Rachel Gilmour

25 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Multiple Sclerosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Access to Work Scheme supports people with multiple sclerosis in employment.

25 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Insecticides

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider the merits of the development of an environmental quality standard for water for either Fipronil or Imidacloprid.

23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Drugs and Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Science and Technology about the potential for a respiratory Modern Service Framework to strengthen the UK’s life sciences ecosystem

23 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the prevalence of respiratory disease and (b) the number of emergency hospital admissions for respiratory conditions in the Tiverton and Minehead cons

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pain

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of training for GPs and emergency healthcare staff to understand chronic pain conditions.

11 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of burnout of NHS staff.

11 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure women's health services are included in the Neighbourhood Health Service.

11 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress he has made on the long-term housing strategy; and when he plans to publish that strategy.

10 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Hill Farming: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to financially support upland farmers in areas such as Exmoor.

5 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of an increase in urgent care Units of Dental Activity on trends in the level of the provision of routine and preventative NHS dental care.

19 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Brownfield Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support and encouragement the Government is giving to local authorities to fast-track planning applications for developments on brownfield sites.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of State Pension age changes for 1950s-born women on woman in Tiverton and Minehead constituency.

9 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of support available to schools who wish to decarbonise their buildings but who currently do not have the means to do so.

8 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing the Dame Barbara Windsor Dementia Goals programme.

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

Rivers: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the latest data on the ecological status of rivers across the UK.

10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Family Courts: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the removal of the right of appeal escalatory route from the Family Court judges to the High Court on judicial oversight accountability.

8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early cancer diagnosis rates.

27 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will commit to introducing Herbie's Law.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Palm Oil: Sustainable Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to promote the awareness and use of sustainable palm oil.

18 Nov 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Robots: Regulation and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, further to the research and analysis entitled Rapid Technology Assessment: Humanoids, published on 10 March 2025, whether her Department plans to introduce a regulatory framework or min

18 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS Trusts: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to help ensure trusts have sufficient access to operational capital funding to repair buildings, replace old equipment, and provide a suitable environment for pa

18 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Health and Leisure Centres: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy of funding for leisure and health centres and (b) potential impact of those funding levels on fitness and wellbeing.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Countryside: Walking

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of (a) Health and Safety Executive regulations on the interaction between walkers and cattle and (b) how those regulations are communicated to (i) farmers a

5 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle delays in processing re-applications to the DVLA following the voluntarily surrender of driving licences on medical grounds.

29 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Community Care: VAT Exemptions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extending VAT exemption to include essential (a) day care and (b) respite services for people with (i) dementia and (ii) other permanent disabilities.

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

Regional Planning and Development: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to allocate funding to the Great South West Partnership after April 2026.

23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount paid by his Department in clinical negligence costs.

23 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS contracts with hospices reflect the (a) cost of the services provided and (b) the needs of local populations.

22 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Russia: Sanctions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her European counterparts on collective sanctions against Russia.

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners have lost entitlement to Pension Credit as a result of their calculated entitlement being short by 50p or less.