Richard Baker

25 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence

?To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the UK has sovereign AI capacity.

21 May 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance will be issued to local licensing authorities on the application of gambling impact assessments across the United Kingdom.

28 Apr 2026 · Department for Transport

Transport: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to develop and implement service accessibility standards to ensure that transport services, associated technologies and infrastructure are inclusive and accessible for disabled people.

26 Mar 2026 · Scotland Office

Defence: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the Defence Growth Deal on Scotland.

4 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Financial Services: Visual Impairment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered asking the Financial Conduct Authority to issue specific standards on payment terminal accessibility for blind and partially sighted people.

4 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Financial Services: Visual Impairment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) guidance on the treatment of vulnerable customers leads to changes in how payment terminals are (a) designed and (b) deployed

4 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Financial Services: Visual Impairment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of accessibility across all aspects of banking and financial services for blind and partially sighted customers, including (a) payment terminals, (b) online ba

4 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress his Department has made in implementing the Industrial Strategy.

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Glenrothes and Mid Fife

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to address the 15% of people who are dying in poverty in Mid Fife and Glenrothes every year.

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Fife

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to address the 25.9% of working age people who are dying in poverty in Fife every year.

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Terminal Illnesses: Low Incomes

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of financial insecurity of people at the end of life.

30 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the design of the TRANSFORM trial includes sites that do not currently offer focal therapy; and how treatment diversity is being considered in trial recruitment.

30 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria his Department uses to determine site eligibility for participation in the TRANSFORM prostate cancer screening trial; and whether the availability of focal therapy is a requirement.

16 Sep 2025 · Church Commissioners

Christianity: Palestine

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what support the Church of England is providing to Christians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

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

Recycling: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) extended producer responsibility and (b) other waste reforms on the improvement of recycling services by local authorities.

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

Plastics: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to raise extended producer responsibility base fees for plastic.

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Welding: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to help ensure standardisation across all industrial sectors for protective equipment for workers who work (a) directly and (b) indirectly with welding fume since the categorisa

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Welding: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to ensure employers provide the correct PPE for workers who work (a) directly and (b) indirectly with welding fume since the categorisation of welding fume as carcinogenic by th

3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Carcinogens: Welding

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) training and (b) support has been introduced to help (i) GPs and (ii) other clinicians to (A) identify and (B) diagnose cancers associated with welding fume at an earlier stage since the c

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carcinogens: Welding

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it his policy to collect data on the number of workers who work (a) directly and (b) indirectly with welding fume who have received diagnosis of (i) nasal, (ii) septum, (iii) throat, (i

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Welding: Carcinogens

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will estimate the number of workers exposed (a) directly and (b) indirectly to welding fume since it was categorised as carcinogenic by the Health and Safety Executive in 2019.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Bingo and Gaming

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what criteria is being used to assess the impact of (a) bingo clubs and (b) adult gaming centres on local communities.

2 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gaming

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what data her Department is using to assess upcoming policy reform for the land based adult gaming sector.

19 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tennis: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to continue funding tennis facilities in (a) Fife, (b) Scotland and (c) Great Britain following the conclusion of the Park Tennis Project.

6 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: North Sea

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to include decommissioning in its plan for the North Sea's energy transition.

6 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Power: Glenrothes and Mid Fife

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that Glenrothes and Mid Fife constituency benefits from nuclear decommissioning.

22 Apr 2025 · Wales Office

Clean Energy: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on support for clean energy projects in Wales.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Dockyards: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of ensuring Programme Euston’s floating dry docks are manufactured in the UK on (a) economic growth and (b) skills development.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) supply chain resilience and (b) sovereign capability in the procurement strategy for Programme Euston.

17 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Dockyards: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of UK industrial capacity to deliver floating dry docks required for Programme Euston.