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Elsie Blundell
Elsie Blundell
LAB✓ Current MP
🏛️ Heywood and Middleton North
📅 2024–2026
48 speeches on Hansard record
✅ Votes attended: 92.89% (#37 of 650 MPs)
🟢 Rebelled against party: 0.55%
📝 Topics: Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, School Support Staff Negotiating Body, Taxis: Training
🤝 Member of 13 All-Party Parliamentary Groups
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240 written answers on parliamentary record
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Attorney General
Offences against Children: Sentencing 20 January 2026
To ask the Solicitor General, what discussions she is having with the Ministry of Justice on expanding the Unduly Lenient Sentencing Scheme to include victims of technology-assisted child sexual abuse.
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Cabinet Office
British Nationals Abroad: EU Countries 2 September 2025
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to assess the potential merits of flexible visa arrangements with the European Union for British nationals who face challenges with the Schengen rules.
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Department for Business and Trade
Postal Services: Heywood and Middleton North 2 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of Royal Mail's performance in Heywood and Middleton North constituency during the past 12 months.
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Small Businesses: Training 12 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of subsidising the cost of IT courses for staff in small and medium enterprises.
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Technology: Greater Manchester 10 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on support for small technological start-ups in Greater Manchester.
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Small Businesses: Grants 7 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to take steps to (a) improve signposting and (b) create a central database for small and medium enterprises on grants for which they are eligible.
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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
School Libraries: Finance 2 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2025, what steps she is taking to ensure that the funding for libraries in schools are targeted at schools with the most acute need.
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Sports: Women 4 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking too increase engagement of women and girls with sport in the north of Greater Manchester.
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Sports: Women 4 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she is taking steps with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to support local councils to make funding decisions in relation to amenities for women’s and girls’ sports.
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Tourism: Ferries and Passenger Ships 16 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department plans to take to help promote maritime tourism for both (a) ferry and (b) cruise markets.
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Arts: Heywood and Middleton North 20 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support the creative industries in Heywood and Middleton North constituency.
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Churches: Civil Society 6 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has plans to provide support to (a) community and (b) social enterprises to help re purpose churches that are now closed.
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Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme 6 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the modifications to the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.
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Arts: Intellectual Property 18 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of artificial intelligence on intellectual property rights in the creative industries.
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Department for Education
Childcare: Finance 12 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Department plans to review the eligibility criteria for government-funded childcare for children cared for by qualified and Ofsted-registered relatives.
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Childcare: Finance 12 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government has considered piloting or introducing an exemption to childcare funding rules where a relative is a registered childminder meeting all regulatory requirements.
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Reading 10 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure schools are promoting reading as a substitute to social media use.
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Children: Reading 9 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to provide financial support to families to support reading among children.
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Vocational Education: Qualifications 4 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to expand access to practical trade-based qualifications within mainstream secondary schools before the age of 16, including through partnerships with further education colleges and local employers.
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Literacy: Standards 2 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is having discussions with the Chancellor on a cross-departmental approach to raising literacy rates among children and young people.
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Literacy: North West 2 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve literacy rates among children in the North West.
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Pre-school Education: Reading 2 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help encourage reading in early years settings.
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Pre-school Education: Reading 2 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools encourage shared reading among children in their first 1,001 days.
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Students: Loans 2 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the level of interest rates on student loans.
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Basic Skills and Financial Services: Secondary Education 30 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to include financial literacy and life skills education as a mandatory and assessed part of the secondary school curriculum.
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Basic Skills and Financial Services: Secondary Education 30 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of financial literacy and basic life skills education in secondary schools.
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Pupils: Absenteeism 29 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help reduce the level of school absences among working class students.
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Children: Poverty 11 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to include measures to support children in the deepest poverty in the forthcoming Child Poverty Strategy.
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Special Educational Needs 3 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to (a) reduce class sizes and (b) provide focused support in maintained special schools.
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Special Educational Needs: North West 3 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help support local authorities in the North West to (a) process and (b) issue education, health and care plans for SEND children.
