Dr Scott Arthur

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the two-child benefit cap on child poverty levels in Edinburgh South West constituency.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the two-child benefit cap on child poverty levels in (a) working families and (b) minority ethnic groups.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve long-term quality of life for people (a) living with and (b) beyond cancer under the National Cancer Plan.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish a framework for neighbourhood cancer care as part of the National Cancer Plan.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that neighbourhood cancer care models in the National Cancer Plan contribute to reducing health inequalities.

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Environment Protection: Fines and Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to introduce environmental (a) taxes and (b) fines to reinvest in (i) green infrastructure and (ii) low carbon innovation.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many existing claimants are awaiting a Work Capability Assessment; what the average wait time is; and when he expects the backlog to be cleared.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions: Trusts

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2025 to Question 71920 on Pensions: Trusts, what the (a) terms of reference are and (b) delivery schedule is for that consultation.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Agriculture: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he plans to take through the new trade strategy to help ensure that farmers and workers in global supply chains earn a living wage.

10 Oct 2025 · Women and Equalities

Equality and Human Rights Commission: Codes of Practice

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) the public and (b) Parliament can scrutinise the EHRC's updated code of practice for services, public functions and associations before any decision is made about it

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to publish the decision making process behind the proposal to restrict access to the Universal Credit Health Element for under-22s.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the social return on investment of the Access to Work programme.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes to the Universal Credit Health Element on poverty among disabled people.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department paid directly to the Motability scheme in 2024-25.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to incentivise the Motability scheme to source British manufactured cars.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, on incentivising the Motability scheme to buy British manufactured cars.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered introducing a national requirement for the PAS1899 accessibility standard for EV charging stations.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason his Department is prioritising Work Capability Assessments for new benefit claimants over reassessments.

15 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Capability Assessment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to reduce delays in Work Capability Assessments for existing claimants who have reported a deterioration in their health.

15 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what medicines procured by NHS England are imported from Israel.

12 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Church Commissioners on extending the spending cap on the Listed Places of Worship scheme after 2026.

12 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the potential savings from the introduction of the £25,000 annual cap on grants under the Listed Places of Worship Scheme.

12 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of an annual cap on grants to individual places of worship under the Listed Places of Worship Scheme on those places of wo

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

Perfluorooctanoic Acid: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to further restrict the (a) sale or (b) use of (i)perfluorooctanoic acid and (ii) products which contain it.

8 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport of 3 September 2025, Official Report, column 166WH, what the (a) cost, (b) terms of reference, (c) delivery sc

3 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Pensions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help increase the return on investment from pension savings.

3 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Car Sharing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to expand the provision of high occupancy vehicle lanes in England.

3 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Car Sharing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support the increased use of (a) car-pooling and (b) lift sharing.

3 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Car Sharing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support the increased use of Car Clubs.

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Nationalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to ensure that rail workers maintain their (a) pay and (b) working conditions when their rail company is moved into public ownership.