Catherine Fookes

4 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Job Creation: Graduates

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help support the creation of graduate jobs.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that low-income (a) victims of domestic abuse, (b) victims of sexual abuse by someone in the home and (c) immediate family members of victims of sexual abuse can

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

River Severn: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an assessment of the River Severn Partnership and Streetwave's Mobile Coverage Survey.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bats: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what actions he is taking to mitigate the potential impact of the built environment on bat populations.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes and Obesity: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of the supply of GLP1 medication.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Financial Conduct Authority

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the regulatory efficacy of the Financial Conduct Authority.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Child Maintenance Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to introduce legislation to implement the commitments outlined in the Government’s response to the consultation entitled Child Maintenance: Improving the Collection and Transfer of Paymen

29 Aug 2025 · Home Office

Fraud: Internet and Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle scams perpetrated (a) by telephone and (b) online.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Monmouthshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the availability of practical car driving tests in Monmouthshire.

30 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of HMRC phone line performance.

30 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of (a) HGV driving test slots and (b) HGV driving test examiners.

30 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that UK ODA spending supports women and girls internationally.

30 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of making changes to Ukraine visa schemes to facilitate routes to settlement.

3 Jun 2025 · Wales Office

Economic Growth: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on increasing economic growth in Wales.

3 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on issuing payments under the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme.

8 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Financial Conduct Authority

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the recent Report on the Call for Evidence about the Financial Conduct Authority, published by the APPG on Investment Fraud & Fairer Financial Services, whether she plans to introduce the recommend

3 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Pathways to work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published in March 2025, what steps she is taking to (a) reduce levels of time taken to access

26 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of disabled people unable to claim an exemption on vehicle tax due to being over the age limit to access a benefit with a mobility component; and whether she has plans to r

26 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing Associations: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including housing associations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

26 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Driving Instruction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made following her Department's closed consultation on improving moped and motorcycle training.

26 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Driving Instruction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will take steps to improve the training required for motorcycle drivers.

26 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Driving Instruction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of motorcycle compulsory basic training.

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of altering the income change threshold on child maintenance allowance reviews.

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the income change threshold on child maintenance allowance on both the (a) paying and (b) receiving parents.

18 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available to people waiting for a Personal Independence Payment tribunal.

18 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessments her Department has made of the adequacy of Personal Independence Payment tribunal wait times; and what steps she is taking to reduce them.

5 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

NHS: Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of including long covid as an industrial illness for people working the NHS during the covid-19 pandemic.

8 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Inheritance Tax: Monmouthshire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many estates were subject to inheritance tax in Monmouthshire constituency in each tax year between 2019-20 and 2022-23.

17 Oct 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Hearing Impairment: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will meet with Auditory Verbal UK to discuss (a) barriers to opportunities and (b) improved outcomes for deaf children.

10 Oct 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Children: Monmouthshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent children in Monmouthshire being exposed to pornography.