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Special Educational Needs 16 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that education, health and care plans for SEND children are issued by local authorities within five weeks.
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School Support Staff Negotiating Body 15 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the School Support Staff Negotiating Body will be operational.
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School Support Staff Negotiating Body 15 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the independence of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body.
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School Support Staff Negotiating Body 15 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that recommendations made by the School Support Staff Negotiating Body are implemented.
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School Support Staff Negotiating Body 15 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure collaboration between the School Support Staff Negotiation Body and academy trusts.
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Missing Persons: Children 28 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to develop a cross-Government strategy for reducing the numbers of missing children.
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Pre-school Education: Finance 27 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of early years funding models in supporting (a) parents and (b) guardians who work fewer than 16 hours per week.
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Pre-school Education: Finance 27 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of single parent family access to high quality childcare settings.
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Pre-school Education: Finance 27 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support single parents re-entering the workforce with funding to access high-quality childcare.
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Childcares: Finance 27 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that it is financially viable for childcare settings to offer places to three and four year-old children.
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Nurseries: CCTV 6 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making the (a) installation and (b) use of CCTV recordings in private nurseries a formal requirement for Ofsted inspections.
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Childcare: Disadvantaged 8 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure families from disadvantaged backgrounds have access to high quality childcare provision.
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Foster Care 22 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will (a) extend legal protections for and (b) improve financial security available to foster carers.
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Foster Care 18 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help retain skilled and experienced foster carers.
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Breakfast Clubs 12 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues on timings schools will be expected to run free breakfast clubs to and from on a given day.
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Breakfast Clubs: Finance 11 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for how long will the Government fund free breakfast clubs.
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Dental Health: Primary Education 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the integration of oral health education across primary schools.
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
National Energy System Operator: Reform 21 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to reform the National Energy Security Operator.
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Heat Pumps: Low Incomes 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to make heat pumps more (a) accessible and (b) cost effective to lower income households.
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Energy: Prices 18 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department has taken to (a) communicate how his Department's policies will help to lower energy bills in 2025 and (b) maintain the level of energy bills during fluctuations in the energy market.
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Electronic Government: Proof of Identity 6 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department made an assessment of the potential impact of using the Gov.uk One Login to verify identity on people who (a) do not have photo ID and (b) are visually impaired.
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Social Media: Harassment and Stalking 10 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to address the role of social media companies in enabling (a) harassment and (b) stalking through their platforms.
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Harassment: Children and Young People 7 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to establish accessible, non-police reporting pathways for (a) children and (b) young people who experience online harassment.
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Telecommunications: Infrastructure 11 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether he plans to take steps to help ensure private telecommunications infrastructure providers are unable to install hardware without consultation with local communities.
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Department for Transport
Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Facilities 27 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is he taking to improve the availability of secure, well-lit, and gender-appropriate rest facilities for HGV drivers.
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Bus Services 2 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support combined authorities in closing any gaps in local bus provision.
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Local Transport Plans 2 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that national transport policy is aligned with the priorities of local transport plans.
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Public Transport: Gender Based Violence 27 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help reduce violence against women and girls on public transport.
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Taxis: Fees and Charges 20 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to take steps to regulate the service fee charges (commission) charged by large national PHV operators that they draw from their drivers' journeys.
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Taxis: Working Conditions 20 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help improve the working conditions of PHV drivers working for large national operators such as Uber.
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Taxis: Working Conditions 20 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to engage with PHV drivers employed by large national operators on their terms and working conditions.
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Parking: Large Goods Vehicles 20 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of parking facilities for HGV drivers in the North West.
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Taxis: Training 14 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that private hire vehicle drivers receive qualifications from officially recognised training institutions.
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Taxis: Training 14 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help prevent prospective private hire vehicle drivers from enrolling in unofficial training institutions.
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Taxis: Training 14 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to publish an official list of officially recognised training institutions for the consideration of prospective private hire vehicle drivers.
