Written questions

434 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: North East Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of early morning rail connectivity from North East Hampshire to (a) Gatwick Airport and (b) East Croydon.

13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to protect NHS (a) staff and (b) volunteers from (i) verbal abuse, (ii) threats, (iii) unauthorised sharing of personal information and (iv) other forms of abuse; whether he

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

Public Lavatories: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support (a) parish and (b) district councils to improve access to disabled toilet facilities in rural communities.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) vulnerable adults and (b) adults with learning difficulties are adequately supported in managing rent payments under Universal Credit in cases wher

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the revised covid-19 autumn 2025 vaccination eligibility criteria on vulnerable patients with underlying health conditions.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paediatrics: Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) reduce paediatric surgical waiting times and (b) ensure timely access to treatment for children requiring surgery.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Business: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help ensure (a) legal and (b) ethical business practices are followed when firms undertake redundancies.

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

Housing: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of foreign home ownership on the availability of housing stock.

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

Housing: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessments he has made of the potential impact of foreign home ownership on house prices in the UK.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Home Office's document entitled Statement of changes in immigration rules, published on 1 July 2025, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that vacancies in socia

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Airports: Public Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of public transport to (a) Gatwick Airport and (b) other airports for those travelling on the first flights of the day.

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help encourage the take-up of disability nursing courses.

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

Animal Welfare: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's consultation entitled Fairer food labelling, which closed on 7 May 2024, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to mandate method-o

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

Animal Welfare: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing method of production labelling on (a) the economy and (b) farm incomes.

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

Animal Welfare: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to improve transparency in method-of-production welfare labelling for (a) pork, (b) chicken and (c) eggs.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Natural Gas: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring all operatives entering a UK home to undertake gas work to display their Gas Safe Register accreditation and ID.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Natural Gas: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) a nationwide implementation of a digital verification tool to ensure only qualified professionals can purchase gas critical products or parts

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

Property Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will hold discussions with the National House Building Council on protecting homeowners from registered property developers who repeatedly set up new businesses and fail t

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the level of hateful language targeting MPs on (a) X and (b) other social media platforms.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Civil Aviation Authority on the adequacy of levels of health and safety compliance by airlines in relation to airline crew.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Suicide: North East Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of (a) recording of attempted suicides attended by the police services, (b) support available to police staff who attend traumatic callouts and

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: North East Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) support available to ambulance staff who attend traumatic callouts and (b) suicide prevention training requirements for ambulance

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

Fire and Rescue Services: North East Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) support available to fire service staff who attend traumatic callouts and (b) suicide prevention training requi

10 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help reduce (a) human rights violations and (b) exploitative labour practices in fast fashion global supply chains.

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Consumers: Ethics

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he is taking steps to encourage consumers to shop ethically.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system: white paper, published on 12 May 2025, whether her Department plans to include employment in the

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

CITB: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Construction Industry Training Board levy on (a) the profitability of the construction sector in the past five years and (b) the level of heal

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

Batteries: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making local fire services statutory consultees for industrial lithium-ion battery storage planning permission applications

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Paediatrics: Blood Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce wait times and (b) increase capacity for paediatric blood tests.

16 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Vetting: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve efficiency in DBS processing for prospective teachers.

Source: official written-questions record.