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.