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Electric Vehicles: Charging Points 14 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase access to EV charging points.
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Electric Vehicles: Charging Points 14 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on increasing EV charging infrastructure initiatives in under-served (a) urban and (b) rural areas.
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Electric Vehicles 14 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) accessibility and (b) effectiveness of grants for people who (i) have purchased used electric vehicles and (ii) cannot afford new electric vehicles.
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Bridleways: Urban Areas 8 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential potential impact of bridleways on supporting active travel in urban areas.
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Railways: Devolution 22 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill and her Department's document entitled English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, whether she will bring forward legislative proposals for (a) Mayors to have a…
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Community Railways Initiative 14 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to help support the long-term viability of community rail organisations in the context of (a) her Department's rail reforms and (b) the inception of Great British Rail.
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Community Railways Initiative: North of England 14 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to support community rail in the north of England.
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Community Railways Initiative: North of England 14 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help support the wider community utility of rail stations in the north of England.
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Bridleways: Active Travel 10 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of bridleways on supporting active travel nationally.
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Electric Vehicles: Charging Points 6 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to take steps to help reduce the cost of using the public electric vehicle charging network.
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Electric Vehicles: Charging Points 6 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to incentivise local authorities to provide funding for public electronic vehicle charging points.
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Electric Vehicles: Charging Points 6 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to introduce universal signage for electronic vehicle charging points.
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Railways: North of England 8 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to mitigate rail congestion across East-West rail lines in the north of England.
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Railways: North of England 8 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the deliverability of the Northern Powerhouse Rail project.
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Transport: North of England 7 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure the resilience of critical transport infrastructure in the north of England.
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Ports: Energy Supply 28 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to support the use of shore power technology to aid maritime decarbonisation.
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Shipping: Vocational Guidance 25 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to help increase awareness of careers in the maritime sector.
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Airports: Parking 13 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to introduce an independent organisation to (a) monitor and (b) control parking fees at airports.
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Motorways: Safety Measures 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of re-introducing the hard shoulder on all motorways.
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Parking: Pedestrian Areas 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with local authorities on the potential merits of including provisions to help tackle pavement parking in the English Devolution Bill.
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Parking: Pedestrian Areas 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Mayor of Greater Manchester on pavement parking.
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Aviation: Fuels 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to increase the UKs (a) manufacturing and (b) refining capacity for sustainable aviation fuel.
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Public Transport: Greater Manchester 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with stakeholders in Greater Manchester on improving local public transport.
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British Transport Police 18 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) funding for and (b) resourcing of the British Transport Police.
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Transport: Women 18 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with transport industry representatives on (a) increasing the levels of participation and (b) the career advancement of women in the transport sector.
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Transport: Women 18 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to ensure more women take up leadership positions across the transport sector.
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Department for Work and Pensions
Children: Maintenance 3 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to improve the enforcement processes of the Child Maintenance Service.
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Children: Maintenance 3 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing the enforcement processes of the Child Maintenance Service.
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Employment Schemes: Young People 17 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to publish details of (a) findings, (b) good practice and (c) value-for-money assessments from Trailblazer schemes.
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Employment Schemes: Young People 17 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) performance metrics and (b) outcome indicators his Department is using to assess Trailblazer schemes; and what role (i) improving mental health, (ii) tackling social isolation and (ii) supporting sustained employment have in those.
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Employment Schemes: Young People 17 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to undertake formal evaluation of the Trailblazer schemes currently in operation; and when that will be published.
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Child Maintenance Service: Finance 12 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to increase resourcing for the Child Maintenance Service.
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Child Maintenance Service: Finance 12 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure improved service from the Child Maintenance Service.
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Employment and Recruitment: Discrimination 11 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the new jobs and careers service will work with employers to help tackle ageism in (a) recruitment and (b) the workplace.
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Employment: Older People 11 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that people in their (a) 50s and (b) 60s are included in the design of its new digital employment support offer.
