Dr Scott Arthur

18 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, within the context of her asylum statement on 17 November 2025, if those arriving in the UK via safe and legal routes to seek asylum will have to wait for 20 years for indefinite settled status if the

18 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the number of children subject to removal under her plans to remove families from the UK.

18 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the Department for Transport on (a) plans to achieve and (b) progress on compliance with legal nitrogen dioxide limits on all roads.

18 Nov 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Resettlement

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her plan to offer permanent settlement to refugees only after 20 years residence in the UK will apply to people currently (a) in the asylum system and (b) holding refugee status.

13 Nov 2025 · Scotland Office

Geothermal Power: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on support for the development and rollout of low-cost, low-carbon mine water geothermal heating systems in Scotland.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Geothermal Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the mine water geothermal heat project recently piloted in Gateshead, what steps his Department is taking to support the development and rollout of low-cost, ecological, alt

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ship emissions at berth on disadvantaged communities living near ports; and what steps she is taking to help mitigate that impact.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Blue Badge Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing standardised eligibility for the Blue Badge scheme across local authorities.

13 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Cycle to Work Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Cycle to Work tax exemption initiative on the economy.

12 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve women's heart health.

12 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cardiovascular Diseases: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the (a) treatment and (b) prevention of cardiovascular diseases that disproportionately impact women, including (i) Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, (ii) M

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Supported Housing: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of young people in supported housing working reduced hours due to the interaction between Housing Benefit and Universal Credit tape

11 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Environment Protection: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking with the Scottish Government to ensure that businesses can increase the supply of apprenticeships in response to increases in levels of regional demand for

11 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to publish guidance on managing hypoglycaemia that includes (a) treatment, (b) when to seek medical help and (c) rules for those with diabetes who drive or operate heavy mac

10 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report by Sarcoma UK entitled Unique Among Cancers: A state of the nation review of sarcoma care, published on 11 June 2025, what steps he plans to take to help tackle issues

5 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the inheritance tax exemption for payments made by infected blood compensation schemes to cover payments received by the surviving spouse of a dece

30 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Age Assurance and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that companies implementing (a) age-verification and (b) safety requirements use (i) secure and (ii) adequately regulated third-party vendo

30 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband and Telecommunications: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology what discussions he has had with Ofcom on ensuring that (a) (i) broadband and (ii) telephone customers who do not move suppliers at the end of their contract are not charged more; and (b

24 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Clinical Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support small and medium-sized (a) biotechnology and (b) pharmaceutical companies to conduct clinical trials in the UK.

24 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Life Sciences: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on the establishment of Commercial Research Delivery Centres.

24 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding his Department plans to provide to (a) transport and (b) storage companies to help support their carbon capture, usage and storage business models in the next 12 months.

24 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the economic impact of improving access to childcare out of school hours.

24 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to encourage smaller snack sizes.

24 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Gender Based Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the policy paper entitled Licensing taskforce report and government response, published on 31 July 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the licensing taskforce

24 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the policy paper entitled Licensing taskforce report and government response, published on 31 July 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the licensing taskforce

24 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 September to Question 75570 on Alcoholic Drinks: Labelling, when he plans to consult with stakeholders on the best ways to communicate the necessary information on the

24 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the policy paper entitled Licensing taskforce report and government response, published on 31 July 2025, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the licensing taskforce

24 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mobile Phones and Social Media: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered introducing national guidance on the potential physical health risks of excessive screen time for children and young people.

23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Human Papillomavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether HPV self-sampling will be less frequently than clinician screening, in the context of uncertainties in relation to the accuracy of the self-sampling test.

23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering additional resources to neighbourhood teams to provide targeted interventions enabling equitable access to (a) HPV