Written questions
707 written questions tabled, most recent first.
27 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Building Societies
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure adequate (a) financial and (b) other support for communities with a building society but not a banking hub.
27 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Gardens: Plastics
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of plastic grass on (a) biodiversity and (b) nature.
27 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Heart Diseases: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what comparative assessment he has made of levels of young people dying from sudden cardiac death in (a) England and (b) other European countries; and what steps he plans to take to reduce levels o
26 Feb 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Epilepsy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing individual health plans for every child with epilepsy.
26 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Airlines: Passengers
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of commercial protections for airline passengers.
26 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Council Tax and Stamp Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a proportional property tax as a replacement for (a) stamp duty and (b) council tax.
26 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Givinostat
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with (a) Duchenne UK and (b) other patient advocacy groups on steps to increase access to the givinostat early access programme.
26 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Givinostat
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with (a) NHS England and (b) ITF Pharma UK on the (i) resources and (ii) guidance available to NHS Trusts that participate in the early access programme for givinosta
24 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Project Gigabit: Oxfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to correspondence from the hon. Member for Henley and Thame of (a) 21 November 2024 and (b) 13 January 2025, what steps his Department is taking to reconsider the inclusi
24 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ambulance Services: Henley and Thame
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of ambulance services by South Central Ambulance Service in Henley and Thame constituency.
24 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Givinostat
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure all eligible NHS Trusts participate in the Early Access Programme for givinostat.
24 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Employers' Contributions: Low Incomes and Part-time Employment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to ensure (a) part time and (b) lower earning employees that are exempt from employer National Insurance contributions remain so once the proposed changes to employer National Insurance have b
24 Feb 2025 · Treasury
Employers' Contributions: Low Incomes and Part-time Employment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on employers’ ability to employ (a) part-time and (b) lower earning employees who were previously not co
6 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Parental Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of (a) the adequacy of uptake of Shared Parental Leave and (b) how this will inform future policies to support fathers in taking early parental leave.
6 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Floods: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of making insurance cover of properties at risk of flooding mandatory for insurers participating in the Flood Re scheme.
6 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests: Oxfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2024 to Question 7243 on Driving Tests: Oxfordshire, what further steps she has taken since 11 October 2024 to (a) stop the bulk buying of driving tests by bots and (b) impr
5 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Chiltern Railways: Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 24061 on Rolling Stock, if she will ensure that the Rolling Stock Strategy procures adequate capacity on the Chiltern Rail route between Haddenham and Thame
5 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Henley-on-Thames
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 24061 on Rolling Stock, whether new builds will ensure sufficient capacity is procured in the future for the Henley Branch Line to cover moments of peak dem
5 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 24061 on Rolling Stock, whether the Rolling Stock Strategy will include branch lines.
5 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport
Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 24061 on Rolling Stock, if she will (a) provide a timeline for the (i) development and (ii) publication of the Rolling Stock Strategy and (b) make available
5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Diagnosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to retain the 66.7% national dementia diagnosis rate target for the 2025-26 financial year.
30 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Floods: Insurance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of making it mandatory for insurers participating in the Flood Re scheme to provide insurance to properties at risk of flooding.
28 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Caesarean Sections
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 24596 on Caesarean Sections, what steps he is taking with NHS England to ensure that women are not unnecessarily discouraged from having electi
28 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Givinostat
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of expediting a NICE appraisal for Givinostat.
28 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Memory Clinics: Oxfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of adequacy of the diagnostic capacity of memory clinics in Oxfordshire.
28 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alzheimer's Disease: Drugs and Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to (a) increase diagnostic capacity at memory clinics, (b) prepare primary care, (c) increase numbers of specialists capable of prescribing new medicines, (d) adopt new diagno
27 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
General Practitioners: Industrial Action
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government if taking to reach an agreement to end collective action by GPs.
24 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Alzheimer's Disease: Medical Treatments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with (a) Eisai Co., Ltd and Biogen Inc. and (b) Eli Lilly and Company on the production of disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer's disease in the UK.
24 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter of 6 November 2024 from the Hon. Member for Henley and Thame on a constituent's concern over confectionary VAT added to his product designed to be a healthier
21 Jan 2025 · Home Office
Death Certificates
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of provisions for registration of deaths to ensure that (a) bereaved people are able to meet the requirement to notify a death within five days of the stat
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