Sam Carling

24 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Crime and Policing Bill: Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Church of England on the application of the statutory duty to report child sexual abuse in the Crime and Policing Act 2026 to disclosures made in religious

24 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Roads: Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has advised Cambridgeshire County Council that it is prohibited from re-procuring a contract for highway maintenance due to planned local government reorga

22 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Slavery

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support alleged victims of modern slavery in the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light.

2 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered automatic enrolment into the Healthy Start scheme for eligible families, in the context of ensuring maximum levels of take-up.

2 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding the Healthy Start scheme eligibility criteria to include all families on Universal Credit, in the context of recent expa

1 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the mandatory duty to report child sexual abuse, introduced in the Crime and Policing Act, will come into effect.

16 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Pensions: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to changes to the inheritance tax treatment of pension pots whether it is her policy that a) the total estate will be taken to include the unused pension pot, and b) donations to charity made from the

16 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Workplace Pensions: Lump Sum Payments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of amending the definition of a charitable lump sum death benefit so that people with dependents do not face barriers to donating to charity from their

16 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Public Sector: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to examine how AI could speed up the issuance of Remedial Service Statements to people in receipt of public sector pensions affected by the McCloud judgement.

24 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the cases currently under consideration by the Planning Inspectorate are appeals against enforcement notices.

4 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mohamed Abdisamad

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to respond to the Mohamed Abidisamad: Prevention of Future Deaths report.

23 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has sought equivalent provisions in the UK-EU SPS Agreement negotiations to the animal welfare carve-out provisions contained in Article 7 of the EU-Switzerland Common Food

3 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Community Protection Notices: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has considered the merits of allowing police to issue Community Protection Warnings and Notices to 10-16 year-olds.

5 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Pensions: Charitable Donations

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her department has made of the potential benefits of allowing direct gifting of pensions funds to charity during a pension holder’s lifetime, in the content of the recommendations in the Final report

5 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Pensions: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in relation to changes to bring pensions pots into estates for Inheritance Tax purposes, whether the letter of wishes provided by a pension beneficiary or a will are intended to take precedence in the event that the

5 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Pensions: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the inclusion of unused pension funds in estates for Inheritance Tax purposes will not increase the time taken to process legacies to charities and families.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Buses: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to reduce the level of exposure to children of diesel emissions from buses operating near schools.

8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Capacity: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered the potential merits of reviewing the current approach to mental capacity assessments, particularly in relation to addiction and conditions which may involve f

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

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to tackle repeated retrospective planning applications designed to delay enforcement action on projects which have already had permission rejected.

21 Oct 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle (a) the blackout challenge and (b) other physically harmful trends on social media.

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many homes his Department manages; and how many such homes are (a) single units, (b) family units and (c) HMOs.

11 Sep 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Gulf States

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the potential trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council and the potential merits of requiring imported chicken meat to meet the United

15 Jul 2025 · Church Commissioners

Religious Practice

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, how many rites of deliverances have been carried under Church of England deliverance ministry guidance in each of the last 10 years; and how many of these were children.

10 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure the provision of full (a) training and (b) guidance on (i) arthritis and (ii) other long-term fluctuating health conditions for PIP assessors.

6 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to support disabled people who will never be able to work in North West Cambridgeshire constituency.

25 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ophthalmic Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of the ophthalmology sector to deliver timely care in (a) Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB and (b) in England in the context of the propos

22 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of challenges of accessing mental health provision in rural communities.

9 Jan 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Facebook: LGBT+ People

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of recent changes to Meta guidelines on hateful conduct which allow Facebook users to refer to LGBT+ people as

9 Jan 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Broadband: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what role rural digital connectivity will have in the industrial strategy.

17 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of lowering the minimum age of mammograms for breast cancer checks.