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Chris Coghlan
Chris Coghlan
LD✓ Current MP
🏛️ Dorking and Horley
📅 2024–2026
62 speeches on Hansard record
⚠️ Votes attended: 54.82% (#533 of 650 MPs)
🟢 Rebelled against party: 0.00%
📝 Topics: Railways: Fares, Prostate Cancer: Screening, Housing: Construction
🤝 Member of 5 All-Party Parliamentary Groups
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177 written answers on parliamentary record
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Cabinet Office
Visas: EU Countries 5 February 2026
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help improve reciprocal visa-waiver arrangements with the EU.
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Business: Coronavirus 14 January 2026
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, following the closure of Voluntary Repayment of COVID-19 Funding, if he will publish full data on which companies took Covid support, and which companies subsequently made repayments.
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Department for Business and Trade
Recruitment 12 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to help improve transparency of information for job applicants.
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Airports: Fees and Charges 12 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the ability of UK airports to set forecourt drop off and pick up charges without an upper limit on anti-competitive pricing for passengers and local residents.
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IVF: Leave 12 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make it his policy to support paid leave for fertility appointments.
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Conditions of Employment 24 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make assessment of the potential impact of companies denying employees (a) continuous service pay rises and (b) other accumulated benefits after being transferred from rolling fixed-term contracts to permanent contracts on those…
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Department for Education
Schools: Children in Care 23 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will review section 1.37 of the School Admissions Code 2021 to assess the potential benefits of requiring all schools designated with a religious character to prioritise all looked-after and previously looked-after children in their admissions…
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Members: Correspondence 17 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the email of 18 December 2025 from the hon. Member for Dorking and Horley on Surrey County Council's management of their statutory SEND responsibilities.
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Special Educational Needs: Surrey 19 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her response is to the open letter from parents and carers of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Surrey, delivered to her Department (a) physically on 16 July 2025 and (b) electronically on 17 July 2025.
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Special Educational Needs: Dorking 3 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to ensure the delivery of Betchwood Vale Academy.
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Schools: Reform 30 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish the Schools White Paper.
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Department for Education: Correspondence 22 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the letter from Fiona Davidson, dated 4 July 2025.
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Free Schools: Dorking 25 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the timely delivery of Betchwood Vale Academy.
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Special Educational Needs 9 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the accuracy of the education, health and care plan issuance process.
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Special Educational Needs: Transport 12 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to local authorities for SEND transport for the 2025-26 financial year.
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Free Schools: Dorking 3 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2024 to Question 16109 on Free Schools: Dorking, what (a) reports and (b) surveys required to submit the planning application for Betchwood Academy the construction contractor (i) has produced and (ii) is producing.
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Special Educational Needs 29 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help schools identify children who need SEND education within the school system.
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Special Educational Needs: Surrey 29 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children are waiting for a SEND school placement in (a) Surrey and (b) Dorking and Horley constituency.
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Special Educational Needs: Training 29 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to train staff in the provision of SEND education.
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Special Educational Needs: Surrey 29 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to open more SEND schools in (a) Surrey and (b) Dorking and Horley constituency.
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Special Educational Needs: Employment and Further Education 29 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help children from SEND schools into (a) work and (b) further education.
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Education: Surrey County Council 29 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on what (a) oversight and (b) scrutiny there is over Surrey County Council's education department.
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Betchwood Vale Academy 29 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help progress the planning application for Betchwood Vale Academy.
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Energy Supply: Research 24 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of funding for energy security research and development on the economy.
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Electricity 30 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the answer of 16 January 2026 to Question 104371 on Electricity, how he plans to meet that demand.
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Electricity 16 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of expected electricity demand in (i) 2035, (ii) 2040, (iii) 2045 and (iv) 2050.
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Climate Change 4 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to publish a climate action plan that is in line with the (a) Climate Change Act 2008 and (b) Climate Change Committee’s independent assessment of the third national adaption programme.
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Energy: Costs 21 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of support for (a) householders and (b) businesses to mitigate of the costs of net zero transition.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pigs: Animal Welfare 3 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with animal welfare groups about the welfare implications of the use of farrowing crates for pigs.
