Written questions

76 written questions tabled, most recent first.

21 May 2026 · Northern Ireland Office

Nephrops: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential merits of introducing bespoke fishing visas for seasonal scampi fishers in Northern Ireland.

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Greyhound Racing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban greyhound racing in England.

13 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Greyhound Racing: Gambling

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of gambling-related harms associated with greyhound racing on public health.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Family Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the national rollout of the new child-focused family court model adequately identifies and responds to cases of parental alienation.

13 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Family Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure specialist domestic abuse training across the family courts.

13 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Child Rearing: Family Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds information on the number of children who have not been granted contact with their mothers on the basis of reports by unregulated psychological experts in private family law proceedin

13 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Child Rearing: Family Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children his Department estimates have been separated from their mothers in private proceedings on the basis of parental alienation allegations.

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Science: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of expanding the Boulby Underground Laboratory to host the XLZD experiment on the economy in (a) Yorkshire and (b)

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the rollout of mental health professionals into schools in Scarborough and Whitby constituency.

18 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Community Diagnostic Centres: Scarborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on opening the Scarborough Community Diagnostic Centre.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Genomics

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans her Department has to develop a long-term research strategy into under-researched health conditions that reflects the scale of emerging genetic evidence identified by private

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

ME/CFS: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what mechanisms are in place to support collaboration between Government-funded bodies and private-sector researchers following the identification of multiple biological pathways implic

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Genomics

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans her Department has to support the use of combinatorial genomic analysis techniques, such as those used by Precision Life to identify novel ME genetic associations, within gov

17 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Long Covid and ME/CFS: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will be assessing the impact of new developments in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Long Covid research, such as the findings of the LOCOME project, on health policy towards th

17 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

ME/CFS: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department intends to incorporate recent developments on ME genetics and biological mechanisms, such as the findings of the LOCOME project, into NIHR research priorities.

17 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Chronic Illnesses: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that public research investment into health conditions like Myalgic Encephalomyelitis keep pace with recent private sector advances, including the publ

3 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reforms to public sector procurement processes on economic growth.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support NHS trusts to reduce the number of delayed discharges from hospital.

10 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Treatments: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children from Gaza have been accepted into the UK for medical treatment since July 2025.

15 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Information Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NHS hospitals can access electronic versions of medical reference books.

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries: Electronic Publishing

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to help support libraries to purchase e-books.

10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

GP Practices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support (a) Danes Dyke surgery in Scarborough and (b) other GP practices with (a) population growth and (b) capacity constraints.

10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the National Institute for Health and Care Research Delivery Network’s new national funding model on reducing the variation in regional fundin

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how he plans to update industry stakeholders on the progress of the expert working groups on (a) transparency, (b) licensing and (c) other technical standards mandated by the Data (Use

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how he plans to update hon. Members on the progress of the expert working groups on (a) transparency, (b) licensing and (c) other technical standards mandated by the Data (Use and Acces

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress his Department has made on the expert working groups on (a) transparency, (b) licensing and (c) other technical standards mandated by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025.

8 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Coastal Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of creating a Minister for Coastal Communities to oversee a coastal strategy.

30 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the National Institute for Health and Care Research is taking to reduce regional variations of their health research funding; and what steps they are taking to increase the trend in the

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Polyhalite

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish an updated version of the Critical Minerals Strategy that includes policies on promoting the use of polyhalite.

18 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Active Travel: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will prioritise active travel funding for (a) capital and (b) revenue spending related to school journeys.

Source: official written-questions record.