James McMurdock

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has received communications from social media companies on the effectiveness of their measures to prevent children accessing their social media platforms.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department plans to introduce mandatory age verification measures to prevent children accessing social media applications.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Pupils: Mobile Phones

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of banning phones in schools; and whether she plans to make banning phones in schools compulsory.

14 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) social media and (b) smartphone addiction on children's long-term health outcomes.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Phones and Social Media: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has met representatives of the Smartphone Free Childhood campaign to discuss parental concerns about children’s access to smartphones and social media.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Social Media: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to educate children on the safe use of social media.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has recently analysed the mental health impacts of social media use on children and young people under the age of 16.

14 Jan 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Social Media: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what information her Department holds on the number of children under 16 who have access to social media.

14 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2025 to Question 99417 on Undocumented Migrants, what steps she is taking to strengthen (a) statutory and (b) operational powers to (i) relocate and (ii) detain i

14 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Defence: Logistics

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the logistics industry on enabling logistic workforce mobilisation.

14 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Development Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the ability of third-party contractors to appropriately distribute UK financial aid.

14 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Libya

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the UK Minister Councillor Jennifer McNaughtan Statement at the Security Council on 19 December 2025, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of

14 Jan 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Libya

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the UK Minister Councillor Jennifer McNaughtan Statement at the Security Council on 19 December 2025, what steps her Department is taking to strengthen Libya's in

14 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Housing Sec pledges to 'go further than ever before' to hit 1.5 million homes, published on 16 December 2025, what estim

13 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of reported personal injury road collisions involving defective road surfaces between 2022 and 2024.

13 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to publish data on the potential correlation between road surface conditions and road safety outcomes for vulnerable road users.

13 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Lower Thames Crossing: Tolls

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that road user charges for the Lower Thames Crossing are proportionate for local residents.

13 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Police: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of police response times to rural crime by Essex Police.

13 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Policing: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee on police response times to time-sensitive incidents in rural villages, such as a) Bulphan, b) Orsett and c

13 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

English Language and Mathematics: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of GCSE outcomes in (a) English and (b) Mathematics in South Basildon and East Thurrock compared with the national averages in 2024.

13 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Constituencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to reform the process for public consultations on redrawing local council electoral ward boundaries.

13 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Housing: Basildon and Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 102432 on Council Housing: Basildon and Thurrock, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Government support

13 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Drugs: Ecuador

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office's press release published on 12 January 2026 entitled UK and Ecuador join forces to tackle cocaine trade at source, what recent assessment ha

13 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Drugs: Ecuador

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office's press release published on 12 January 2026 entitled UK and Ecuador join forces to tackle cocaine trade at source, what estimate has she mad

13 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Ecuador: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release, published on 12 January 2026, entitled UK and Ecuador join forces to tackle cocaine trade at source, what the cost was of providing equipment to Ecuador to assist

13 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Ecuador: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the press release, published on 12 January 2026, entitled UK and Ecuador join forces to tackle cocaine trade at source, what equipment has been provided by the UK to Ecuador to assist

13 Jan 2026 · Home Office

Ecuador: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release, published on 12 January 2026, entitled UK and Ecuador join forces to tackle cocaine trade at source, how many UK police officers supported the training of Ecuadori

13 Jan 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Recruitment: Discrimination

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help reduce age-related barriers in recruitment practices.

13 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of a) injuries and b) fatalities where road surface defects were identified as a contributory factor in the last decade.

13 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to introduce requirements for local highway authorities to report data on (a) pothole recurrence and (b) repeated repairs at the same locations.