Steve Witherden

8 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he will commit to publishing a clear timetable for closing the 10 year sentencing starting point gap between most domestic murders and other murders.

8 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Craig Foreman and Lindsay Foreman

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to raise the case of Lindsay and Craig Foreman with her US counterpart.

8 Jul 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Arms Trade: United Arab Emirates

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessments he has made of the potential risk that arms exports licensed by the UK Government to the United Arab Emirates might be diverted and used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of

8 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

United Arab Emirates: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps does her Department take to protect against the diversion of arms exports to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for use in Sudan.

8 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

United Arab Emirates: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment has her Department made of the potential for the diversion of UK arms exports to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for use in Sudan.

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Products: Import Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the list of species the Department considers to be of conservation concern under the proposed legislation to ban imports of hunting trophies; and how the Department

1 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, is any data on Welsh patients treated in England (a) held and (b) processed by Palantir.

20 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Ruabon Station: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on providing step-free access at Ruabon station.

19 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigs: Slaughterhouses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to accept the recommendation of the Animal Welfare Committee's report entitled The welfare impacts on pigs of high concentration CO2 gas stunning and of po

17 Apr 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Royal Mail: Insolvency

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made contingency arrangements in the event of Royal Mail becoming insolvent.

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people are (a) receiving Employment Support Allowance in March 2026 and (b) have experienced ‘failed transitions’ from Employment Support Allowance to Universal Credit; and what steps he is tak

23 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Furs: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the sale of unethical fur products.

17 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Oil

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support his Department providing to people that require access to heating oil in the medium to near term.

17 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Fuel Oil: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what are the qualifying criteria for "most vulnerable households" in the provision of heating oil support.

11 Mar 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Schools White Paper, whether moving to all schools being part of school trusts means academy trusts.

23 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Statement of 29 January 2026, what assessment he has made of the reasons why the findings of the 2007 research report did not lead to a targeted public communications campaign to a

23 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman report on changes to women's State Pension age, published on 21 March 2024, if he will make an assessment of the potential (a) economic;

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hunting: Birds of Prey

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of exemptions permitting the use of birds of prey in fox hunting activities; and whether it plans to review those provision

12 Feb 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Culture

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase access to arts and culture.

2 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Palestine Embassy: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure adequate security provision for the Palestinian Embassy in London.

18 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of lengthening the qualifying period for settlement from five years to ten years for young adults and children under Appendix Private Life to the I

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how he plans to reduce disability benefits by up to £580 million a year.

4 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure that mandatory digital ID would not put the population’s personal data at risk of data breaches by hackers and foreign adversaries.

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he has taken to make sure that digital ID can not be made a requirement for accessing a wide range of public and private services.

4 Dec 2025 · Cabinet Office

Proof of Identity: Digital Technology

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Digital ID scheme will cost.

1 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Neighbourhood Health Centres: Private Finance Initiative

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish details of his Department new private finance model for building neighbourhood health centres and the business case completed for it.

4 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help support agricultural livelihoods in Gaza; and what steps the Government is taking to ensure that UK-funded support for agricultura

4 Nov 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Humanitarian Aid: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of the humanitarian aid budget for (a) the Gaza conflict and (b) all global humanitarian crises is specifically allocated for (i) social protection mechanisms

20 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the restriction zone requirement in the Sentencing Bill would apply to convicted murderers on a life sentence; and whether the conditions of convicted murderers would be independently managed by the parol

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide: Offenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether bereaved families of victims of murder would be protected under the restriction zone requirement in the Sentencing Bill.