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Chris Hinchliff
Chris Hinchliff
LAB✓ Current MP
🏛️ North East Hertfordshire
📅 2024–2026
83 speeches on Hansard record
✅ Votes attended: 90.86% (#65 of 650 MPs)
🟢 Rebelled against party: 0.56%
📝 Topics: Environmental Delivery Plans, Aviation: Carbon Emissions, Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax
🤝 Member of 2 All-Party Parliamentary Groups
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151 written answers on parliamentary record
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Attorney General
Organised Crime: Prosecutions 13 November 2025
To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help ensure the effective prosecution of organised crime in North East Hertfordshire constituency.
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Cabinet Office
Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries 6 February 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will hold discussions with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) civil servants on the potential merits of introducing a scheme to enable (i) cultural exchange by and (ii) increased mobility of young people between the UK and EU.
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Public Sector: Translation Services 7 November 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will conduct a review on insourcing public sector language services.
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Government Departments: Interpreters 14 October 2024
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will ensure that Departments only use (a) regulated, (b) registered and (c) qualified interpreters.
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Department for Business and Trade
Chemicals: Industry 19 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the chemical industry.
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Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Exports 20 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what plans his Department has to support exports of UK-manufactured hydrogen and fuel cell technologies to international markets.
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Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Manufacturing Industries 20 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with industry stakeholders on growing UK-based manufacturing of hydrogen and fuel cell equipment by 2030.
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Parental Leave: Terminal Illnesses 20 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will publish a timetable for launching a consultation on financial support for parents of seriously ill children.
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Parental Leave: Terminal Illnesses 20 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what is the potential scope of their proposed consultation on financial support for parents of seriously ill children.
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Stellantis: Luton 12 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with Stellantis on the closure of their Luton plant.
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Horizon IT System: Compensation 9 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to take steps to recover the costs of compensation from Fujitsu relating to failures of the Horizon Post Office IT system.
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Vauxhall Motors: Luton 6 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department is holding discussions with Stellantis on the announced closure of its Vauxhall plant in Luton.
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Vauxhall Motors: Luton 4 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Vauxhall's planned closure of its plant in Luton on North East Hertfordshire constituency; and if he will take steps to support (a) people and (b) businesses in that constituency affected by…
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Vauxhall Motors: Luton 3 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has had discussions with trade unions on Vauxhall's planned closure of its plant in Luton.
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Post Offices: Closures 25 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what notice the Post Office plans to give of closure of branches; and what plans he has to to mitigate the potential impact of such closures on rural communities.
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Buildings: Cultural Heritage 11 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national support scheme for the insurance of (a) thatched and (b) listed residential properties to help homeowners (i) manage increases in insurance…
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Youth Services 3 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure a minimum level of provision for youth services across (a) North East Hertfordshire constituency and (b) the UK.
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Department for Education
School Meals: Standards 26 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 5 June 2025 on School Food, HCWS682, what the (a) timeframe and (b) scope of the consultation on revising School Food Standards will be; and whether that consultation will include direct engagement with young…
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Schools: Finance 25 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the permanent cost of pay rises for primary school teachers implemented in September 2024 has been factored into school budgets beyond April 2025.
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Schools: Finance 25 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the timing of the start of the school budget year in April and the academic year in September on schools' ability to budget effectively for staffing needs when pupil numbers increase in…
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Special Educational Needs: North East Hertfordshire 10 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of special educational provision in North East Hertfordshire constituency.
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Supply Teachers: Conditions of Employment and Pay 21 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what hat assessment she has made of potential steps to improve and the (a) pay and (b) working conditions of supply teachers in North East Hertfordshire constituency.
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Schools: Transport 22 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding free school transport access to include students between 16 and 19 years old.
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Private Education: Special Educational Needs 18 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 October 2024 to Question 5661 on Private Education: VAT, whether her Department has made a specific assessment of the potential impact of the policy on children with special educational needs in the independent sector.
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Special Educational Needs: Hertfordshire 30 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the process to secure a SEND diagnosis for children living in North East Hertfordshire.
