Amanda Martin

5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Aid Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much the Legal Aid Agency paid in fees to (a) Kingsley Napley LLP, (b) Leigh Day LLP, (c) Wilson Solicitors LLP, (d) Bindmans LLP and (e) Duncan Lewis LLP in (i) 2021-22, (ii) 2022-23, (iii) 2023-24 and (iv)

3 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing student loans for apprentices.

12 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to utilise private sector capacity to (a) reduce backlogs and (b) improve services in the NHS; and if he will ensure that the NHS remains free at the point of use.

12 May 2025 · Department for Education

Dyslexia: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) develop and (b) implement in-classroom screening tools for dyslexia; and if she will include those tools in the (i) training and (ii) resources provided to teachers.

8 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Portsmouth City Council: Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Portsmouth City Council on their voluntary position on the Devolution Priority Programme.

8 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Portsmouth City Council: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the evidential basis is that (a) growing and (b) reorganising Portsmouth City Council will increase it's financial stability.

8 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) devolution and (b) local government reorganisation.

8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Portsmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle the sale of illegal vapes in Portsmouth.

8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Portsmouth North

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve (a) patient access to, (b) staff retention in and (c) recruitment to NHS dentistry in Portsmouth North constituency.

8 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Recycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to set material-specific collection targets for local authorities under the Simpler Recycling reforms.

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Education

Apprenticeship Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Skills England on the decision to exclude level 7 apprenticeships from the Apprenticeship Levy; and whether she is exploring alternative support for firms to provide these qual

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

Retail Trade: Empty Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Portsmouth City Council applied to participate in the High Street Rental Auctions scheme.

11 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Navy: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the training provided by Capita to the Royal Navy.

11 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Navy: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason he approved Project Selbourne.

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

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to help protect communities that are vulnerable to flooding.

6 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 30583 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, on how many days Border Force implemented a red rating for expected numbers of small boat

17 Jan 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many days significant wave heights in the English Channel were forecast to be less than 0.5 meters high in each calendar month between January 2021 and December 2024.

16 Dec 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has taken steps to work with Portsmouth City Council to help increase pension credit take-up.

28 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Aquind: Electricity Interconnectors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he will publish a decision on the AQUIND Interconnector project.

28 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Aquind: Electricity Interconnectors

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Ministry of Defence and (b) OFGEM on the AQUIND Interconnector project.

9 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps has she taken to ensure that the drive to build new social housing will include (a) an assessment of how much additional supported housing is required and (b) provisio

9 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of establishing a cross-departmental programme led by the Cabinet Office to (a) develop a long-term

7 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Billing and Social Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to work with the six largest energy suppliers to ensure that they (a) help support vulnerable customers with their bills and (b) provide adequate social tariffs.

6 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Criminal Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to enable criminal charges to be brought against water company executives who persistently break the law.

6 Sep 2024 · Department for Education

Children in Care: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve educational outcomes for (a) children in social care and (b) other care-experienced young people.