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Deirdre Costigan
Deirdre Costigan
LAB✓ Current MP
🏛️ Ealing Southall
📅 2024–2025
133 speeches on Hansard record
✅ Votes attended: 96.95% (#1 of 650 MPs)
🟢 Rebelled against party: 0.52%
📝 Topics: Social Services, Sleeping Rough, Sleeping Rough: Migrants
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Attorney General
Gender Based Violence: Prosecutions 9 May 2025
To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates in cases of violence against women and girls.
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Department for Business and Trade
Conditions of Employment: Disability 10 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of strengthening the right to Disability Leave for disabled workers.
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Zero Hours Contracts 3 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning zero hours contracts.
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Inland Waterways and Outdoor Recreation: Youth Services 13 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the social value of the use of (a) outdoor areas and (b) waterways for (i) the Duke of Edinburgh's Award and (ii) other youth services.
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Film 18 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, If she will meet visual effects workers to discuss the role of visual effects in the creative industry.
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Department for Education
Curriculum and Assessment Review 19 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will ensure that the output of the Curriculum and Assessment Review includes a focus on schools adopting (a) inclusive and (b) nurturing approaches to education.
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Pupils: Health 14 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to take steps to require schools to make an assessment of the social, emotional and behavioural needs of pupils.
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Sports: Schools 18 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Opening School Facilities funding programme beyond March 2025.
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Educational Psychology 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will launch a consultation on the potential merits of schools having a named educational psychologist based in their local authority.
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Free School Meals: Ealing 29 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to pages 63-65 of the policy paper entitled, King's Speech 2024: background briefing notes, published by the Prime Minister's Office on 17 July 2024, how many primary-aged children her Department expects to receive free breakfast at school…
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Insulation: Housing 9 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his planned timetable is for rolling out home insulation upgrades.
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Boiler Upgrade Scheme: Heat Batteries 9 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will launch a consultation on including heat batteries as part of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.
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Renewable Energy: Prices 30 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, to make an assessment of the impact of his plans for (a) new onshore wind and (b) other renewable energy sources on household bills.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Agriculture 17 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help (a) support British farmers to negotiate contracts with retailers and (b) preserve traditional farming methods.
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Packaging: Litter 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterparts in the devolved Administrations on the proposed introduction of litter payments under the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme.
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Packaging: Recycling 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the proposed level of producer involvement in the (a) establishment and (b) administration of the Extended Producer Responsibility Scheme Administrator.
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Packaging: Recycling 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of incentives under the Extended Producer Responsibility scheme to encourage the use of reusable packaging.
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Flood Control: Urban Areas 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent flooding in urban areas.
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Recreation Spaces: Disability 10 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce design standards that ensure greater accessibility in (a) parks, (b) woodlands and (c) other outdoor spaces for disabled people.
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Litter: Deposit Return Schemes 10 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of a deposit return scheme on levels of (a) litter and (b) public disamenity caused by litter; and if he will make an estimate of the monetary value of that impact.
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Sewage: Pollution Control 3 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce sewage discharges by water companies into waterways.
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Department for Transport
Roads: Safety 25 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help improve safety for (a) children and (b) other vulnerable road users.
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Cycling: Commuters 18 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of people choose cycling as a mode of transport for commuting to work in (a) England, (b) the borough of Ealing and (c) Ealing Southall constituency.
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Active Travel: Environment Protection 17 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential environmental benefits of increasing active travel.
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Public Transport: Active Travel 17 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to integrate active travel with public transport networks.
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Active Travel 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to work with local authorities to encourage greater uptake of (a) walking, (b) cycling and (c) other active travel modes in (i) urban and (ii) rural areas.
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Railways: Private Prosecutions 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on the use of courts by train operating companies to pursue private prosecutions for the misapplication of railcards on fares under £12.
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Railways: Private Prosecutions 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will issue guidance to train operating companies on the use of private prosecutions for contraventions of conditions of carriage.
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Pedestrian Areas: Greater London 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide additional funding to Transport for London for the resurfacing of pavements on the borough principal road network (a) in London and (b) in the London Borough of Ealing.
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Pedestrian Areas: Greater London 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Transport for London on ensuring maintaining pavements on the borough principal road network.
