James McMurdock

17 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of cost recovery under the EHIC and GHIC schemes for treatment provided to overseas visitors in the UK.

17 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Trials

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increased trials without juries on the number of judicial review applications.

17 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Magistrates' Courts

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of magistrates’ courts to handle additional triable-either-way cases.

17 Dec 2025 · Attorney General

Immigration: Prosecutions

To ask the Solicitor General,?how many referrals to the Crown Prosecution Service for immigration offences in the last three years were not prosecuted on evidential grounds.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Fair Work Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what measures will be used to assess the effectiveness of the Fair Work Agency in improving compliance with employment law.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Seasonal Workers and Temporary Employment: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what data the Fair Work Agency will collect and publish on breaches of employment law involving temporary and seasonal workers.

17 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Company Cars: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to Employee Car Ownership Schemes on the supply of nearly-new vehicles to the second-hand car market.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Meat Products: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to require food labels to state the method of slaughter used for meat products, including pre-stunning.

17 Dec 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of food labelling requirements.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Delivery Services: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on the comparative (a) employment practices and (b) delivery of delivery companies excluding Royal Mail; and what plans he has to ensure similar standards to thos

16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Employment Tribunals Service: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of administering Employment Tribunal cases in which awards are subsequently not paid.

16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Employment Tribunals Service: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Employment Tribunal awards remain unpaid in each of the last three years.

16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Employment Tribunals Service: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of current mechanisms for enforcing Employment Tribunal awards where employers refuse to pay compensation.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Natural Gas: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with Ofcom on the application of online advertising regulations for illegal gas work promotions.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Natural Gas: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has had discussions with social media companies on (a) adverts by unqualified operatives offering gas work and (b) the potential merits of implementing (i) pre-advertising c

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Natural Gas: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps with the Health and Safety Executive to review the level of criminal penalties and enforcement mechanisms for illegal gas work; and if the Health and Safety Executive will issue gu

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Natural Gas: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish HSE enforcement data on illegal gas work, including (a) investigations, (b) prosecutions, (c) convictions, and (d) penalties imposed since 2020.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Natural Gas: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of gas jobs conducted annually by unqualified workers and (b) the proportion assessed as unsafe; and what proportion of unsafe gas works ar

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Natural Gas: Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has plans for digital verification tools to confirm operative identity and competence at the point of purchase and installation of gas-critical parts.

16 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Natural Gas: Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) introducing a national inventory registrar for gas-critical products and parts and (b) restricting access to those items to operatives h

16 Dec 2025 · Treasury

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme: Inheritance Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans she has to amend inheritance tax legislation to ensure that compensation paid to the estates of deceased victims of the Infected Blood scandal is exempt from inheritance tax.

16 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Sick Leave

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of staff sickness levels within East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust; and what support is being provided to reduce sickness absence.

16 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ambulance Services: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of rising demand for ambulance services on Category 2 performance in the east of England.

16 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust’s Category 2 response times.

16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Juries

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to monitor data on (a) conviction rates, (b) sentencing patterns and (c) appeals arising from cases affected by the removal of the right to elect a jury trial; and whether that data will be publ

16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Trials: Recordings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to publish recordings made of trials heard without a jury; and what safeguards will govern the use of those recordings for (a) scrutiny and (b) appeals.

16 Dec 2025 · Home Office

Immigration: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether sentencing outcomes for immigration-related offences under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 reflect the seriousness of those offences.

16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether the discretion for courts to depart from sentencing guidelines in the interests of justice affects the (a) consistency and (b) effectiveness of sentencing outcomes.

16 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Sentences

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 9th December 2025 to Question 96041, on Reoffenders: Sentencing, what assessment he has made of how frequently courts depart from sentencing guidelines on the basis that it is in the interes

15 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Reoffenders: Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data he holds on the reoffending rates of individuals convicted of offences relating to illegal entry into the UK.