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Floods: Insurance 20 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Environment Agency's document entitled National assessment of flood and coastal erosion risk in England 2024, updated on 22 January 2025, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of insurance…
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Recycling: Repairs and Maintenance 9 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the Circular Economy Taskforce helps to encourage people to repair and reuse.
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Sewage: Water Treatment 10 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to provide (a) financial, (b) planning and (c) infrastructure support for the (i) development and (ii) improvement of sewage treatment facilities.
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Water: Standards 10 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support water regulators in (a) monitoring (i) river and (ii) sea water quality and (b) rectifying low water quality.
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Sewage: Water Treatment 10 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how his Department plans to ensure that sewage treatment facilities (a) in Horley and (b) nationally are upgraded according to agreed timescales.
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Sewage: Waste Disposal 5 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ensure that local communities are compensated by water companies for sewage discharges.
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Food: Prices 29 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to help reduce the cost of groceries.
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Sewage: Waste Disposal 28 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department (a) monitors and (b) tracks sewage discharge into (i) rivers and (ii) seas by (A) location and (B) water company.
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Internet: Fraud 1 April 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that online platforms tackle fraud on their services.
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Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Digital Technology 5 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure the new digital service will handle applications with greater efficiency and consistency to tackle to backlog in medical license issues and renewal wait times.
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Highway Code: Publicity 16 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she plans to undertake a public awareness campaign to promote the new Highway Code rules as part of the Road Safety strategy.
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Channel Tunnel: Fares 6 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2026 to Question 104026 on 7 January 2026 on Channel Tunnel: Fares, what discussions she has had with the Office for Road and Rail on (a) consumer protection and (b) customer oversight.
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Brighton Main Line: Greater London 4 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what alternative schemes she is considering that will address the capacity issues on the Brighton Main Line, namely around Reigate and the Selhurst Triangle, which would have been addressed by the Croydon Area Remodelling Scheme.
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Crossrail 2 Line 26 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to 2 January 2026 written questions 102231: Crossrail 2 Line and 102232: Crossrail 2 Line, if she will use the analysis of the lessons learned from the success of the Elizabeth Line to assess other rail infrastructure projects, such as…
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Railways: Tickets 20 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to support low-income earners with transport to and from London following (a) the introduction of pay as you go ticketing in Dorking and Horley constituency and (b) price increases of between 3% and 24%.
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Railways: Tickets 20 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to written question 103034 answered on 8 January 2026, when she will conduct this post-delivery evaluation.
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Railways: Tickets 20 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2026 to Question 103034 on Railways: Tickets, if she will make an assessment of the impact of cancelling evening out return fares between Dorking and London on commuters.
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Motorways and Roads: Finance 16 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how she plans to distribute the £24 billion funding to improve motorways and local roads which the Government announced on 8 January 2026.
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Channel Tunnel: Fares 16 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Office of Rail and Road on the pricing of fares on cross-Channel routes.
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Brighton Main Line: Dorking and Horley 14 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Croydon Area Remodelling Scheme on standing levels and overcrowding on Brighton Main Line services used by passengers in Dorking and Horley constituency.
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Crossrail 2 Line 14 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential long-term impact on economic productivity of delivering Crossrail 2, in the context of levels of economic uplift from the Elizabeth Line.
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Brighton Main Line: Dorking and Horley 14 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Croydon Area Remodelling Scheme on delays and disruption on the Brighton Main Line for passengers using stations in Dorking and Horley constituency.
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British Transport Police: Finance 13 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the funding provided to the British Transport Police for protecting (a) people and (b) property at train stations.
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Brighton Main Line: Dorking and Horley 13 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Croydon Area Remodelling Scheme on the (a) economic and (b) productivity status of residents commuting from Dorking and Horley constituency.
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Airports: Parking 12 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to introduce (a) guidance and (b) regulation to (i) cap and (ii) limit airport forecourt drop off and pick up charges.
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Crossrail 2 Line 12 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has undertaken a recent cost-benefit analysis of Crossrail 2, in the context of passenger numbers on the Elizabeth Line.
