Mr Peter Bedford

16 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Air Pollution and Noise: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to monitor (a) noise and (b) air pollution arising from ongoing (i) housing (ii) rail and (iii) motorway construction projects in Mid Leicestershire

14 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Food: Prices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help businesses mitigate increases in levels of food inflation.

14 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Retail Trade: Closures

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the British Retail Consortium's analysis entitled 400 of Britain's largest shops at risk, published on 12 September 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies

13 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Motability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions his Department has had with Motability on the (a) adequacy of its protections for disabled consumers in cases when vehicles provided under that scheme exhibit mechanical faults and (b)

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

Agriculture: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that animal welfare laws are more strictly enforced on farms.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Retail Trade: Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with police forces on ensuring consistent implementation of the Retail Crime Action Plan (a) across all police forces and (b) in Mid Leicestershire constituency

10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Animal Welfare: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to review the sentencing guidelines for animal abuse.

10 Oct 2025 · Home Office

Retail Trade: Crimes against the Person

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the consistent implementation of the Retail Crime Action Plan across police forces, in the context of recent trends in levels of violence and abuse agains

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of requiring schools to (a) fund and (b) manage specialist medical support for pupils with complex health needs without clinical oversight on (i) school bu

10 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that children (a) requiring tracheostomy care and (b) with other complex medical needs receive adequate support in mainstream schools following the withdrawal

10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to review the 60% disability threshold requirement to qualify for the vaccine damage payment scheme.

12 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Firearms licensing: statutory guidance for chief officers of police, updated on 5 August 2025, what assessment she has made with the Secretary of S

12 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Explosives: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the time taken to (a) obtain and (b) renew black powder licenses.

9 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Powers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to extend the enforcement powers of local authorities in respect of (a) parking infringements and (b) obstructions to the

9 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have salaries over (a) £150,000, (b) £200,000 and (c) £250,000.

9 Sep 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 recent assessment she has made of levels of public confidence in the administration of hon. Members' business cos

9 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of train operators since the announcement of the creation of Great British Railways.

9 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Freedom of Expression

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has received representations from his US counterpart on freedom of speech in the UK.

9 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timetable is for the implementation of local government reorganisation in Leicestershire.

9 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to introduce local referenda as part of Government consultations on local government reorganisation in Leicestershire.

9 Sep 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Regulation and Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent representations she has made to the Treasury on (a) taxation levels and (b) regulatory burdens within the gambling industry.

4 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Actuaries: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the actuarial regulation elements of the Government’s planned Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving: Eyesight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to introduce sight tests for drivers every two years.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that (a) nurseries in Mid Leicestershire and (b) other early years providers receive adequate levels of support to access childcare entitlements due to be impl

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Transport Decarbonisation Plan, published on 14 July 2021, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that (a) people impacted by the withdrawal of the Arriva

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that (a) Leicestershire County Council and (b) other local authorities, apply the statutory guidance on Free Early Education Entitlement funding in a manner th

16 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will have discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of reforming Employment Allowance rules to ensure that NHS dental practices are adequately encouraged to pro

16 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of NHS dental practices expected to reduce their NHS activity below 50% in order to qualify for Employment Allowance relief.

16 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of eligibility requirements for Employment Allowance relief on decisions by dental practices to maintain their NHS commitments.

16 Jul 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 estimate she has made of the potential savings to the public purse as a result of the scheme of MP's staffing and