Written questions

Gregory Stafford

641 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Middle East: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to keep the gov.uk website regularly updated during the Middle East conflict.

4 Mar 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Middle East: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support and repatriate British nationals stranded away from home due to the Middle East conflict.

2 Mar 2026 · Home Office

Motorcycles: Seized Articles

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to police forces on the disposal of seized off-road electric motorbikes.

23 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Planning: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the risk to public safety arising from the publication of sensitive information relating to the physical security of properties on local authority planning regist

20 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Immigration Controls: Dual Nationality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason dual British-Australian nationals, including children of such nationals who were born in Australia, will be required to hold a UK passport or a Certificate of Entitlement to enter the

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Livestock Industry: Seasonal Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Department is taking to help ensure that UK sheep farmers have sufficient access to skilled seasonal shearers for the 2026 shearing season.

20 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Migrant Workers: Livestock Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of refusal to grant temporary visas to overseas sheep shearers on rural farming communities and animal welfare.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the consultation on children’s use of social media will include the option of requiring social media platforms to provide personal user controls over algorithmic content deliver

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the list of medical conditions eligible for exemption from NHS prescription charges was last reviewed; and whether he plans to conduct a further review of that list.

20 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of adding cystic fibrosis to the list of medical conditions that qualify for exemption from NHS prescription charges.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of discontinuing the practice of sending letters to pensioners notifying them of small uprating increases, including increases of 25 pence.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Misconduct

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will publish any correspondence sent to EU officials proposing a data sharing agreement to access doctor malpractice data from the IMI system.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Misconduct

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to negotiate a data sharing agreement with the EU to access doctor malpractice data held on the Internal Market Information system.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Defibrillators: Farnham and Bordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage community organisations, schools, and workplaces in Farnham and Bordon to register their Automated External Defibrillators on the Circuit Defibrilla

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Heart Diseases: Farnham and Bordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and (b) increase the availability of defibrillators in Farnham and Bordon.

12 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

First Aid: Curriculum

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance and support are provided to schools to meet basic first aid requirements in the curriculum, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillator awareness.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending business rates relief to community pharmacies.

12 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Misconduct

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with the EU regarding access to doctor malpractice data through the Internal Market Information system.