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Airports: Parking 12 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment her Department has made of forecourt drop off and pick up charging practices at major international airports, including in the United States and Europe.
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Railways: Tickets 8 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) contactless and (b) pay‑as‑you‑go ticketing on (i) fare concessions and (ii) passenger costs.
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Railway Stations: Surrey 5 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of Tap-In/Tap out on rail users at Surrey stations.
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Railways: Fares 19 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the lower age limit for adult peak-time rail fares on the families of students who turn 18 during the academic year while remaining in full-time education until the end of that year; and…
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Airports: Fees and Charges 11 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment the adequacy of the enforcement basis of drop-off charge systems operated by airports; and what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that motorists receive (a) clear and (b) accurate information on (i) airport…
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Gatwick Airport 9 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to publish her Department's assessment of the potential impact of the expansion of Gatwick Airport on the area within a 50 mile radius before a decision on whether to expand that airport is made.
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Aviation: Noise 3 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will create standardised national aviation noise metrics for use in planning processes.
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Aviation: Noise 3 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of airspace modernisation on the number of people experiencing noise above (a) the lowest observed adverse effect level and (b) the significant adverse observed effect level.
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Railways: Fares 18 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to implement contactless ticketing at Dorking Deepdene station.
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Railways: Fares 18 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including a rail station’s distance from London as a deciding factor in compiling the list of stations for the Pay As You Go rail rollout.
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Railways: Fares 18 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is for the rollout of the 2025 Pay As You Go rail scheme for stations which did not receive contactless ticketing on 2 February 2025.
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Railways: Fares 18 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many stations will be announced in the 2026 phase of the Pay As You Go rail rollout.
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Railways: Fares 18 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timeline is for the (a) announcement and (b) implementation of the post-2025 phase of the Pay As You Go rail rollout.
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Aviation 21 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to improve consumer protections for air travel.
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Aviation 21 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with airlines on the transparency of their terms and conditions.
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Department for Work and Pensions
Pension Credit 30 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for Pension Credit applications.
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Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations 28 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of implementing face-to-face Personal Independence Payment assessments.
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Access to Work Programme 28 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department has taken to reduce waiting times for Access to Work applications.
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Department of Health and Social Care
Prostate Cancer: Screening 3 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, following the National Screening Committee Report on prostate cancer screening in November, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) establishing an NHS information campaign to raise awareness of prostate cancer referral…
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Dental Services: Dorking and Horley 2 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (1) help tacklethe number of NHS dental practices in and around Dorking and Horley that are not accepting new NHS patients; and (2) increase access to NHS dentists accepting new patients in those areas.
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Health Services: Finance 12 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department will set out the budget to local authorities so they can distribute funding for local Healthwatch services in the 2026/27 financial year.
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Community Health Services 5 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the Model Neighbourhood Framework to be published.
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NHS: Capital Investment 22 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for the 10-year health plan of the findings of the report by NHS Providers entitled Investing in the NHS: empowering the sector to drive productivity, renewal and growth, published on…
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Parkinson's Disease: Consultants 16 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many a) neurologists, b) geriatricians and c) nurses in the NHS have specialist training in Parkinson's.
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Pharmacy: Prescription Drugs 21 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to reduce the potential impact of (a) Pharmacy First and (b) pricing of NHS drug tariffs on community pharmacies.
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Coronavirus: Vaccination 27 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to the Covid-19 vaccination eligibility criteria on (a) clinically vulnerable people who qualified for vaccination in Autumn 2024 and (b) levels of hospital capacity during the…
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Essential Tremor 25 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of recognising Essential Tremor as a disability.
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Neurological diseases: Research 15 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to commission research on (a) essential tremor and (b) other neurological movement disorders.
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Tirzepatide 12 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of Eli Lilly’s decision to increase the list price of Mounjaro by up to 170 per cent from September 2025 on people using the drug; and what steps his Department is taking to…
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NHS: Working Conditions 1 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure Trusts uphold their legal obligations under the (a) Equality Act 2010 and (b) duty of care for staff returning from serious illness such as cancer.