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Special Educational Needs: North East Hertfordshire 26 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support (a) children with SEND and (b) their parents, families and carers in North East Hertfordshire constituency.
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen 24 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that UK-manufactured hydrogen and fuel cell technologies use hydrogen production and usage schemes.
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Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Supply Chains 24 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the UK hydrogen supply chain on (a) creating skilled jobs and (b) supporting regional growth.
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Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Manufacturing Industries 20 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support hydrogen and fuel cell technology manufacturers to invest in (a) new manufacturing facilities and (b) research and development.
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Hydrogen: Manufacturing Industries 20 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of (a) jobs and (b) investment in the UK hydrogen technology manufacturing sector by 2030.
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Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Manufacturing Industries 20 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to grow the UK’s manufacturing base for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.
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Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Manufacturing Industries 20 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support manufacturing of the materials needed for the production of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies within the UK.
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Fuel Cells and Hydrogen: Research 20 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take to support research and development into hydrogen and fuel cell technologies.
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Electricity: Prices 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme on electricity bills for non-exempt consumers.
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Renewable Energy: Industry 4 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of its proposed exemptions for certain industrial users from (a) Feed-in Tariffs, (b) Renewables Obligation Certificates and (c) the Capacity Market ion levy costs…
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Community Energy 10 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support the implementation of community energy projects.
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Renewable Energy: Infrastructure 18 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of renewable energy projects on local communities.
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Natural Gas: Storage 18 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of improving the longevity of gas storage capacity.
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Energy: Social Tariffs 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a social tariff in the energy market.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture: Land Use 25 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her department expects to be able to publish the fully updated data and mapping for Agricultural Land Classifications in England.
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Environment Act 2021 19 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to meet the nature targets set out in the Environment Act 2021.
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Biodiversity 2 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, published by her Department on 20 January, 2026l; and what cross departmental steps she…
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Hunting 2 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the attendance of terrier handlers at trail hunting events with dogs and tools capable of digging out foxes; and whether she plans to bring forward…
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Ecology: National Security 26 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has completed the global ecosystem assessment of the potential impact of tropical rainforest loss on food security and food prices in the UK.
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Ecology: National Security 25 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there is a delay in publishing the global ecosystem assessment.
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Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances: Contamination 24 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential costs to the Treasury of remediating high-risk PFAS contamination sites where the polluter pays principle cannot be applied in full.
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Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances 24 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential long-term costs to the NHS of the public's exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
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Seafood: Imports 5 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of verifications of catch certificates accompanying seafood imports undertaken by UK authorities.
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Environment Protection: Prosecutions 18 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking with the Crown Prosecution Service to prosecute environmental crimes.
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Nature Conservation: Departmental Coordination 16 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a cross-government nature strategy, including requiring all departments to have a duty to consider nature.
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Curlews: Conservation 11 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she has plans to implement the RSPB's Action Plan for Curlew published April 2025.
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Government Departments: Nature Conservation 11 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will consider establishing a duty on all government departments to consider nature recovery in their work.
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Badgers: Conservation 10 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 3 December 2025 to 94315, whether planned changes to the Protection of Badgers Act would permit the killing of badgers solely for development purposes.
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Badgers 3 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of potential impact of the proposed changes to the Protection of Badgers Act on shooting badgers.
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Water Restoration Fund 6 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to Answer of 11 July to Question UIN 65893 on Water Restoration Fund, whether the reinvestment of £100 million in fines and penalties levied against water companies into projects to clean up our waters will be…
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Fisheries: Regulation 21 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of adopting a EU-style carding system to (a) warn and (b) sanction states that are not sufficiently combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
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Rivers: Environment Protection 20 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to increase nature-rich spaces by rivers to (a) reduce agricultural pollution and (b) protect and (c) enhance chalk streams.
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Catering: Public Sector 9 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role will organically certified produce have in achieving 50 percent of public sector catering contracts from British producers or those certified to higher environmental standards.
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Marine Recovery Fund and Nature Restoration Fund 3 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Nature Restoration Fund proposed by the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on the Marine Recovery Fund.
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Horticulture 25 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to publish a horticulture strategy.
