Laura Kyrke-Smith

29 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Animal Breeding

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of 16 September 2025 to UIN 74237 on Animal Experiments: Animal Breeding, whether she plans to report, in the forthcoming publication of the statistics of scientific proce

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Youth Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when guidance on eligibility criteria and application processes for the next phase of the Better Youth Spaces Fund will be published.

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Youth Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to prepare for the launch of applications to the next phase of the Better Youth Spaces Fund, and when those applications are expected to open.

29 May 2026 · Home Office

Dogs: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of welfare conditions for dogs bred at establishments licensed under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

29 May 2026 · Home Office

Animal Breeding: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has conducted a recent review of licensing conditions applied to commercial breeders of animals for use in scientific procedures.

29 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: CCTV

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of variations in CCTV quality, coverage and functionality across train operating companies and rail infrastructure providers.

29 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: CCTV

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in what proportion of rail-related criminal investigations CCTV footage was requested but could not be used due to issues including image quality, equipment failure and insufficient coverage.

19 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Apprentices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of withdrawing funding from certain Level 6 apprenticeships, such as the Level 6 Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship, on employers’ ability to dev

19 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Carer’s Allowance eligibility and conditionality on families where a child is unable to attend school for medical and special educational reasons

14 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Menopause

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of women leaving the workforce due to menopause-related health issues.

14 May 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Apprentices: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee’s Occasional Paper 27 entitled The influence of the social security system on educational and vocational decision-making at age 16, what steps he

13 May 2026 · Treasury

Organised Crime: Tobacco

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of data generated by the tobacco track-and-trace system on police investigations into organised crime; and what steps she is taking to maximise the operational va

13 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Trading Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the capacity of local authority Trading Standards services to proactively prevent rogue trading activity; and what steps he is taking to ensure those services have the (a

13 May 2026 · Treasury

Crime Prevention: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the treatment of crime-prevention measures, including CCTV systems, within business rates valuations on levels of business investment in security; and whether

13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Leukaemia: Blood Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's NG12 guideline document entitled Suspected cancer: recognition and referral, updated on 15 April 2026, what steps he is tak

13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Leukaemia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve timely access to haematology specialists for patients with (a) suspected and (b) diagnosed leukaemia.

13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Retail Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to introduce regulations under the Tobacco and Vapes Act to require vaping products in retail premises to be stored (a) out of sight, (b) behind the counter, (c) in closed or lock

20 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hydrocortisone

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to licence ACT-O-VIAL containing 100mg hydrocortisone sodium succinate (powder) and 2ml of water (diluent), in the context of the discontinuation of the liquid form of hy

16 Apr 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Small Businesses: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to encourage small and medium sized businesses to retain apprentices once they complete their apprenticeship.

10 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to (a) improve self sufficiency in food production and (b) create a framework that (i) makes resilience progress visible, (ii) builds trust and (iii) supports

10 Mar 2026 · Treasury

Agriculture: Red Diesel

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to (a) support farmers with the cost of red diesel and (b) improve transparency and competitiveness in the red diesel market.

10 Mar 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fuel Oil: Competition

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, (i) what steps he is taking to improve transparency and competitiveness in the heating oil market, and (ii) what protections and monitoring he is putting in place for consumers that use the h

3 Mar 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment Assessment Review

What recent progress the Timms Review of Personal Independence Payment has made.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that there is the right level of electric vehicle maintenance and repair skills to support the projected increase in electric vehicle adoption.

11 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Children: Care Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will hold discussions with Ofsted on reducing the time taken to licence people who are in charge of children's homes.

9 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Children: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help strengthen safeguarding arrangements in out-of-school settings.

4 Feb 2026 · 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, which include those who need a diagnosis of, and treatment for, endometriosis.

4 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding he plans to provide for treatments for secondary breast cancer in each of the next three years.

29 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ratify the Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Divers

28 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to ensure regulators, industry, academia, civil society and NGOs can contribute on equal terms to shaping and overseeing delivery of the strategy entitled, Repl