Ben Maguire

9 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the total amount received from water companies in (a) fines and (b) penalties since the Spending Review 2023; and what steps she has taken to e

9 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a list of schemes where fines levied against water companies (a) have been reinvested to clean up UK waters and (b) are programmed to be reinvested to clean up UK w

9 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of allowing incidental off-sales of beer and cider from draught duty paid containers on pubs in rural communities.

9 Sep 2025 · Treasury

Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to (a) implement and (b) administer the proposed changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Business Property Relief under the inheritance tax regime, including any

9 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Owner Occupation: Bats

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to issue guidance for homeowners who discover bats in their property.

5 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Housing: Bats

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that homeowners with bats on their property can conduct (a) urgent structural and (b) safety repairs while respecting bat conservation rul

5 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of specialty training posts for UK-trained doctors.

5 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) doctors completing GP training and (b) available GP posts.

1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cancer early diagnosis targets are appropriate for blood cancers.

29 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Saudi Arabia: Capital Punishment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his Saudi counterpart on the cases of seven Egyptian nationals facing execution for non-lethal drug offences.

29 Aug 2025 · Treasury

Financial Ombudsman Service

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to maintain the Financial Ombudsman Service’s remit when considering complaints.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Outdoor Education: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will hold discussions with (a) universities and (b) students' unions on introducing (i) safety frameworks, (ii) standardised risk assessments, (iii) training and (iv) a duty to report incident

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education

Outdoor Education: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ensure that (a) universities and (b) students' unions have a duty of care to students while und

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ensure that a proportion of all new build homes are disability-ready.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Consumers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that water customers have access to (a) impartial and (b) independent avenues of redress.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water: Consumers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of availability of independent (a) advice and (b) support to consumers who have problems with their water company.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Transport on support for care workers with the costs of travel.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a social leasing scheme for electric vehicles for care workers.

29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Bodmin Keep

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that the proposed transfer of Bodmin Keep from his Department to its Trustees is accompanied by sufficient funding to (a) enable the museum to rem

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms exist for his Department to engage directly with SMEs providing patented technology to address (a) illegal sewage discharges and (b) freshwater shortages.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Water: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what funding streams are available for SMEs offering (a) patented and (b) environmentally beneficial technologies in the water sector.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Accountability

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered using external bodies with (a) forensic accounting and (b) corporate fraud expertise to support investigations into alleged (i) deliberate misrepo

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Respiratory Diseases: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the NHS of treating health conditions linked to exposure to domestic bonfire smoke in areas with high rates of respiratory illness.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fires: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the impact of domestic bonfire smoke on (a) rural air quality and (b) wider environmental health.

26 Aug 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with President Trump on global security.

21 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Launceston

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of public transport to and from other healthcare centres around Launceston, in the context of the upcoming closure of Lau

21 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Launceston

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will conduct an impact assessment of the closure of Launceston Minor Injuries Unit.

21 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Launceston

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of healthcare services in Launceston, in the context of the upcoming closure of the Launceston Minor Injuries Unit.

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Regional Airports

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to develop a long-term strategy for regional air connectivity that (a) reduces reliance on (i) Gatwick Airport (ii) Heathrow Airport and (iii) other major hubs and (b) suppor

16 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Developing Countries: Debts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to work with (a) The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development and (b) other relevant charities to help reduce the high interest public debt owed by certain developing countries.