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Prostate Cancer: Screening 30 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of not including prostate cancer referral guidance for asymptomatic men in National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines.
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Mental Capacity 23 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his letter to the hon. Member for Dorking and Horley, dated 4 June 2025, if he will set out the legislative vehicles his Department are considering to address the identified shortcomings in mental capacity law.
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Mental Capacity 19 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's planned timetable is for its public consultation on the application of mental capacity law.
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NHS: Employment Tribunals Service 18 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what oversight exists to (a) monitor and (b) audit legal expenditure by NHS Trusts in Employment Tribunal cases.
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Prostate Cancer: Screening 22 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for completion of the TRANSFORM trial into prostate cancer screening.
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NHS: Employment Tribunals Service 20 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) collating and (b) publishing NHS tribunal data.
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Eating Disorders: Health Services 7 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of producing a national strategy to help improve (a) access to and (b) the quality of eating disorder services.
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Prostate Cancer: Health Services 1 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) establishing an NHS information campaign to raise awareness of prostate cancer referral routes for GPs and (b) issuing specific guidance to GPs on informing patients about the (i)…
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NHS: Employment Tribunals Service 29 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of resolving NHS employment disputes early.
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Mental Health Bill (HL) 28 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will meet the honourable Member for Dorking and Horley to discuss his proposed amendment to the Mental Health Bill.
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Pharmacy: Closures 8 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of independent pharmacy closures on (a) local GP capacity, (b) hospital capacity, (c) the healthcare needs of the local community and (d) local pharmacists in need of employment.
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Medical Examiners 19 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the capacity of and (b) reduce delays in medical examiner services.
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General Practitioners 5 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of qualified GPs who are (a) unemployed and (b) underemployed.
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General Practitioners 5 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of GP positions in the UK.
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Medicine: Education 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason British medical graduates are not prioritized over international medical graduates for foundation year placements.
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Respiratory Diseases 17 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 24011 on Coronavirus: Disease Control, when he plans to update the National Infection Prevention and Control Manual and Health Technical Memoranda guidelines to ensure (a) recognition of…
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Prostate Cancer: Screening 14 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2024 to Question 13066 on Prostate Cancer: Screening, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of laboratories not testing samples within 16 hours on prostate specific antigen testing accuracy.
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Health Services: Disadvantaged 5 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help tackle inequalities in NHS (a) care and (b) funding for patients living near county borders.
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Shingles: Vaccination 5 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review the eligibility criteria for people over 65 who did not receive the shingles vaccine to allow for retrospective vaccination.
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Supported Housing: Older People 28 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of elderly people who will need (a) living assistance and (b) housing in (i) 2025 and (ii) the next ten years.
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Pharmacy: Recruitment and Training 28 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to attract health workers to (a) train for and (b) work in community pharmacies.
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General Practitioners: Standards 27 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of shortages of GP appointments; and what plans he has to reduce such shortages.
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Dental Services: Dorking and Horley 27 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has for improving access to NHS dentistry in Dorking and Horley constituency.
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Urinary Tract Infections: Health Services 20 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will (a) review (i) diagnostic and (ii) treatment practices for people with chronic urinary tract infections and (b) take steps to improve conditions for people with such infections.
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Coronavirus: Disease Control 20 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of waiting until the publication of the final Module 3 Covid-19 Inquiry report to (a) recognise the role of airborne transmission of SARS-Cov-2 and (b) update (i) Infection Prevention…
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Coronavirus: Disease Control 20 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of revising the Infection Prevention Controls guidance in the National Infection Prevention and Control Manual and Health Technical Memoranda guidelines prior to 1 March 2025 to ensure…
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Heart Diseases: Young People 16 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to cardiac screening for young people who take part in sports and exercise.
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Prostate Cancer: Screening 28 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure blood specimens taken for prostate specific antigen tests are separated within 16 hours.
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Prostate Cancer: Blood Tests 28 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of blood specimens taken for prostate specific antigen tests are separated within 16 hours.
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestine: Human Rights 16 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what’s steps her Department is taking to support Palestinian human rights organisations.
