James McMurdock

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Swimming

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to introduce additional funding to support schools with transport costs associated with delivering the national curriculum requirement for swimming and water safety.

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Swimming

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of transport costs on schools’ ability to provide swimming lessons.

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

PE and Sport Premium

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the removal of the PE and Sport Premium on schools’ ability to provide extracurricular sporting activities.

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

Schools: Sports

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to introduce replacement funding following the removal of the PE and Sport Premium.

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

PE and Sport Premium

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the amount of funding that schools in England will lose as a result of the removal of the PE and Sport Premium.

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Education

PE and Sport Premium

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the removal of the PE and Sport Premium on levels of participation in school sport.

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Civil Society

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to publish a long-term strategy for supporting the charitable and voluntary sector.

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to introduce additional support for charities facing increased (a) staffing and (b) operational costs.

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with charitable sector representatives on the availability of grant funding for small charities.

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of regional disparities in access to charitable funding.

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve access to funding for community-based charities.

8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with brain tumour charities and patient groups on improving access to research, tissue preservation and clinical trials.

8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of information on opportunities to contribute to medical research for patients undergoing surgery for brain tumours.

8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on the establishment of a national protocol for the collection, preservation and storage of brain tumour tissue.

8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain Cancer: Mortality Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve five-year survival rates for patients diagnosed with brain cancer.

8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the availability of genomic testing for brain tumour patients across (a) Essex and (b) England.

8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of current levels of government funding for brain tumour research.

8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the financial viability of the NHS implementing routine tissue freezing for suitable brain tumour samples.

8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to require NHS trusts to inform brain tumour patients of options relating to tissue preservation and freezing prior to surgery, where clinically appropriate.

8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the barriers preventing wider adoption of tissue freezing for brain tumour patients across the NHS.

8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance the NHS has issued on the storage and preservation of brain tumour tissue for research and clinical purposes.

8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS neurosurgical centres routinely offer tissue freezing for suitable brain tumour samples.

8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of tissue freezing on access to genomic testing for brain tumour patients.

8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making the freezing of suitable brain tumour tissue samples a standard part of NHS care following neurosurgical procedures.

8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of regional variation in access to NHS brain tumour tissue freezing services.

5 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the voluntary sector on support for fathers experiencing mental health difficulties following (a) family breakdown and (b) separation.

5 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his Department provides to local authorities seeking to develop preventative men’s mental health programmes.

5 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of barriers preventing men from accessing traditional mental health services.

5 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Men

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with NHS England on partnership working with community-based men’s mental health organisations.

5 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Suicide: Mental Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of contribution of informal peer support networks to suicide prevention among men.