Victoria Collins

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Solar Power: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what eligibility criteria her Department is using to choose successful schools for Great British Energy's rooftop solar panels project.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Solar Power: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether there is a timeline for the delivery of Great British Energy’s first project to install rooftop solar panels in schools.

17 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Religious Freedom: Gender

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle gender-specific religious persecution.

17 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Nigeria: Religious Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support Nigeria in implementing the Universal Periodic Review recommendations relating to the Freedom of Religion or Belief.

17 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of taxation policies on (a) farm investment and (b) succession planning on domestic food production.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Development: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to permit local planning authorities to commission independent assessments of (a) water and (b) drainage infrastructure capacity.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Taxis: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken in response to the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices to review working practices for (a) taxis and (b) private hire vehicle.

17 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Inheritance Tax: Rural Areas and Tenants

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to inheritance tax on (a) rural communities and (b) low-income tenants.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Family Hubs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department have to extend the Start for Life programme beyond the 75 upper-tier local authorities that currently receive funding.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Community Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the role of hospices in providing care in communities.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Nurseries: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to take steps to improve transparency in (a) fee structures and (b) pricing practices in private nurseries.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the £100,000 threshold for entitlement to 30 hours of free childcare on affected families.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered introducing a tapered withdrawal of the 30 hours of free childcare entitlement for households earning above £100,000.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of uprating the income threshold for the free childcare entitlement in line with inflation.

17 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of changes to the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief Scheme on businesses.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewers and Water: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) Thames Water and (b) other water companies provide (i) accurate and (ii) locally verified assessments of (A) wastewater and (B) draina

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to ensure social media companies (a) remove and (b) report (i) illegal counterfeit currency and (ii) fraudulent foreign exchange trading.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will take steps to prioritise the reform of funding for (a) palliative and (b) end-of-life care in the NHS 10-year plan.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

London Northwestern Railway and Thameslink line: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to enable railcard holders to use their discounts with contactless payments on (a) London Northwestern Railway and (b) Govia Thameslink Railway services.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Blue Badge Scheme: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) review and (b) amend the Blue Badge eligibility criteria to accommodate individuals with temporary disabilities.

17 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas were issued under the digital technology stream of the Global Talent visa in each calendar year since 2020.

17 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were (a) approved and (b) denied under the scale-up worker visa route in each calendar year since 2022; and what the average waiting time was for a decision.

17 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Skilled Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications for Global talent visas were rejected in each year since 2020.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Harpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) small and (b) medium-sized businesses on the high street in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Chronic Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help protect people with (a) multiple mental and physical health disabilities and (b) chronic health conditions from financial hardship.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewers and Water: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure wastewater capacity assessments by (a) Thames water and (b) other water companies account for local environmental pressures.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will direct the Planning Inspector to give greater consideration to draft local plans that have met early submission deadlines during the examination stage.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Import Duties: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized businesses in Harpenden and Berkhamsted, in the context of US tariffs.

8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Development: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure local planning authorities can independently verify network capacity claims where there is evidence of (a) repeated sewage discharge

8 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sewers and Water: Property Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department is providing to local planning authorities for major development applications in areas where water and sewage infrastructure is operating at or beyon