Sarah Gibson

22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) urban and (b) rural access to pharmacies.

22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of high street pharmacies.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department will commit to a review of the frequency of State Pension payments to better support pensioners in managing their budgets.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of paying the State Pension on a monthly basis.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Payments

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of four-weekly State Pension payments on the ability of pensioners to plan financially.

17 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Boiler Upgrade Scheme: Heat Pumps

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the comparative merits of (a) air-to-air and (b) other heat pump technologies eligible under the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish regular updates on the progress of the implementation of NHS dental contract reforms.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Wiltshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to (a) monitor and (b) assess the impact of the Dentistry Rescue Plan in (i) Wiltshire and (ii) Chippenham; and what criteria he uses to assess improved access to NHS dental

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Health: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to implement the supervised tooth-brushing scheme for children in Wiltshire; and what steps he is taking to ensure that the scheme is available in Chippenham.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Wiltshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to increase the recruitment of dentists in (a) Chippenham and (b) Wiltshire; and how many dentists he plans to recruit in those areas by 31 December 2025.

17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to ensure that additional urgent dental appointments are distributed equitably across Integrated Care Boards; and what the target number is for Bath and North East Somerset,

8 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with (a) animal welfare activists and (b) Marshall Bio Resources on the mass rearing of beagles for the purpose of animal testing.

8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to maintain the current number of driving test centres in rural communities.

8 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to Vehicle Excise Duty from April 2025 on levels of electric vehicle adoption; and what impact these changes will have on owners of zero-emi

2 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed changes to agricultural property relief and business property relief on trends in levels of agricultural employment.

2 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to agricultural property relief and business property relief on trends in levels of tax revenues.

2 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed changes to agricultural property relief and business property relief on the trend in levels of economic growth

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help tackle bots in the DVSA's online booking system for driving tests.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Wiltshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of driving test waits in Wiltshire; and what steps she is taking to help reduce the backlog.

28 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Pumps and Insulation: Low Incomes

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has considered providing free (a) insulation and (b) heat pumps to low-income households; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of such provision on (i) fuel po

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Ukraine and USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a minerals trade deal between the US and Ukraine on the UK’s Critical Minerals Strategy.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Ukraine and USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of a minerals trade deal between the US and Ukraine.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rural England Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the reduction in the Rural England Prosperity Fund for 2025/26 on rural businesses.

10 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of ensuring that all Armed Forces Personnel are entitled to the same pension scheme.

7 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Lone Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of Universal Credit provisions for single parent families.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) further regulating gambling companies and (b) creating a Gambling Ombudsman.

3 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Right to Buy Scheme: Almshouses

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to make Almshouses eligible for the right to buy scheme.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls to the Pension Service helpline (a) were not answered, (b) involved the caller being on hold for more than 10 minutes and (c) were terminated by the Pension Service following the caller b

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many calls to the Disability Service Centre helpline (a) were not answered, (b) involved the caller being on hold for more than 10 minutes and (c) were terminated by the Disability Service Centre fo

3 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on increasing levels of defence expenditure above 2.5% of GDP.