Dr Scott Arthur

21 Jul 2025 · Treasury

State Retirement Pensions: Tax Thresholds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of not increasing the tax threshold to accommodate future increases in state pension on levels of pensioner poverty.

21 Jul 2025 · Treasury

State Retirement Pensions: Tax Thresholds

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to increase the tax threshold to accommodate future increases in state pension.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Secondhand Goods

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help improve customer confidence in battery performance when buying used Euro 6 compliant electric vehicles.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Life Sciences: Migrant Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department to ensure the life sciences sector has the visa routes it needs to attract global talent to the UK.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Life Sciences

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions he has had with cancer-related charities on taking steps to help support the UK to become the leading life sciences economy in Europe by 2030.

15 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Visas: Life Sciences

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure the biomedical sector has (a) efficient and (b) cost-effective visa routes for attracting world-leading scientists to the UK.

14 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Business: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the net fiscal impact of changes to inheritance tax for family owned businesses in each year to 2029-30.

14 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Business: Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to consult family-owned businesses with annual turnover above £100 million on potential fiscal policies.

14 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Business: Government Assistance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support family owned businesses with annual turnover above £100 million.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

National Oceanography Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to ensure the National Oceanography Centre is meeting its nationwide remit.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on providing English local authorities the powers to enforce a pavement parking ban.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on providing English Local Authorities the powers to enforce a pavement parking ban.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Travel: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Sustran's report entitled Transforming mobility, published on 8 July 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing paid local access panels to (a) review and (b) i

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Pedestrian Crossings

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Sustran's report entitled Transforming mobility, published on 8 July 2025, what steps she is taking to support the roll-out of side road zebra crossings.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Pedestrian Crossings

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of allowing zebra crossings without zig-zag lines.

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Carbon Emissions and Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support schools in reducing (a) energy bills and (b) carbon footprints.

9 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Construction: Materials

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help ensure that innovative UK building products are approved for use in a timely manner.

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

Construction: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure new developments are safe and accessible for pedestrians.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support initiatives aimed at increasing cycling participation among women and girls.

7 Jul 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to create conditions for the release of people persecuted in Russia for political reasons.

4 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking with the transport and logistics industry to identify where new energy infrastructure will be required to support the transition to electric vehicles in (a

3 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breastfeeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) encourage breastfeeding and (b) support mothers who choose to breastfeed.

1 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans First Point: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Government on the withdraw funding for Veterans First Point Lothian.

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Poverty and Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) reduce pensioner poverty and (b) increase pension benefit uptake.

30 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Alcoholic Drinks

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce alcohol related cancers.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Edinburgh

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is the average waiting time for a driving test in Currie; and when she expects the backlog to be cleared.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Cinemas: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps to support independent cinemas.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support unemployed women back in to work.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that under-25s are adequately supported by the benefits system.

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the (a) efficacy of Universal Credit sanctions and (b) potential impact of those sanctions on claimants.