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.