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Sri Lanka: Storms 12 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help rescue Melanie Watters and Janine Reid in Sri Lanka following Cyclone Ditwah.
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Members: Correspondence 20 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when his Department plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Dorking and Horley on the case of the late Police Constable Hannah Byrne.
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Home Office
Question 12 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to close asylum hotels, particularly the Four Points Hotel in Horley.
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Immigration: Hong Kong 21 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the proposed earned settlement system will apply to Hong Kong BN(O) visa holders and their families; and whether new income, compliance or conduct requirements could extend the qualifying period or make some of those visa holders ineligible…
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Immigration: Hong Kong 21 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what transitional protections are planned to be put in place for BN(O) applicants, dependants and children reaching 5 years’ residence from 2026 so they are not disadvantaged compared with the expectations when they entered the route.
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Immigration: Hong Kong 21 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how the government will ensure that any changes to BN(O) and wider settlement rules are matched by a plan to boost domestic skills and fill vacancies in the NHS and wider economy.
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Asylum: Hong Kong 21 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian and mental health impact of asylum delays for Hong Kongers fleeing political persecution; and what steps the Government will take to ensure their claims are processed swiftly.
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Asylum: Horley 15 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to Croydon Magistrates' Court's 8 December sentencing of a resident of the Four Points Hotel in Horley, what steps she is taking to end the use of the Four Points Hotel to house asylum seekers.
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Offences against Children: Inquiries 12 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on the national statutory inquiry into grooming gangs.
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Money Laundering 27 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the formation of criminal cash-intensive businesses.
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Visas: Charities 16 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to expedite the processing of visa applications for charity workers volunteering in adult care homes.
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Fraud: Telecommunications 10 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish a second Telecommunications Fraud Charter.
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Fraud: Telecommunications 10 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress Ofcom has made on reducing the number of spoofed phone numbers being used by (a) spammers and (b) scammers.
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Asylum: Horley 4 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to end the use of the Four Points Hotel in Horley to house asylum seekers.
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Offences against Children 12 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to create national guidelines for preventing adult grooming.
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Deportation: Appeals 13 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of gathering data on time taken between immigration appeals tribunal decisions and the receipt of resulting deportation notices to appellants.
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Ministry of Defence
Question 12 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-commissioned officers ranked Staff Sergeant or above, have left the Army in the last 3 years, broken down per year.
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Army: Officers 4 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the restrictions on officer roles for late entry officers in the Army; and why those restrictions are in place.
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Ukraine: Military Intelligence 30 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his US counterpart on the provision of military intelligence to Ukrainian forces.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Affordable Housing 16 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to help ensure that developers do not remove affordable housing when sites are deemed unviable.
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Telecommunications: Infrastructure 5 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating the National Planning Policy Framework to include guidance on the importance of telecommunications infrastructure in any new developments.
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Planning Permission: Enforcement 5 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has considered making planning enforcement a statutory obligation.
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Planning Permission: Enforcement 5 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has considered increasing funding for planning enforcement.
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Planning Permission: Standards 5 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to speed up the planning and appeals process in local authorities.
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Travellers: Caravan Sites 5 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to sections 103 and 104 of the Housing (Wales) Act 2014, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of creating a (a) duty to meet assessed needs and (b) failure to comply requirement on local…
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Travellers: Caravan Sites 5 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of mandating the maximum allowed period of time between a Gypsy Traveller Accommodation Assessment by a local authority.
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Housing: Mobile Phones 5 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of issuing guidance to local authorities to ensure mobile network operators are notified in advance of large-scale residential developments.
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Housing: Construction 3 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that there is adequate infrastructure in place to support new housing developments.
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Gatwick Airport: Construction 6 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Gatwick airport expansion on local house prices.
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Leasehold: Fees and Charges 1 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of further regulation of funds by (a) developers and (b) building owners for leaseholders.