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Horticulture: Ukraine 25 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the war in Ukraine on the horticulture sector.
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Horticulture: Government Assistance 25 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the House of Lords Hoticultural Sector Committee Report entitled Sowing the seeds: A blooming English horticultural sector, published on 6 November 2023, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of…
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School Milk 29 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to review the provisions for dairy free options for children with dairy (a) allergies and (b) intolerances in the school milk subsidy scheme.
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Artificial Intelligence and Data Centres: Finance 18 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that taxpayer-funded support, including grants and tax reliefs, for AI and data centre funding provides benefits to the public.
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Artificial Intelligence and Data Centres 10 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what plans the Government has to help ensure that local communities receive long-term economic benefits from new AI and data centre developments.
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Arts: Artificial Intelligence and Copyright 6 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of provisions within the Data, Use and Access Bill on (a) copyright and (b) AI on the long-term sustainability of the music and arts sector.
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Arts: Intellectual Property 7 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Data, Use and Access Bill on the long-term sustainability of the music and arts sector.
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Data (Use and Access) Bill (HL) 2 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of the (a) music and (b) arts sector on the Data (Use and Access) Bill.
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Department for Transport
Aviation: Carbon Emissions 3 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Jet Zero Strategy (JZS) is still used for policy-making on aviation decarbonisation, or whether it has been replaced or superseded by the Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan (CBGDP).
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Aviation: Carbon Emissions 3 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, regarding aviation decarbonisation, whether the CBGDP represents the latest modelling of how the Government will achieve a Net Zero pathway for the aviation sector, and supersedes the modelling underpinning the JZS.
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Aviation: Carbon Emissions 3 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, regarding aviation decarbonisation, whether the Department plans further modelling beyond that contained within the CBGDP for beyond 2037.
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Aviation: Carbon Emissions 3 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, regarding aviation decarbonisation, what discussions have been had within the Department about the updating or replacing of the Jet Zero Strategy with other policy documents or approaches.
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Aviation: Carbon Emissions 3 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, regarding aviation decarbonisation, if she will set out the differences in targets, technological approach, and decarbonisation pathways between the JZS and the CBGDP.
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Railways: Finance 20 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the provisions of the forthcoming Railways Bill will permit cross-subsidisation between publicly owned and delivered rail services.
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Railways: Finance 20 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of permitting cross-subsidisation between publicly owned and delivered rail services on the sustainability of rural rail services.
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Bus Services: Standards 10 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing minimum bus service levels for communities of 300 people or more.
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Bus Services: Standards 10 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a minimum standard of bus service for communities of 300 people or more.
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Govia Thameslink Railway 12 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has issued an expiry notice to Govia Thameslink Railway; and what her planned timetable is for the nationalisation of Govia Thameslink Railway.
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Blue Badge Scheme: Taxis 27 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending regulations on blue badges to include a provision for people who run (a) taxis and (b) other transport vehicles that are designed to provide facilities for people with…
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Railways: Nationalisation 20 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has prepared improvement action plans for rail franchises due to be brought back into public ownership.
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Baldock Station: Access 2 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of disabled access at Baldock station; and whether her Department plans to upgrade access to that station.
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Aviation and Railways: Costs 19 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential economic impact of differences in the cost per mile of domestic (a) plane and (b) train travel; and if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to equalise…
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Department for Work and Pensions
Personal Independence Payment 7 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of Personal Independence Payment claimants who use some of their Personal Independence Payment to pay for housing costs.
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State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad 16 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overseas voters from North East Hertfordshire constituency are impacted by frozen British Pensions; and whether she is taking steps to help tackle this.
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Motor Neurone Disease 12 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to consult people living with motor neurone disease on the development of the health and disability green paper.
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Pension Credit: Applications 11 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the time taken for Pension Credit applications to be approved and what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time taken for Pension Credit applications to be processed.
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Winter Fuel Payment 6 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of qualifying benefits for the Winter Fuel Payment.
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Birds of Prey: Rodenticides 28 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of Wild Justice's report entitled Collateral Damage: The Rodenticide Stewardship Scheme - is it working?, published in November 2024.
