James McMurdock

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to strengthen age verification methods on social media platforms to protect children from having access to harmful content.

5 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of hotels required as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers in England on 31 December 2025.

5 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average cost is of accommodating asylum seekers by Essex local authority.

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Pylons: Environmental Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure engagement with (a) the public and (b) relevant stakeholders on the environmental impact of pylon projects before Development Consent Orders are granted to p

5 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity Generation: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to engage with the public on the construction of new electricity network infrastructure.

5 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Mentally Disordered Offenders: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of violent offenders had (a) paranoid schizophrenia and (b) other mental health illnesses when convicted in each of the last five years.

5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mentally Disordered Offenders: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of monitoring measures used to prevent people with (a) mental illness and (b) a history of violence and aggression from committing violent crimes.

5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the patient detention provisions in the Mental Health Act 1983.

5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Valdo Calocane

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of NHS England's report entitled Independent mental health homicide report into the treatment of Valdo Calocan

5 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Schizophrenia

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of care available for people with paranoid schizophrenia.

5 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what services are available for asylum seekers on entry into the UK.

5 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding local councils have spent on housing asylum seekers in (a) Essex and (b) South Basildon and East Thurrock constituency since 2022.

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

Non-crime Hate Incidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of not having an official definition of Islamophobia on the effectiveness of the policing of non-cr

4 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Fast Food: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of out-of-home advertising of fast food on children and young people.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to raise awareness of the impact of poor nutrition on children.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

School Meals: Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that school meals are (a) balanced and (b) nutritional.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Health Education: Food and Nutrition

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to improve education on food and nutrition in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.

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

Islamophobia

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 23915 on Islamophobia, what her planned timetable is for providing further detail on the Government’s approach to tackling I

4 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to provide funding for infrastructure for fire and rescue services to help mitigate risks in relation to contaminants.

4 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of (a) continuing existing government grants for the Essex County Fire and Rescue Service and (b) uplifting such grants by inflation.

4 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support Essex County Fire and Rescue Service's capital investment in its (a) estate, (b) fleet and (c) equipment.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Fire and Rescue Services: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the cost of net zero targets for Fire and Rescue services.

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

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to improve fire safety in (a) new and (b) existing high-rise buildings in Essex.

4 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure fire and rescue service personnel receive training on (a) electric vehicle fires and (b) lithium-ion battery incidents.

4 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure fire and rescue services are adequately resourced to meet population growth in Essex.

4 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services: South East

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will implement a South-East Allowance for fire and rescue services.

4 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Crimes of Violence: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to keep children and young people safe from violence (a) on the streets and (b) in schools.

3 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Asian Development Bank: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has plans to increase funding to the Asian Development Bank.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

World Health Organisation: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has plans to increase funding to the World Trade Organisation.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Climate Change Convention: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has plans to increase funding to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.