Dr Ellie Chowns

10 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of extending a specific price cap, comparable to that applying to domestic customers, to landlords of vacant residential properties supp

28 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Children: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her expected timetable is for publication of the call for evidence on safeguarding children out of school settings.

20 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Infant Mortality: North Herefordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support families who have experienced baby loss in North Herefordshire constituency.

19 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the written statement of 11 November 2025 on Pension Update, HCWS1044, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of Automatic Pension Forecast letters relating to communicatio

13 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Gender Based Violence: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of setting a target for uptake of training on violence against women and girls for criminal justice practitioners.

13 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Victim Support Schemes: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Freedom From Violence and Abuse Strategy, what proportion of the £550 million funding for victim and survivor support services over the next three years will be directed to (a) Specialist se

5 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Rainforests: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with his German counterpart on funding for the Tropical Forest Forever Facility.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to establish a statutory regulatory framework for artificial intelligence relating to (a) data governance, (b) privacy and (c) copyright.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence and Data Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Government categorises large-scale AI and data-centre infrastructure to be of strategic national importance; and what protections or ownership safeguards it plans to apply t

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Carbon Emissions: Data Centres

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of electricity demand from AI-related data centres on his net zero targets.

17 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Campaigns

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps in the forthcoming Elections Bill to to require submission of all on- and offline advertisements to the Electoral Commission as soon as they are published w

17 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps through the forthcoming Elections Bill to regulate the online targeting of people with (a) misinformation and (b) disinformation by (i) foreign states and (

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Pedestrians: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she will take through the Road Safety Strategy to raise awareness among motorists of their responsibilities when passing pedestrians on roads with no footpaths.

15 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Delivery Services: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Ofcom’s regulation of (a) Evri and (b) other parcel delivery companies on (i) the recruitment, vetting and oversight of self-employed couriers, (ii) the s

12 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Subversion

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to a) the Intelligence and Security Committee report on Russia, HC 632, published on 21 July 2020, and b) the 2017-2019 Robert Mueller special counsel investigatio

1 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Joint Replacements: North Herefordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle elective care waiting times, including joint replacement surgery, in North Herefordshire constituency.

1 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Arthritis: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to improve time to diagnosis for children and young people with suspected Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.

1 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to ensure the provision of a) surgical hubs and b) community diagnostics centres are aligned with areas with the highest levels of health deprivation.

26 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the consultations on (a) ??improving the Energy Efficiency of Socially Rented Homes and (b) reforms to the EPC regime; and whether she had discussions

26 Nov 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Homes Plan

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of setting the period of the Warm Homes Plan for at least 10 years to enable housing providers more certainty to (a) invest and (b) p

25 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Gift Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to question 25666 answered on 30 January 2025, what her planned timetable is for amending the rules on Gift Aid.

21 Nov 2025 · Department for Education

Swimming: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what percentage of pupils from primary schools in North Herefordshire can (i) swim 25m (ii) self-rescue as reported through the online reporting tool.

21 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her department has made of the potential merits of distributing grassroots sports funding through local authorities for leisure centres and swimming pools.

20 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture and Small Businesses: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to WPQ 80434 answered on 17 October 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the proposals on the (a) minimum share rule, (b) upper limit on relief and (c) transferrable allowance in th

18 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Taxation: Overpayments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answered of 27 May 2025 to question 53743 on Taxation: Overpayments, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of improving HMRC’s data collection systems to record more detailed informati

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will publish an update on the status of the Universal Service Obligation consultation which closed on 27 November 2023; and what assessment she had made of the potential merits o

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: North Herefordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March to Question 39828, how many properties in the North Herefordshire constituency have been identified as very hard to reach by Project Gigabit; and what

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: North Herefordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of potential lessons to be learned from the descoping of premises under the Fastershire-Gigaclear contract; and what protections are in place und

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: North Herefordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to provide timelines to North Herefordshire constituents on when they will be able to access a gigabit-capable broadband connection, in the context of the delay

13 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken to discharge medically fit patients on the use of corridor care in NHS hospitals.