Mr Peter Bedford

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Houses: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed increase in employer National Insurance contributions on pubs in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) Leicestershire and (c)

12 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Arrests

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of illegal migrants arrested by the Border Force in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) Leicestershire and (c) Mid Leicestershire constituency in the last 12 months.

12 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Treasury

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress she has made in (a) identifying and (b) reducing inefficiencies within her Department.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Hospitality Industry and Leisure: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has had discussions with HM Treasury on the potential merits of re-introducing a 75% retail, hospitality and leisure relief rate.

12 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Retail Trade: Employment

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed increase in employer National Insurance contributions on recent trends in employment numbers on the high street.

12 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Waste

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing plastic straws.

11 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office

Population: Mid Leicestershire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his department has made of the level of population growth in the Mid Leicestershire constituency over the next five years.

11 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on reducing the backlog of children and young people waiting for mental health services in Leicestershire.

11 Feb 2025 · Cabinet Office

Small Businesses: Mid Leicestershire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of small businesses in Mid Leicestershire constituency in (a) July 2024 and (b) February 2025.

11 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on councils.

11 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Income Tax: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the Personal Allowance threshold from £12,570.

11 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people entering the country via routes other than small boat crossings in the last 12 months.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Iron and Steel: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of american tariffs on steel on future trends in the level of UK steel imports.

11 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Academic Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of free speech provisions in higher-education.

11 Feb 2025 · Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Members: Allowances

To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) time taken and (b) cost to administer claims made to the Indep

11 Feb 2025 · Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of asking the National Audit Office to undertake a value for mo

10 Feb 2025 · Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

Members

To ask the hon. Member for Warrington North, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, what recent discussions she has had with IPSA on its definition of an MP's parliamentary duties.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping: Mid Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to reduce fly-tipping in Mid Leicestershire constituency.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewage: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of blocked drains on flooding.

10 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with Leicestershire County Council on (a) local government reorganisation and (b) devolution.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports Competitors: Transgender People

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will review the inclusion of trans athletes in women's sports.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Active Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department has allocated to delivering Active Travel Schemes in (a) the UK, (b) Leicestershire and (c) Mid Leicestershire constituency in the last five years.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Mid Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to reduce the number of pot-holes in Mid Leicestershire constituency.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Financial Services: Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of the level of financial education for students in post-16 educational settings.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Mid Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners were in poverty in Mid Leicestershire in each of the last five years.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensioners: Mid Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners are considered to be in poverty in Mid Leicestershire constituency.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the level of expenditure on young people who were not in education, employment or training in (a) the United Kingdom, (b) Leicestershire and (c) Mid Leicestershi

10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Streptococcus: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a vaccination programme for primary school children against Group A Streptococcal infection.

10 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Sepsis: Health Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to improve the education of (a) frontline healthcare staff and (b) the public on the (i) symptoms and (ii) signs of sepsis.

10 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many small boat pilots have been arrested in each of the last five years.