Written questions
741 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Environmental Land Management Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the speed of the roll out of the Environmental Land Management Scheme.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions has she held with UK a) wholesale suppliers b) distributors and c) the farming community on supporting UK agricultural and horticultural supply chains.
8 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food: Production
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her department plans to consider a legally binding target to increase the proportion of food that is UK-grown and eaten in Britain.
8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Eyesight: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department has issued guidance on steps to help increase Child Vision Screening Programmes.
8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to help tackle potential gaps in specialist vision rehabilitation monitoring.
8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Audiology: Diagnosis and Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of integrating AI into audiology care and diagnoses.
8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Audiology: West Berkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support is available to the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire Integrated Care Board to increase community audiology services across West Berkshire.
8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Hearing Impairment: Age
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to help reduce public stigma surrounding age-related hearing loss.
8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Visual Impairment: Newbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in levels of waiting times for vision rehabilitation services on patients in Newbury constituency.
8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Glaucoma: Community Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his department is taking to improve community-based glaucoma care services.
5 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
V-levels: Newbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to support schools and colleges in Newbury in the transition to V Levels.
5 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
T-levels: Work Experience
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the quality and supply of industry placements for T Levels.
5 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Kinship Care: Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a new right to kinship care leave.
5 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Prostate Cancer
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to update guidance to GPs on beginning conversations with men at risk of prostate cancer.
5 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Health: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle health inequalities affecting women.
5 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Gynaecology: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce gynaecology waiting lists.
5 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Brain Cancer: Thames Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he is providing to the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire Integrated Care Board to ensure that people are receiving timely treatment for brain cancer.
5 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Renters' Rights Act 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what metrics his Department will use to assess whether the Renters' Rights Act 2025 is achieving its stated objectives and its impact on the housing market more broadly.
5 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Speech and Language Disorders
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of early interventions in speech and language support.
5 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support he is providing to local authorities to ensure they receive additional dedicated funding for homelessness services.
5 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what immediate steps his Department is taking to help reduce levels of homelessness and rough sleeping.
5 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Skin: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered including sun-safety lessons in the national curriculum.
5 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Skin: Health Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered providing sun-safety education in schools.
5 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Juries
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing juries from trials on an individual’s right to a free and fair trial.
5 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Neighbourhood Health Centres: Newbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Newbury constituency will receive one of the 100 neighbourhood health centres due to be set up by 2030.
5 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Newbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that mental health providers in Newbury have the resources they need to support people diagnosed with a serious life-threatening illness.
5 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Electricity: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing all social and environmental levies from electricity bills.
5 Dec 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to lower energy prices for people in Newbury constituency.
5 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to end the for-profit system of housing people seeking asylum.
25 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he is considering a 4% minimum annual increase in Core Spending Power for local authorities.
Source: official written-questions record.