Dr Beccy Cooper

9 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of unpaid caring responsibilities on carers’ mental health.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of administrative capacity to manage the volume of transitions from Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit; and what steps she is ta

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government response to the Child Maintenance: Improving the collection and transfer of payments consultation, published on 23 June 2025, what her planned timetable is for publishin

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

School Meals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the revised School Food Standards; and what steps he is taking to consult (a) schools, (b) public health experts and (c) other stakeholders in the process.

18 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Developing Countries: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to support global health workforce development as part of the UK’s international health security agenda.

18 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

International Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that global development and health partnerships remain central to foreign policy objectives.

18 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the 6.9% reduction in the FCDO's resource budget on the ability to respond to global health threats.

16 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Cats and Dogs: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered introducing further regulations on establishing (a) dog and (b) cat rescue organisations.

9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Preventive Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the 10 year plan for the NHS will ensure that the NHS shifts from sickness to prevention.

9 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold: Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help tackle disparities in leasehold maintenance charges for residents living in self-contained bungalows who are charged for communal amenities they

9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme: Worthing West

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of eligible families receive Healthy Start in Worthing West constituency.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

School Meals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how revised school food standards will align with (a) wider Government strategies on health and (b) the 10-Year Plan for Health.

9 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the health impact of high street regeneration.

9 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that new homes promote positive health outcomes for residents.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Occupational Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help small businesses to improve their capacity to deliver workplace health interventions.

9 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Urban Areas: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support local authorities to improve high streets.

2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has allocated for smoking cessation campaigns in the 2025-26 financial year; and whether he has made an assessment of the number of additional quit attempts that may be made

2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the facilities available for critical adolescent mental health cases.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Buildings: Asbestos

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to implement a strategic plan to remove asbestos from all non-domestic buildings.

19 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent childhood obesity.

17 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sodium Valproate and Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to expedite implementation of the recommendations from the Hughes report, published on 7 February 2024; and whether he plans to prioritise establishment of (a) interim

4 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will prioritise global health spending in the Overseas Development Assistance budget in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.

4 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: HIV/AIDS

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support (a) low and (b) middle income countries issuing compulsory licenses for the HIV prevention tool lenacapavir.

4 Dec 2024 · Department for Education

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to increase the amount of health-related content in the national curriculum.

4 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mpox: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to monitor the rise in cases in the more spreadable variant of mpox now detected in the UK.

4 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by what procedure central government funding is allocated to institutions providing hospice care.

2 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his speech to the 2024 Country Land and Business Association conference of 21 November 2024, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the pr

12 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Anaesthetists and Doctors: Resignations

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the percentage of (a) doctors and (b) anaesthetists preparing to leave the profession; and what steps he is taking to improve retention.

12 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Anaesthetics: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of anaesthetists.

12 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Anaesthetics: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of anaesthetic workforce shortages on the NHS’s ability to tackle the elective backlog.