Jayne Kirkham

9 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of foreign passports no longer being held by the Passport Office for the duration of the family visa application process.

9 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve family visa waiting times.

9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Probate

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that estates are distributed to beneficiaries within a reasonable timeframe after probate has been granted.

9 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Probate

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of (i) requiring administrators and executors of estates to file a copy of the estate accounts with the Probate Registry and (ii) creating a central regis

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Fishing Vessels: Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether small to medium-sized commercial work and fishing vessels could be incorporated in the RTFO framework, allowing carbon credits to be applied to each litre of fuel and reducing the cost per litre of HVO.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason Access to Work decisions are not subject to appeal.

2 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households who are no longer subject to the two-child benefit cap will still be subject to the overall benefit cap.

20 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Gift Aid

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will amend Gift Aid regulations to ensure refund rights required under the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 do not invalidate eligibility.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to publish guidance to charities on the implementation of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a specific exemption and tailored regime for charities under the subscription provisions in the Digital Markets, Competition and Consu

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Reading

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans the Department has to promote the National Year of Reading in a) early years settings, b) primary schools, c) secondary schools, d) further education and e) higher education.

9 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Reconstruction

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with international partners to support the reconstruction of Gaza.

9 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will provide an estimate of the proportion of UK-funded aid to Gaza that has been held up at the Israeli border and prevented from entering Gaza.

9 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza and West Bank: Non-governmental Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when she last spoke to her Israeli counterpart regarding the decision to restrict the operations of international non-governmental organisations in Gaza and the West Bank.

9 Feb 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of financial support for new parents who are (a) self-employed and (b) limited company directors.

9 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Floods

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to provide local authorities with standards to help support the construction of flood resilient social homes.

9 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pets: Insecticides

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the VMD has made with its roadmap to help address the presence of chemicals from pet flea and tick treatments in UK waterways.

9 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Veterinary Services: Insecticides

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has assessed the potential merits of asking the VMD to reduce the unrestricted use of spot-on pet treatments by re-classifying them from general sales to POM-V.

9 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Veterinary Services: Insecticides

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has assessed the potential merits of amending the user risk mitigation advice for spot-on pet treatments to include all sources of the potential impact of short and long te

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Private education: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to prevent parents from avoiding paying VAT on private school fees by paying several years' fees in advance.

2 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the proposed pay-per-mile tax on electric vehicles will take into account rural drivers.

2 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Diabetes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing HGV drivers with controlled Type 1 diabetes to renew their Class 1 licence every three years.

2 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Apprentices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of reducing public funding for Level 7 apprenticeships for learners over the age of 21 on access to advanced training in marine engineering, naval arc

2 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that contracts for Trinity House multi-function vessels are awarded to UK shipyards.

2 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to announce details of the next steps of the Maritime Decarbonisation Plan, including responses to calls for evidence on net zero ports and decarbonising small vessels.

2 Feb 2026 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Patrol Craft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that contracts for Border Force patrol vessels are awarded to UK shipyards.

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

Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to publish the response to the Stage 3 consultation on managing bottom trawl fishing in 41 English marine protected areas.

2 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of using empty school classrooms for health services.

2 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Educational Institutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department considers clinical nursing care delivered in education settings to constitute NHS healthcare for which Integrated Care Boards hold commissioning responsibility under existing

2 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Educational Institutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure a nationally consistent delivery model for NHS-commissioned clinical nursing services for children and young people in education settings.