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Employment: Older People 11 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including an increase in employment among people aged 50–59 and 60–66 as a distinct intermediate outcome metric in the Get Britain Working framework.
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Armed Forces Covenant 29 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Armed Forces Covenant Duty on the work of her Department.
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Employment Schemes: Greater Manchester 29 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to support people into work in (a) north Greater Manchester and (b) Heywood and Middleton North constituency.
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Employment Schemes: Greater Manchester 28 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is taking steps to prioritise areas of high economic inactivity in north Greater Manchester through the inactivity trailblazer programme.
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Unemployment: Greater Manchester 28 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the proportion of 18 to 24-year-olds not in education, employment or training in north Greater Manchester.
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Personal Independence Payment: Telephone Services 18 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times for recipients of Personal Independence Payment to speak to an advisor over the telephone.
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Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Regulation 3 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of introducing statutory regulation for counsellors and psychotherapists on patient safety and public protection.
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Mental Health Services: Regulation 3 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has plans to review the current regulatory framework for counselling and psychotherapy; and what steps are being taken to help ensure minimum standards of training and accountability within the profession.
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Mental Health Services: Regulation 3 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of potential harm of unregulated practise for counselling and psychotherapy, and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of voluntary accreditation for counselling and psychotherapy in safeguarding the public.
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Endometriosis: Health Services 3 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure the provision of endometriosis care in deprived communities.
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Mental Health Services: Men 3 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure GPs are equipped to effectively signpost men facing mental health challenges to appropriate services.
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Mental Health Services: Charities 3 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that mental health charities are adequately supported in the North West.
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Functional Neurological Disorder: Physiotherapy 3 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients who have functional neurological disorder have access to rehabilitative physiotherapy.
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Endometriosis 2 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure the NHS supports staff with endometriosis.
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Rehabilitation: Physiotherapy 26 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that patients who require rehabilitative physiotherapy have access to NHS services.
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Endometriosis: Diagnosis 22 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that an increasing number of hospitals and healthcare settings are equipped to diagnose endometriosis swiftly.
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Infant Foods 25 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations in the report by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition entitled Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years, last updated 8 May 2024.whether she plans to take steps to make an assessment on the…
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Infant Foods 21 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that industry follows Commercial Food and Drink Voluntary Industry Guidelines on health claims.
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Infant Foods 19 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the appropriate amount of (a) iron and (b) vitamins is in food marketed for children under 36 months.
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Heart Diseases: Health Services 24 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the Modern Service Framework for cardiovascular disease will (a) reduce disability caused by stroke and (b) improve the lives of stroke survivors living with poor health or a disability post-stroke.
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Strokes: Health Services 22 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a stroke team within his Department.
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MMR Vaccine: Children 17 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase uptake of the MMRV vaccine among children.
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MMR Vaccine: Disinformation 16 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to counter disinformation pertaining to the MMRV vaccine.
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MMR Vaccine 16 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide up-to-date clinical guidance on the age groups that should receive the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine.
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Patients: Safety 11 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve patient safety across the NHS in Greater Manchester.
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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Greater Manchester 1 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing for people who have been diagnosed with PTSD in Greater Manchester.
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Mental Health: Men 11 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that men’s mental health organisations in the north of England are consulted on the forthcoming men’s health strategy.
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Dental Services: Greater Manchester 27 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the factors that contribute to people being unable to access NHS dentists in Greater Manchester.
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Mental Health Services: Heywood and Middleton North 20 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve mental health services for (a) young men, (b) young women and (c) vulnerable people in Heywood and Middleton North constituency.
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Maternity Services: Greater Manchester 7 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) midwives and (b) maternity units across Greater Manchester have up-to-date equipment.
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Hospital Beds: Greater Manchester 7 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of hospital bed availability in health trusts in the NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board.
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Midwives: Recruitment 4 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of midwives.
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Community Health Services and Primary Care: Greater Manchester 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce pressures on (a) community health and (b) primary care settings within the NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board.
