Mr Peter Bedford

20 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Night Shelters: Pets

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will issue guidance to local authorities on allowing homeless people with pets into sheltered accommodation.

20 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prostate Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to establish national (a) testing and (b) screening for prostate cancer.

20 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Spain: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Spanish counterpart on increasing the number of days British citizens with property can stay in Spain without a residence permit.

20 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision for people discharged from mental health units.

18 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Pensions: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to Inheritance Tax at the Autumn Budget 2024 on costs to pension scheme administrators.

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Educational Institutions: Discipline

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill on student discipline in educational settings.

18 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the potential cost to the public purse of overlap between the Motability scheme and claimants entitled to free school transport provided by local authorities.

17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.

17 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.

17 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.

17 Mar 2025 · Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Equality

To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, whether she has made an estimate of the potential savings to the public purse of abolishing diversity, equality and in

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.

17 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Department for Education: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.

17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.

17 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.

17 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Home Office: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.

17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Extradition

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of leaving the European Convention on Human Rights, in the context of average times taken to extradite foreign national offenders.

17 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Home Office: Non-departmental Public Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of abolishing non-departmental public bodies on (a) her Department's costs and (b) democratic accountability.

17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Education on promoting careers in the armed forces in (a) schools and (b) other educational settings.

17 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Non-departmental Public Bodies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list the non-departmental public bodies overseen by his Department he plans to abolish.

17 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to introduce local referenda on local government reorganisation in Leicestershire.

10 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the (a) total number of employees and (b) full-time equivalent headcount will be in the civil service by the end of this Parliament; and what the total employment costs for civil ser

10 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Treasury: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans she has to reduce (a) headcount and (a) payroll costs in her Department, in the context of Cabinet Office guidance on this matter.

10 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has considered merging employee National Insurance Contributions and Income Tax.

10 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Companies: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing tax relief for companies that employ young people who are not in (a) education, (b) employment or (c) training.