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Planning: Infrastructure 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's document entitled Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system, published on 12 December 2024, whether the new planning reforms…
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Property Development: Infrastructure 26 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of encouraging Community Infrastructure Levy contributions in place of S106 Agreements under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for new developments…
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Local Government: Reorganisation 18 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure that town and parish councils are in place prior to the abolition of district and borough councils.
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Housing: Construction 18 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that her target for new home building is not impacted by local government reorganisation.
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Housing: Construction 18 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her proposed abolition of district and borough councils on housing targets.
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Housing: Construction 18 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the prospective unitary authorities will prioritise housing provision.
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Buildings: Co-ownership 14 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the ongoing consultation entitled Jointly owned properties, if she will (a) review the interpretation of joint ownership within the Building Safety Act 2022 and (b) amend that Act to ensure equitable…
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Aviation: Infrastructure 13 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to integrate the proposals outlined in the English Devolution White Paper with important strategic transport infrastructure such as Gatwick Airport.
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Housing: Construction 13 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of her policies on house-building on house prices.
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Unitary Councils 13 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that there is sufficient local representation in the new unitary authorities.
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Local Government: Reorganisation 13 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of recent parliamentary constituency boundary changes with proposed local government reorganisation.
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Local Government: Reorganisation 12 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure there will be no devolution islands following the reognisation of local government.
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Local Government: Devolution 12 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, what checks and balances there will be on directly-elected Mayors when strategic authorities are implemented.
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Local Government: Devolution 12 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing assemblies akin to the London Assembly for each Strategic Authority.
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Sheltered Housing and Social Rented Housing: Older People 30 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring sheltered accommodation and social housing for the elderly are built in a community based setting.
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Social Rented Housing: Older People 29 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that there is adequate provision for affordable social housing for elderly.
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Land Use: Property Development 22 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to discourage landbanking.
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Ministry of Justice
Surrey County Council: Appeals 25 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for all appeals involving Surrey County Council the number of cases in which the Tribunal issued a) a notice proposing that the local authority be barred from further participation and b) a barring order preventing the local authority from taking further…
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First-tier Tribunal: Rules of Procedure 12 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many notices of intention under Rule 7(3) have been issued by the First Tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) by local authority in each of the last three year.
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First-tier Tribunal: Rules of Procedure 12 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to (a) Section 51(2) of the Children and Families Act 2014 and (b) the powers of the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) to issue binding orders following appeal hearings, what (i) monitoring and (ii) reporting…
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Special Educational Needs: First-tier Tribunal 11 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any barring orders have been made by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal under Rule 8 of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008 in each of the last three years.
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Special Educational Needs: First-tier Tribunal 11 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) monitoring and (b) reporting arrangements his Department has put in place to ensure that repeated non-compliance by local authorities in the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) is escalated to (i) the Department for…
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Mental Capacity 18 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has considered the merits of expanding the functions of the Public Guardian to include responsibility for appropriate discharge of mental capacity assessments.
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Treasury
British National (Overseas): Pensions 22 January 2026
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions the Government has had with HSBC and other UK linked financial institutions about reports that BN(O) status holders are being denied access to their pension savings in Hong Kong when they leave.
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Stamp Duty Land Tax 21 January 2026
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she has made an assessment of the potential impact of Stamp Duty on primary residences on (a) labour mobility, (b) housing supply and (c) house prices.
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Airports: Business Rates 12 January 2026
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of increases in business rates at major UK airports on passenger drop off charges.
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Research: Finance 8 July 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 26 June 2025 to Question 61659 on Research: Investment, if the Economic Secretary to the Treasury will meet with the hon. Member for Dorking and Horley to discuss research and development funding.
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Research: Investment 26 June 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing research and development bonds of up to £20 billion per year.
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Safe Hands Plans: Insolvency 30 April 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April to Question 4096, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Financial Conduct Authority’s response to the Financial Regulators Complaints Commissioner's final report, published…
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Intellectual Property 19 March 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of expensing intellectual property transactions.
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Government Securities 28 January 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she plans to take to reduce gilt rates.
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Women and Equalities
Gender Recognition 23 July 2025
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Supreme Court judgment in the case of For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers of 16 April 2025 on trans people with Gender Recognition Certificates.
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