject to the current PIP asses

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Students: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of developing a strategy to ensure the full participation of blind and partially sighted students in education through the use of (a) assist

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Further Education: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing ringfenced funding for statutory vision impairment services in further education.

12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neurological Diseases: Primary Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that total triage systems in primary care do not compromise the continuity of care for patients with (a) Parkinson’s disease and (b) other chronic neurological condi

12 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that British National (Overseas) passport holders are afforded (a) access to the UK’s digital eGates at border control and (b) equal treatment to British passport hold

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Home Affairs on protecting (a) elderly and (b) vulnerable people against AI scams using deepfake content; and what ste

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Housing: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to establish a statutory regulator for domestic renovation contractors to improve (a) consumer protections and (b) accountability.

12 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Unfair Practices: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what legal redress is available to victims of rogue traders where alleged misconduct spans multiple jurisdictions in (a) England and (b) Northern Ireland.

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Companies House: Identification

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to accelerate the implementation of mandatory identity verification for (a) company directors and (b) beneficial owners at Companies House.

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Hertfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to support SEND provision in Hertfordshire.

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of special schools that have shortened school (a) days and (b) weeks for funding reasons; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that children with

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increases in employer National Insurance contributions on the viability of SEND transport provision in Hertfordshire.

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Bullying

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a (a) national and (b) mandatory Code of Practice to tackle bullying in schools.

12 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Mental Illness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing financial incentives to employers to support the employment of people with severe mental illnesses.

12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to include Parkinson’s disease in the Quality and Outcomes Framework.

12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to increase (a) awareness and (b) availability of Parkinson’s specialist nurses in primary care; and what proportion of GP surgeries have established referral pathways

12 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chronic Illnesses: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the difference in patient care outcomes between (a) assigning a named GP for accountability and (b) ensuring continuity of care through an own doctor syst

12 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Armed Conflict: Reconstruction

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a dedicated strategy to support co-operative models in post-conflict recovery programmes.

5 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Home Office on protecting (a) elderly and (b) vulnerable people against AI-generated scams in the form of deepfake content.

5 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Artificial Intelligence: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had discussions with the Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation on the steps needed to tackle AI scams in the form of phishing emails.

5 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) school-aged girls and (b) young women can access help on public transport if they are concerned for their safety.

5 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to protect girls and young women from the impact of sexualised AI deepfakes.

5 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Motor Insurance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Financial Conduct Authority plans to review the methods used by car insurers to determine vehicle valuations in write-off settlements.

5 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Midwives: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) help tackle midwifery shortages and (b) improve recruitment and retention in the NHS in (i) Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency, (ii) Hertfordshire and