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Hospices: Complaints 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve the handling of complaints regarding private hospice care.
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Dental Services: Greater Manchester 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that potential reform of the national contract for dentists considers the views of dentists practicing in Greater Manchester.
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Dental Services: Rochdale 28 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of adults that visit a dentist in Rochdale Borough, compared to the last two years.
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Dental Services: Rochdale 28 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to increase the number of adults that have visited a dentist in Rochdale Borough in the last two years.
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Endometriosis 25 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to improve working conditions for people living with endometriosis.
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Endometriosis: Greater Manchester 25 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to support people suffering with Endometriosis in Greater Manchester across regional healthcare settings.
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Humanitarian Aid 26 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure humanitarian relief is provided to support the mental health of children and young people in Gaza.
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Gaza: Humanitarian Aid 26 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions she has had with her international counterparts to ensure the movement of more humanitarian aid into Gaza.
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Israeli Settlements: Overseas Companies 23 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what guidance has been issued to UK companies regarding involvement in settlement-related construction and infrastructure projects.
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Ukraine: Foreign Relations 21 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps are being taken to strengthen European support for Ukraine.
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Israeli Settlements 21 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of UK sanctions related to illegal settlements in the West Bank.
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Gaza: Mental Health 29 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support the mental health needs of children in Gaza.
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Ukraine: Mental Health 16 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to support the mental health needs of children in Ukraine.
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Israel: Palestinians 23 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps with his international counterparts to establish an international fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace.
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Detainees 19 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what progress he has made on appointing a special envoy for complex detention cases.
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Russia: Crimes of Aggression 13 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will advocate for a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against (a) President Putin and (b) the political leadership of the Russian Federation.
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Ukraine: International Assistance 10 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve unity amongst his European counterparts on the provision of support to Ukraine following the Russian invasion.
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Home Office
Crime Prevention: Heywood and Middleton North 24 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to (a) help improve safety in Heywood and Middleton North constituency and (b) reduce crime.
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Stalking: Children 5 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking through the criminal justice system to protect children who become victims of stalking.
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Refugees: Ukraine 16 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure the extension of visa for Ukrainian nationals in the UK who have fled the war since 2022.
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Refugees: Ukraine 16 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing indefinite leave to remain for Ukrainian nationals that have fled to the UK since 2022.
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Gender Based Violence: Running 24 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her Department’s policies of the recommendations of the article entitled Abuse of Women Runners: implications for the violence against women and girls policy agenda,…
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Police: Housing 30 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure the provision of appropriate accommodation for police officers whose careers were shortened by significant injury.
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Immigration 25 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the standard qualifying period for settlement to…
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Immigration 25 June 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the white paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, whether people who (a) are already living in the UK and (b) hold active visas will still be able apply for indefinite leave to…
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Missing Persons: Children 29 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to better equip local police forces to ensure the safe return of missing children.
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Greater Manchester Police: Standards 29 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Greater Manchester Police to reduce response times in north Greater Manchester.
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Delivery Services: Crimes against the Person 28 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle (a) violence and (b) abuse against retail delivery drivers.
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Offensive Weapons: Sales 4 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with (a) local authorities and (b) business across Greater Manchester on steps to tackle the sale of (a) knives and (b) other offensive weapons to (i) teenagers and (ii) young people.
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Drugs: Greater Manchester 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to tackle the flow of illicit drugs in Greater Manchester.
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Border Security Command 24 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) funding for and (b) resourcing of Border Security Command.
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Domestic Abuse Protection Orders: Greater Manchester 19 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of the Domestic Abuse Protection Order pilot scheme on the resources of Greater Manchester Police.
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Neighbourhood Policing: Heywood and Middleton North 18 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's news story £200 million boost to transform neighbourhood policing, published on 31 January 2025, whether additional funding will be allocated to community policing in Heywood and Middleton North…
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Ministry of Defence
Veterans: Greater Manchester 4 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support veterans into suitable employment in Greater Manchester.
