Rebecca Paul

2 Feb 2026 · Women and Equalities

Transgender People: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much how her Department spent on external legal advice primarily relating to transgender equality policy since 16 April 2025.

2 Feb 2026 · Women and Equalities

Transgender People: Equality

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many full-time equivalent staff are currently assigned primarily to policy work relating to transgender matters within the Office for Equality and Opportunity.

2 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Transgender People: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what has been the cost to the public purse of staff working in his Department on trans equality and related policy matters since 16 April 2025.

2 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Transgender People: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff members are currently working on policy connected to trans equality and related matters.

2 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Transgender People: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has sought to recruit a senior official to lead on trans equality since January 2026.

2 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Planning Blight

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 15.27 of the Valuation Office Agency's technical manual, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of widening the provision to allow landlords to serve bligh

21 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Highway Code: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she will take to promote increased awareness of the 2022 changes to the Highway Code.

21 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Gender Dysphoria: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many detransitioners from the Early Intervention Study run by the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) in 2011-14 have presented to the NHS for either medical injury or regret;

21 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Puberty Suppressing Hormones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he intends to publish the document entitled Pathways Trial for GnRHa - Guidance for CYPGS Clinicians.

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Electronic Commerce

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support UK participation in the WTO Joint Statement Initiative on e-commerce.

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Overseas Trade: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the capacity of the UK’s digital trade infrastructure to support increased trade volumes predicted for the next decade.

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Australia

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what data his Department holds on the number of UK firms utilising preferential tariff rates under the UK–Australia Free Trade Agreement.

11 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Overseas Trade: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the UK’s ability to conclude mutual recognition agreements for professional qualifications with priority trade partners.

11 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Exports: Administration

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the time taken by UK firms to complete export documentation compared with firms in other OECD countries.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which external stakeholders (a) have been consulted to date and (b) remain to be consulted prior to the publication of the steel strategy in 2026.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the steel strategy will be published before the statutory 30-day consultation period required for any potential changes to the UK steel trade remedies framework expiring in 2026.

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of delaying the publication of the steel strategy on (a) private sector investment decisions and (b) decarbonisation timelines at the Scunthorpe stee

10 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what his Department's original planned publication date was for the steel strategy; and for what reason the publication of that strategy has been rescheduled to early 2026.

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

Leasehold: Ground Rent

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what evaluation his Department has made of the need to ensure that planned reforms to the leasehold system address the matter of leaseholders struggling to sell share-of-freehold

10 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Police: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by when her Department expects to complete its ongoing work to to provide a remedy for those members of the Police Pension Scheme who opted out of, and are now left unable to opt back into, the 1987 p

2 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Debt Respite Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of safeguards in the online application process for the Breathing Space debt respite scheme in preventing fraudulent or duplicate applications by the same individual

2 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Debt Respite Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a mechanism for creditors to seek redress where a Breathing Space certification has been incorrectly granted and financial loss has resulted.

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Debt Respite Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has collected data on the number of Breathing Space certifications which are subsequently cancelled due to ineligibility.

2 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Respite Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department provides to county courts on (a) the verification of documents submitted in support of Mental Health Breathing Space applications and (b) instances in which concerns have been raised

2 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Debt Respite Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that county courts update their records to reflect the cancellation of Breathing Space certifications.

2 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Debt Respite Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS staff are not able to falsely certify documents later used in applications for a Mental Health Breathing Space.

2 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Debt Respite Scheme: Fraud

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance her Department provides to police forces in England regarding the handling of cases where there has been an alleged abuse or fraudulent use of the Breathing Space scheme.

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department took to communicate information regarding recent operational changes to the driving test booking system to Approved Driving Instructors ahead of those changes coming into force.

2 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of preventing third parties from booking driving test slots on the range and quality of services driving instructors are able to offer pupils.

18 Nov 2025 · Scotland Office

Public Bodies: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that UK public bodies in Scotland implement the For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers Supreme Court judgment.