Steve Witherden

10 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 offenders of murder.

9 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Homicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will publish a timeline for the Law Commission of England and Wales’s review of the homicide law.

19 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2025 to Question 44809 on Local Housing Allowance: Wales, what (a) metrics, (b) data points and (c) analysis were used to assess the impact of Local Housing Allowance

15 May 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to publish an updated response to the Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review.

14 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Shared Rural Network

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he has taken under the Shared Rural Network programme to map investment in the hardest-to-reach areas.

8 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help improve mobile phone coverage in rural areas.

6 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2025 to Question 44809 on Local Housing Allowance: Wales, what (a) metrics, (b) data points and (c) analysis were used to determine the impacts of Local Housing Allowa

6 May 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of widening the eligibility criteria for organisations seeking to engage with the HMRC Wealthy External Forum.

30 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to publish an assessment of the potential impact of the Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published on 18 March 2025, on Wales.

28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: Medals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility for The Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal to paramedics employe

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Pylons: Powys

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) the Vyrnwy–Frankton pylon project and (b) other pylon projects on local businesses that rely on tourism.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Pylons: Powys

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) the Vrynwy Frankton pylon project and (b) other pylon projects on farm animals.

28 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Pylons: Powys

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Vrynwy Frankton pylon project on net zero.

8 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Climate Change: Costs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the cost to (a) the public purse (b) businesses and (c) individual people from climate change.

8 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Economic Growth: Climate Change

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of climate change on economic growth.

8 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Religious Buildings: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to protect places of worship from police raids.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Press: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing a press regulator that is independent of (a) the media industry and (b) politicians.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions and Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to hold Ofgem accountable for (a) achieving net zero and (b) supporting growth in renewables as part of its remit.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity Generation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the P441 modification to the Balancing and Settlement Code.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Media: Privacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many newspapers have been (a) investigated and (b) fined by the Independent Press Standards Organisation since 2014.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Media: Privacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to prevent (a) phone hacking and (b) press intrusion.

7 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of recognising mono-HCV haemophiliacs as a separate cohort under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme.

7 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what evidential basis the level of compensation for people with (a) Hepatitis C and (b) haemophiliacs infected with HIV under the Infected Blood Compensation scheme was determined.

7 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme to distinguish between people subjected to deliberate, non-consensual trials and other people.

7 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people will be eligible for compensation under the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme in (a) Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr constituency, (b) Wales and (c) the UK.

7 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Private Rented Housing: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the potential merits of providing support for the delivery of social homes in Wales through (a) increased capital funding and (b) expanded borrowing powers.

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

Private Rented Housing: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on their decision not to legislate to end no-fault evictions for private rented sector tenants in Wales; and what assessmen

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

Security of Tenure: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the potential difference of security of tenure that will exist between England and Wales following the passage of the Re

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Homelessness: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the potential impact of the spare room subsidy on homelessness in Wales.

7 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of not uprating local housing allowance rates on homelessness in Wales.