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Veterans 10 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he is taking steps to increase his Department's support for (a) Commonwealth veterans and (b) British army veterans born outside of the UK.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Standards 4 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with local authorities to improve the quality of local housing stock.
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Council Tax Reduction Schemes 2 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of a uniform council tax support scheme for all local authorities.
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Hazards in Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2025 2 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure the enforcement of the Hazards in Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2025.
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Question 12 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 requiring at least 10% of social housing stock to be let as furnished.
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Question 4 December 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to expedite nationally significant infrastructure projects.
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Homelessness and Sleeping Rough: Women 25 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider a) adopting a gender-informed definition of rough sleeping and homelessness, b) providing local authorities with tools, resources, and guidance on gathering accurate and inclusive data on women’s…
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Sports: Greater Manchester 4 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure section 106 funding is being used by councils in Greater Manchester to increase revenue for sports facilities.
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Sports: Greater Manchester 4 November 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that (a) developers in Greater Manchester adhere to their obligations under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and (b) section 106 funding is used for…
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Parking: Large Goods Vehicles 20 October 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will consider mandating the allocation of sites for HGV parking as part of the conditions for consent for larger infrastructure projects.
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Bridleways: Planning Permission 14 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to protect bridleways in the context of changes to national planning regulations.
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Devolution: North West 28 May 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to provide fiscal autonomy to the North West.
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Social Rented Housing: Mould 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that housing associations take swift action on remediating mould and damp issues across their housing stock.
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Homelessness and Pregnancy 18 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking with (a) local authorities and (b) Cabinet colleagues to provide homeless and pregnant women with (i) housing, (ii) healthcare and wellbeing and (iii) financial support.
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Castleton (Manchester) Station: Property Development 18 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with Greater Manchester Combined Authority on encouraging housing developments near Castleton Rail Station.
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Ministry of Justice
Reoffenders: Crimes of Violence 2 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his taking to help reduce violent reoffending.
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Probation: Standards 2 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve probation services.
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Probation: Monitoring 2 March 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure improved monitoring of serious offenders post-release by the probation service.
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Victim Support Schemes: Women 27 February 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help support female victims within the courts system.
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Prisoners' Release: Gender Based Violence 20 January 2026
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to protect women and girls from violent offenders who have been released.
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Special Educational Needs: Appeals 17 September 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that appeals for education, health and care plans for SEND children reaching tribunal are processed swiftly.
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Reoffenders 15 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to support bereaved families who have lost loved ones as a result of serious and violent crimes committed by reoffenders.
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Probation: North West 15 July 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to help improve the quality of probation services across the North West of England.
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Courts: Greater Manchester 8 April 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to target additional judicial resources toward court settings which are at capacity in Greater Manchester.
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Public Sector: Death 13 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has considered establishing an independent national oversight mechanism for deaths involving (a) state and (b) law enforcement bodies.
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Knives: Sales 3 March 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to increase sentences for individuals that sell knives to (a) teenagers and (b) young people.
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Family Courts: Greater Manchester 28 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce backlogs in family courts in (a) Greater Manchester Combined Authority and (b) Rochdale Borough Council.
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Domestic Abuse: Criminal Proceedings 27 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she has taken to reduce the amount of time taken for cases related to perpetrators of domestic abuse to reach court in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) Rochdale Borough.
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Family Courts: Pilot Schemes 24 February 2025
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Pathfinder family court scheme being rolled out in (a) Wales, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) Greater Manchester.
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Treasury
Railways: Greater Manchester 28 May 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to improve connections between the Greater Manchester City Region and (a) Yorkshire, (b) the Liverpool City Region and (c) North Wales.
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Infrastructure: North West 28 May 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to support the Northern Arc infrastructure project.
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Infrastructure: North West 28 May 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the Infrastructure Strategy will support infrastructure enhancements in the North West.
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Research: Tax Allowances 28 February 2025
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of research and development tax reliefs on the expansion of small businesses.
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