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Universal Credit: Children 8 August 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential (a) financial cost and (b) impact on levels of child poverty of introducing a child element of Universal Credit of (i) £287.92, (ii) £191.95 and (iii) £143.96 for (A) third and (B)…
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State Retirement Pensions: Women 31 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to help support women affected by the rise in the State Pension age in North East Hertfordshire constituency.
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Department of Health and Social Care
Dementia: Diagnosis and Medical Treatments 2 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of early and accurate dementia diagnosis; and if he will commit to an 18-week referral to treatment target for dementia.
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Respiratory Diseases: Health Services 20 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's timetable is for finalising the second set of Modern Service Frameworks; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including respiratory conditions.
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Mental Health: Parents 4 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the planned start date is for the review into the mental health of parents of children with serious illness.
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Mental Health: Parents 4 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the anticipated timetable is for the completion and publication of the review into the mental health of parents of children with serious illness.
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Palliative Care 30 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) preparing and (b) publishing a national strategy for (i) palliative and (ii) end-of-life care.
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Ultrasonics 3 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for urgent pelvic ultrasounds.
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Hospitals: Children 20 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children aged between 28 days and 17 years old were admitted to NHS care for more than seven days in the latest period for which data is available.
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Community Health Services: Medical Equipment 20 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with providers of community equipment services on their role in supporting (a) timely hospital discharge and (b) effective community-based care.
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Community Health Services: Medical Equipment 20 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department’s long-term plan is for the community equipment services sector in the health and social care system.
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Infant Mortality: Mental Health Services 28 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental health support for (a) fathers and (b) partners impacted by pregnancy loss or the death of a baby provided by (i) maternal mental health services, (ii) improving access to psychological…
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Pregnancy: Mental Health Services 22 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all Integrated Care Systems in England commission Maternal Mental Health Services.
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Blood 8 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of outsourcing on collection and delivery of blood products to hospitals.
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Blood 8 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a report on the potential impact of outsourcing on collection and delivery of blood products on the NHS and hospices.
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Hospitals: Children 3 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children were admitted into NHS care for more than seven days in the latest period for which data is available.
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National Care Service 25 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on creating a National Care Service.
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Disabled Facilities Grants 11 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the policy paper entitled Better Care Fund policy framework 2025 to 2026, published on 30 January 2025, what plans he has to consult on changes to the maximum Disabled Facilities Grant limit.
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Hospitals: Parking 4 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that private parking companies do not overcharge for facilities at hospitals.
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Pharmacy 3 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the range of conditions that can be treated under the Pharmacy First service.
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Pharmacy 3 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report entitled Pharmacy Pressures Survey 2024: Funding and Profitability Report, published on 19 October 2024.
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Lister Hospital 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of awarding teaching status to Lister Hospital; and when his Department plans to respond to the application on this matter.
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Arms Trade 13 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his policy on arms trade with Israel.
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Israel: Diplomatic Service 4 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of renewed operations by Israel around the refugee camp in Jenin; and what diplomatic representations he (a) has made and (b) plans to make to…
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Gaza: Israel 6 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his counterpart in Israel on hostages in Gaza.
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Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to appoint a Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion and Belief.
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Israel: Arms Trade 13 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to encourage (a) the USA and (b) Europe to review the risk of their arms exports to Israel being used to commit serious violations of international law.
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EU Countries: Travel 31 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to negotiate improved mobility rights for UK citizens travelling to EU countries.
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Home Office
Police Community Support Officers 29 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the benefits of creating a long service award to recognise PCSOs with 20 years of service.
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Knives: Crime 13 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce knife crime.
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Ministry of Defence
Military Decorations 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to reform the military honours system to allow those serving in operations abroad to receive appropriate honours upon completion of their service.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Nature Conservation: Planning 15 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the Answer of 15 December to Question 97083 on Nature Conservation: Planning, what further external engagement is planned; at what stage in the implementation process will this take place; and how will external…
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Nature Conservation: Planning 15 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has discussions planned with nature organisations including the Woodland Trust, Wildlife Trusts and Wildlife and Countryside Link on potential secondary legislation arising from the Planning and Infrastructure…
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Environmental Delivery Plans 11 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2025 to question 94312, what a wholly exceptional reason would be.
