Sir Desmond Swayne

5 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to (a) mitigate the impact for consumers of the recent increase in the energy price cap and (b) ensure that retail energy costs fall in line with wholesale prices.

25 Feb 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to abolish clawback by pension providers.

25 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Cryptography: Apple

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with Apple Inc. on the continuing provision of its advanced data protection system in the UK.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support the development of new agricultural technologies.

9 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Charities: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the planned increase in employer National Insurance contributions on charities.

12 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of temporarily closing the capital grants scheme for new applications on farmers.

18 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Private Education: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to enable private schools to register for VAT.

11 Nov 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UNRWA

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the UN implements the recommendations of the Final Report of the Independent Review of Mechanisms and Procedures to En

8 Nov 2024 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education on a Level 7 apprenticeship qualification for teachers of sensory impairment; and when the apprenticeship is expected

7 Oct 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Cauda Equina Syndrome

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take further steps to encourage NHS Hospital Trusts to adopt the GIRFT pathway for Cauda Equina Syndrome.

5 Sep 2024 · Department for Education

Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many fines were issued to parents for taking children on holiday during term time at (a) independent and (b) maintained schools in the last year.

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to enable EU citizens with pre-settled status to claim universal credit.

29 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pesticides: Neonicotinoids

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the pesticide Cruiser SB is properly assessed before being authorised for use.

23 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to bring forward legislative proposals to make permanent the temporary weigh limits for volumetric mobile concrete plants.

1 May 2024 · Church Commissioners

Layan Nasir

To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what representations the Church has made to the Israeli government to secure the release of Layan Nasir from administrative detention.

30 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgical Mesh Implants: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report from the Patient Safety Commissioner entitled The Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 February 2024, whethe

30 Apr 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Ground Rent

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's consultation entitled Modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases, closed on 17 January 2024, whether he plans to reduce ground r

17 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make it her policy to end the funding of hospices through integrated care boards.

26 Mar 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department made of the potential risks of discontinuing routine covid-19 testing of hospital patients prior to their discharge to care homes before.

26 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Teachers: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for informing schools of the arrangements for reimbursement of the increased contributions they are required to make for teachers pensions.

26 Mar 2024 · Department for Education

Schools: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review the School Admissions Code.

11 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to the call for evidence relating to potential regulations under the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill 2023.

11 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Tax Avoidance: Bankruptcy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent representations has he received on section 684 notices.

11 Mar 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy: Community Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when he plans to launch a consultation on the growth of community-run renewable energy schemes.

4 Mar 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Telephone Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with BT on the duration of the pause in its rollout of the digital switchover for elderly and vulnerable customers.

28 Feb 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Emergency Calls and Telemedicine: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will provide financial assistance to vulnerable customers reliant on (a) monitoring and (b) emergency call services where their equipment has to be upgraded as a result of BT's d

7 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Surveys

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish data from the UK Regular Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey illustrating the Impact of Service life on family and personal life as a factor influencing intentions to leave, by (a) service

7 Feb 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Army: Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army officers transferred to Intermediate Regular Commissions in each of the last ten years.

1 Feb 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are recorded as being on a waiting list for treatment more than once for the same condition.

26 Jan 2024 · Home Office

Body Searches

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy that police officers should not be able to strip and intimately search suspects of the opposite sex if the police officer self-identifies as the same gender as the person