Chris Hinchliff

28 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Palliative Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) preparing and (b) publishing a national strategy for (i) palliative and (ii) end-of-life care.

28 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ultrasonics

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for urgent pelvic ultrasounds.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Seafood: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of verifications of catch certificates accompanying seafood imports under

15 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with industry stakeholders on growing UK-based manufacturing of hydrogen and fuel cell equipment by 2030.

15 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans his Department has to support exports of UK-manufactured hydrogen and fuel cell technologies to international markets.

15 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK hydrogen supply chain on (a) creating skilled jobs and (b) supporting regional growth.

15 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Cells and Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that UK-manufactured hydrogen and fuel cell technologies use hydrogen production and usage schemes.

14 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of adopting a EU-style carding system to (a) warn and (b) sanction states that are not sufficiently combating illegal, unreported a

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the higher rate of Air Passenger Duty by more than the proposed 50% in 2026-27 on (a) the public purse and (b) the UK's greenhouse gas emissions.

10 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HMRC plans to respond to the consultation on Reform of Air Passenger Duty for private jets, which closed on 22 January 2025.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support hydrogen and fuel cell technology manufacturers to invest in (a) new manufacturing facilities and (b) research and development.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Hydrogen: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of (a) jobs and (b) investment in the UK hydrogen technology manufacturing sector by 2030.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take to support research and development into hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support manufacturing of the materials needed for the production of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies within the UK.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to grow the UK’s manufacturing base for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Empty Property: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to p.94 of the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, if he will publish his Department's (a) proposals and (b) timetable for implementing

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Empty Property: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of vacant residential properties.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of permitting cross-subsidisation between publicly owned and delivered rail services on the sustainability of rural rail services.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the provisions of the forthcoming Railways Bill will permit cross-subsidisation between publicly owned and delivered rail services.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Parents: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is the potential scope of their proposed consultation on financial support for parents of seriously ill children.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Parental Leave: Terminal Illnesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish a timetable for launching a consultation on financial support for parents of seriously ill children.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rivers: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to increase nature-rich spaces by rivers to (a) reduce agricultural pollution and (b) protect and (c) enhance chalk streams.

5 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a minimum standard of bus service for communities of 300 people or more.

5 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing minimum bus service levels for communities of 300 people or more.

3 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Catering: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role will organically certified produce have in achieving 50 percent of public sector catering contracts from British producers or those certified to higher environmental standard

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme on electricity bills for non-exempt consumers.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Recovery Fund and Nature Restoration Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Nature Restoration Fund proposed by the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on the Marine Recovery Fund.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of its proposed exemptions for certain industrial users from (a) Feed-in Tariffs, (b) Renewables Obligation Certificates

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of Personal Independence Payment claimants who use some of their Personal Independence Payment to pay for housing costs.

23 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the proportion of projected additional funding for the Affordable Homes Programme that will be allocated to homes for social rent in the next three