Alex Brewer

12 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medical Examinations: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides on the minimum training and professional standards required for healthcare professionals undertaking child protection medicals for safeguarding assessments.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Children: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the safeguarding bruising protocol on people from ethnic minority backgrounds.

12 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the school absence fine system; what guidance is provided to local authorities on (a) determining exceptional circumstances, (b) ensuring consistent a

12 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Licensed Premises: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help prevent glassware attacks at late night venues.

7 Jan 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Debt Collection: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of debt recovery practices used by private firms in relation to unpaid fuel transactions, including the imposition of administration fees

7 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Licensed Premises: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent glassware attacks at late night venues; and whether her Department plans to engage with the Bottle Stop campaign.

7 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Sponsorship

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Immigration White Paper S.176, what future steps she plans to take to ensure that workers can more efficiently change sponsors.

6 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department is taking to improve the care system for cardiology patients in the UK; and whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of adopting elements of the structu

5 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance was issued to local authorities in the 1990s on the inclusion of part-time teachers in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme following maternity leave.

5 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review the potential impact of historic practices on women’s pension entitlements in the teaching profession.

5 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Teachers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration has been given to addressing historic pension gaps for teachers who were removed from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme without explicit consent.

5 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

War Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of applications (a) submitted and (b) denied for the War Pension were overturned on appeal.

5 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

War Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his department is taking to help tackle the backlog in applications for the War Pension.

5 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Fraud: Compensation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the time taken for banks to pay refunds to victims of phishing scams; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of those delays o

5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the internal NHS complaints procedures.

2 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dangerous Dogs: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that pet owners can de-register dogs which were incorrectly registered as XL bullies.

17 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Human Papillomavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will include information in the Green Book on the HPV vaccine that includes reference to its role in reducing the risk of oral cancer.

17 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his proposal to raise the threshold for consultation from 150 to 250 units would override an exclusion zone in a local plan.

17 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Development: Rivers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how explicit protection of chalk stream rivers is defined in government policy or guidance, as referenced during the Planning Reform debate on 16 December 2025.

17 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Property Development: Rivers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what measures the Government has enacted to ensure local plans identify and manage the impacts of development on chalk stream rivers; whether these include buffer zones, green co

17 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Blue Badge Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps is the Government taking to ensure that there are adequate Blue Badge parking spaces at NHS facilities in Hampshire and Surrey.

17 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that hospital parking is affordable and inclusive for staff and patients.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that child welfare and education charities receive timely and clear information on Government grants and funding.

15 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to update the multi-criteria decision support analysis to ensure that hospital wave allocations within the New Hospital Programme reflect estate conditions and patient

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Young People: Facilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that inclusive, safe and accessible youth spaces are available in every area following the Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland v. The Scottish

8 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Marriage Act 1949

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government has taken to review the provisions of the Marriage Act 1949.

8 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Marriage

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to implement the Law Commission’s July 2022 recommendations for reforming weddings law in England and Wales.

8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether processes are in place to ensure (a) that hospitals within the New Hospital Programme are continually assessed and (B) that the prioritisation queue can be adjusted if circumstances change,

8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support NHS trusts in managing and removing reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) from hospital buildings; and how this work is prioritised within the

8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps NHS trusts can take to accelerate their eligibility for prioritisation within the New Hospital Programme queue.