Chris Hinchliff

22 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Baldock Station: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of disabled access at Baldock station; and whether her Department plans to upgrade access to that station.

21 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Birds of Prey: Rodenticides

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of Wild Justice's report entitled Collateral Damage: The Rodenticide Stewardship Scheme - is it working?, published in Novem

13 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding free school transport access to include students between 16 and 19 years old.

13 Nov 2024 · Department for Business and Trade

Post Offices: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what notice the Post Office plans to give of closure of branches; and what plans he has to to mitigate the potential impact of such closures on rural communities.

13 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport

Aviation and Railways: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential economic impact of differences in the cost per mile of domestic (a) plane and (b) train travel; and if her Department will make an assessment of the pote

23 Oct 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

School Milk

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to review the provisions for dairy free options for children with dairy (a) allergies and (b) intolerances in the school milk subsidy scheme.

9 Oct 2024 · Treasury

Beer and Cider: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of draught duty relief for (a) beer and (b) cider.

9 Oct 2024 · Department for Education

Private Education: Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 October 2024 to Question 5661 on Private Education: VAT, whether her Department has made a specific assessment of the potential impact of the policy on children with special educatio

4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Languages

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to publish the independent review of her Department’s language services.

4 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Interpreters

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will ensure that Departments only use (a) regulated, (b) registered and (c) qualified interpreters.

4 Oct 2024 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Translation Services

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will conduct a review on insourcing public sector language services.

4 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to appoint a Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion and Belief.

4 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Military Decorations

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to reform the military honours system to allow those serving in operations abroad to receive appropriate honours upon completion of their service.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the (a) potential merits and (b) viability of auto enrolment for pension credit.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Social Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a social tariff in the energy market.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit: Take-up

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure adequate resources to support the surge in applications for pension credit.

4 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of moving the qualifying week for Pension Credit to (a) 30 September, (b) 31 October and (c) 30 November 2024 on the number of eligible claimants.

4 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Lister Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of awarding teaching status to Lister Hospital; and when his Department plans to respond to the application on this matter.

4 Sep 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Israel: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to encourage (a) the USA and (b) Europe to review the risk of their arms exports to Israel being used to commit serious violations of international

4 Sep 2024 · Home Office

Knives: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce knife crime.

23 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Social Security Benefits: Children

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the increase in the annual rate of GDP growth that would be required to fund the removal of the two-child benefit cap.

23 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

EU Countries: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to negotiate improved mobility rights for UK citizens travelling to EU countries.

23 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to help support women affected by the rise in the State Pension age in North East Hertfordshire constituency.

23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Public Order Act 2023: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people serving prison sentences for prosecutions under the the Public Order Act 2023.

23 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) financial cost and (b) impact on levels of child poverty of introducing a child element of Universal Credit of (i) £287.92, (ii) £191.95 and (iii) £14

23 Jul 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Hertfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the process to secure a SEND diagnosis for children living in North East Hertfordshire.

23 Jul 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: North East Hertfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support (a) children with SEND and (b) their parents, families and carers in North East Hertfordshire constituency.