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Electric Scooters 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to legalise all e-scooters.
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Electric Bicycles: Hire Services 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will bring forward proposals to regulate the management of dockless rental e-bikes.
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Active Travel: Greater London 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing funding to London boroughs to support the management of micromobility services.
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Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Greater London 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to grant London boroughs legal powers to regulate (a) the use, (b) parking and (c) fleet management of rental (i) e-bikes and (ii) e-scooters.
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Electric Vehicles: Charging Points 30 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase the number of public Electric Vehicle charging points.
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Department for Work and Pensions
Maternity Pay: Multiple Births 17 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of maternity pay for people with (a) twins and (b) multiples.
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Social Security Benefits: Disability 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to (a) clarify guidance and (b) introduce further safeguarding measures to ensure that disabled people who engage in regular physical activity do not risk a (a) review of and (b) reduction to their disability benefits.
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Social Security Benefits: Disability 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that engagement in physical activity does not put disabled people at potential risk of losing their benefits.
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Employment: Disability 9 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring employers to respond to reasonable adjustment requests from disabled workers within two weeks.
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Sick Pay: Disability 5 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of her plans to strengthen statutory sick pay on the disability employment gap.
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Employment: Disability 5 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact the Disability Employment Charter proposals on disabled people's ability to (a) gain and (b) retain employment.
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Employment: Disability 5 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of The Disability Employment Charter.
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Access to Work Programme 5 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce Access to Work claim (a) application and (b) renewal times; if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the cap on Access to Work; and if she will make an assessment of the…
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Equal Pay: Disability 5 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish a timeline for the introduction of the right to equal pay for disabled people through the introduction of mandatory disability pay gap reporting for large employers.
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Department of Health and Social Care
Hospitals: Community Care 8 January 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to shift care from hospitals into the community.
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Health Services: Standards 4 December 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, If he will make a comparative assessment of the adequacy of NHS care at (a) weekends and (b) weekdays.
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Patients: Homelessness 18 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people facing homelessness are discharged safely from hospital in winter 2024-25.
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Colonoscopy: Health Services 14 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of colonoscopy procedures in each of the next five years.
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Bowel Cancer 14 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average overall cost for bowel cancer patients was in each of the last five years.
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Colonoscopy 14 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time was between referral for and receipt of a colonoscopy in each trust in each year between 2020 and 2024.
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Bowel Cancer: Artificial Intelligence 14 November 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to support the implementation of Artificial Intelligence in the diagnosis of bowel cancer; and whether he has made an assessment of the barriers to effective adoption of that implementation.
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Social Services: Labour Turnover 30 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve adult social care workforce retention.
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Dental Services: Sleeping Rough 24 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to dental care for rough sleepers who are not eligible for full public funding due to their immigration status.
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Ophthalmic Services: Sleeping Rough 22 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to optometry services for rough sleepers who are not eligible for full public funding due to their immigration status.
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Maternity Services: Standards 21 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve maternity services.
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Infant Mortality 17 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve care for families after (a) pregnancy loss and (b) the death of a baby.
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Heart Diseases and Strokes: Health Services 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent the causes of (a) heart disease and (b) stroke.
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Care Workers: Vacancies 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle staffing shortages in the care sector.
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Social Services 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on implementation of a National Care Service.
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Social Services 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his timeline is for implementation of a National Care Service.
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Social Services 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) disabled and (b) elderly people are consulted before delivery of a National Care Service.
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Social Services 16 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to ensure that the National Care Service supports the needs of people from diverse (a) cultural and (b) linguistic backgrounds.
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Podiatry: Sleeping Rough 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to podiatry services for rough sleepers that are not eligible for full public funding due to their immigration status.
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Patients: Safety 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on patient safety of adult social care workers (a) administering vaccines and (b) undertaking other NHS delegated tasks.
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Health Services: Sleeping Rough 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve coordination between health services and homelessness support organisations to tackle the healthcare needs of rough sleepers with (a) substance misuse and (b) mental health challenges.
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Social Services: Training 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the training provided to adult social care workers that undertake tasks delegated to them by NHS staff.
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Social Services: Waiting Lists 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of people waiting for an adult social care assessment.
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Mental Health Services 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate provision of early support for people with poor mental health that live independently.
