Zöe Franklin

10 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Death Certificates: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential cost of obtaining certified copies of death certificates from the General Register Office; and whether she has plans to review those fees.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of regional variation in access to children’s hospice services; and what steps he is taking to ensure equitable provision across England.

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Tickets: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made the potential merits of a temporary cut to VAT, based on grassroots music venue capacity, to stimulate grassroots music activity.

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Tickets: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she will take steps to ensure that VAT collected on the grassroots ticket levy does not reduce funding intended for grassroots music venues.

10 Apr 2026 · Treasury

Tickets: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration she has given to the VAT treatment of the proposed grassroots ticket levy on arena and stadium concerts.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Music Venues: VAT

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on reducing VAT for grassroots music venues.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the adequacy of the pace of its ongoing investigation of a suicide forum that grooms users to die by suicide.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with Ofcom on the adequacy of its powers under the Online Safety Act 2023 to tackle a suicide forum linked to over 135 UK deaths.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment has been made of Ofcom’s ability to implement interim business disruption measures; and whether it is her assessment that that this system is proving effective at preven

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the sufficiency of Ofcom's sufficient powers and resources to tackle a specific website linked to over 135 UK deaths and to prevent future sites with the

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Internet: Suicide

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department has taken to help stop UK users accessing a suicide forum responsible for over 135 deaths in this country following her meeting action with a group of the bere

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the value for money of Government-funded AI training courses.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what data her Department holds on participation and completion rates for Government-funded AI training courses.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Artificial Intelligence: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what processes are in place to assess the performance of external providers commissioned to deliver Government-funded AI training courses.

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Noise: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department is taking steps to help prevent noise-induced hearing damage and tinnitus at live music events; and whether he is considering (a) guidance and (b) regulation to promote saf

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's press release "Housebuilding around train stations will be given default yes" published on 18 November 2025, whether he pans to define the area

23 Mar 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Astronomy and Space: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with the Science and Technology Facilities Council on proposed reductions to funding for astronomy and space science; and what assessment she has made of th

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

Housing: Disability and Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of national planning policy in supporting the delivery of adaptable housing.

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

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework on the ability of charitable housing providers to me

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

Almshouses: Affordable Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the draft National Planning Policy Framework, whether almshouses and other charitable housing providers are treated as affordable housing for planning purposes.

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

Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to extend statutory leaseholder protections to residents in buildings under 11 metres where freeholders seek to pass on the cost of remediation or other major w

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

Leasehold: Service Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the extent to which leaseholders are protected from unreasonable service charges and other costs passed on by freeholders.

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

Students: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of recent housing and tenancy reforms on student accommodation.

18 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Visas: Care Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that delays in deciding visa extension and in-country switching applications for existing care workers do not lead to the loss of experienced staff from care ho

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

Local government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of standalone council elections that do not align with another principal authority as a result of local government

10 Mar 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has held discussions with optical providers on participation in a scheme for eyesight testing for drivers aged 70 and over renewing their licence; and whether she is taking steps to ensur

3 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of staff providing NHS services being employed on different contractual terms to NHS Agenda for Change staff on (a) equality and (b) the workforc

3 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that NHS commissioning ensures equivalent employment practices in outsourced NHS services.

3 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of commissioning arrangements in NHS breast screening services that result in staff providing NHS services being employe

25 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has produced a risk assessment on the ability of local authorities affected by the reversal of the 2026 local election postponement to deliver those electi