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Rivers: Planning 11 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to add chalk streams to the National Planning Policy Framework as an irreplaceable habitat.
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Rivers: Planning 10 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of whether chalk streams are an irreplaceable habitat.
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Environmental Delivery Plans 4 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the overall improvement test in Environmental Delivery Plans will ensure that irreplaceable habitats and species cannot be included; and whether he will publish a list of environmental features he considers to be…
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Environmental Delivery Plans 4 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any Environmental Delivery Plans are currently under consideration or development by Natural England or have been proposed by the Government.
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Environmental Delivery Plans 4 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to distinguish between diffuse landscape issues, such as nutrient pollution, and protected sites and species in the context of environmental delivery.
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Planning: Environment Protection 3 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if chalk streams will be added to the National Planning Policy Framework as an irreplaceable habitat.
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Empty Property: Housing 20 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of vacant residential properties.
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Empty Property: Housing 20 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to p.94 of the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, if he will publish his Department's (a) proposals and (b) timetable for implementing proposed powers to enable local authorities…
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Affordable Housing: Finance 14 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the real-terms percentage change in funding for the Affordable Homes Programme in each of the next three financial years.
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Affordable Housing: Finance 14 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the projected percentage increase in nominal funding for the Affordable Homes Programme in each of the next three financial years.
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Affordable Housing: Finance 14 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the proportion of projected additional funding for the Affordable Homes Programme that will be allocated to homes for social rent in the next three financial years.
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Environmental Delivery Plans 2 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to part three of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, whether environmental delivery plans will be applied in a modular way, with species considered on a case-by-case basis.
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Environmental Delivery Plans 2 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Environmental Development Plans proposed in Part 3 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will be required to follow the mitigation hierarchy.
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Environmental Delivery Plans 2 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Environmental Development Plans proposed in Part 3 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will be informed by site level assessments where required.
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Absent Voting: British Nationals Abroad 27 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of overseas voters who did not receive a ballot in time to vote at the general election in 2024; and whether her Department plans to take steps to increase…
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Community Ownership Fund 12 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2024 to Question 11941 on Community Ownership Fund, if she will publish details of options her Department is considering.
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Ministry of Justice
Young Offender Institutions 18 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of HM Inspectorate of Prisons' report entitled Separation of children in young offender institutions – review of progress, published on 1 October 2024.
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Ministry of Justice: Languages 6 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to publish the independent review of her Department’s language services.
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Public Order Act 2023: Prosecutions 30 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people serving prison sentences for prosecutions under the the Public Order Act 2023.
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Treasury
Air Passenger Duty 17 October 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HMRC plans to respond to the consultation on Reform of Air Passenger Duty for private jets, which closed on 22 January 2025.
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Air Passenger Duty 17 October 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the higher rate of Air Passenger Duty by more than the proposed 50% in 2026-27 on (a) the public purse and (b) the UK's greenhouse gas emissions.
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Parental Leave: Expenditure 13 June 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on (a) maternity, (b) paternity and (c) adoption leave in the most recent period for which data is available.
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Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax 2 April 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the findings of the report by the National Farmers Union entitled APR and BPR reform alternative, published on 19 February 2025, on changes to agricultural property relief and…
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Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax 2 April 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will publish the modelling used to set changes to (a) Agricultural Property Relief and (b) Business Property Relief.
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Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax 2 April 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish her Department's impact assessments of changes to (a) Agricultural Property Relief and (b) Business Property Relief.
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Agriculture and Business: Inheritance Tax 2 April 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish a response to the report by the National Farmers Union entitled An impact analysis of APR reforms on commercial family farms, published on 25 November 2024.
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Sovereign Grant: Reviews 27 February 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the Sovereign Grant for the 2026-27 financial year.
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Beer and Cider: Excise Duties 17 October 2024
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of draught duty relief for (a) beer and (b) cider.
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Social Security Benefits: Children 30 July 2024
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the increase in the annual rate of GDP growth that would be required to fund the removal of the two-child benefit cap.
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