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Mental Health Services: Ealing Southall 9 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve mental health services in Ealing Southall constituency.
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Gynaecology: Waiting Lists 3 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce gynaecology waiting lists.
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Shingles: Vaccination 26 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of offering shingles vaccines to everyone aged 60 and over.
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Lebanon: British Nationals Abroad 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help protect British nationals and their dependents in Lebanon.
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Middle East: British Nationals Abroad 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the safety of British nationals and their dependents in the wider Middle East region in the context of escalating tensions.
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Turkey: Press Freedom 9 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his counterpart in Turkey on the freedom of journalists in (a) Turkey and (b) Turkish Kurdistan.
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Home Office
Visas: Digital Technology 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of migration to eVisas on people with indefinite leave to remain.
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Migrants: Homelessness 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with (a) the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and (b) relevant organisations to increase the quality of data available to her Department on the number of (i) migrants with no recourse to…
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Migrants: Homelessness 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the potential impact of the no recourse to public funds condition on levels of homelessness; and if she will make an assessment of the…
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Undocumented Migrants: Homelessness 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will discussions with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on the (a) adequacy and (b) efficiency of consular support with processing (i) identity and (ii) travel documents for undocumented migrants…
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Asylum: Homelessness 8 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent people becoming homeless after leaving asylum accommodation.
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Homelessness: Finance 8 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the impact of immigration-based restrictions to public funds on homelessness among non-UK nationals.
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Anti-social Behaviour 26 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timetable is for the introduction of new respect orders.
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Anti-social Behaviour 26 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to tackle persistent (a) antisocial behaviour and (b) drug dealing in residential areas.
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Police Patrolling: Urban Areas 26 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her planned timeline is for returning police patrols to town centres.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Written Questions 17 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of responding to written questions from the Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
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Sleeping Rough: Migrants 24 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 9670 on Sleeping Rough: Undocumented Migrants, whether her Department collects data on (a) no recourse to public funds amongst people sleeping rough and (b)…
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Sleeping Rough: Migrants 21 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of people with no recourse to public funds who are rough sleeping in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) London, (d) the Borough of Ealing and (e) Ealing Southall constituency.
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Sleeping Rough: Migrants 21 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been granted asylum who are rough sleeping in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) London, (d) the Borough of Ealing and (e) Ealing Southall constituency.
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Sleeping Rough: Migrants 21 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of undocumented migrants who are rough sleeping in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) London, (d) the Borough of Ealing and (e) Ealing Southall constituency.
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Sleeping Rough 21 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate she has made of the average length of time a rough sleeper spends rough sleeping.
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Sleeping Rough: Ealing Southall 21 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the number of people that are rough sleeping in Ealing Southall constituency.
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Sleeping Rough 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help local authorities reduce rough sleeping.
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Elections: Proof of Identity 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024 to Question 1159 on General Election 2024: Proof of Identity, what steps she has taken to tackle inconsistencies in voter ID rules.
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Sleeping Rough 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of how many people have been supported off the streets through the Rough Sleeping Initiative in each of the last three years.
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Sleeping Rough 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Rough Sleeping Initiative.
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Housing 9 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to (a) ensure there is sufficient housing supply to meet demand and (b) reduce the number of families living in (i) overcrowded and (ii) unsuitable accommodation.
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Fly-tipping 29 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure local authorities are properly funded to tackle fly tipping.
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Ministry of Justice
Tribunals 14 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce the backlog of tribunal cases.
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Tribunals: Legal Costs 9 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reimbursing the legal fees of claimants whose tribunal proceedings have been adjourned as a result of an unavailability of court resources.
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Tribunals: Legal Costs 9 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will review the effectiveness of the mechanisms in place to ensure parties in tribunal cases comply with information requests in a timely manner.
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Tribunals: Legal Costs 9 October 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of measures to prevent parties from adjourning tribunal hearings without valid cause.
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Treasury
Heat Batteries 8 October 2024
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will widen the list of current Energy Saving Materials in the upcoming Autumn Statement to include heat batteries.
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Development Aid 3 September 2024
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the funding required to restore aid spending to 0.7% of GDP.
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Women and Equalities
Question 7 May 2025
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to help tackle pay disparities for disabled people.
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