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Department for Culture, Media and Sport
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of gambling warnings for prize draw competitions advertised on websites, radio and tv shows.
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Department for Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to increase the number of schools that have the recommended allergy safeguards in place.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the merits of introducing mandatory education on the voting system for students in secondary school.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of taking steps to help ensure that the transition of children from foster care to adoption does not have a detrimental impact to the (a) children and (b) former foster parents.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help improve (a) the physical and mental health and (b) other aspects of the lives of unpaid and kinship carers.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the level of coral bleaching; and what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle coral bleaching.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to protect chalk streams.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a certification system to help prevent the (a) selling and (b) purchasing of pets that have not been neutered.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of strengthening criminal penalties for illegally killing hen harriers.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing a national register of breeders to improve safeguards against animal abuse.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing a dedicated animal cruelty unit within the police force.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of modernising the licensing system for forestry operations to provide greater protection for ancient woodlands.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take legislative steps to ban disposable barbeques.
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her department is taking to ensure that developments in artificial superintelligence are carefully monitored and appropriate regulation is applied.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require employers to provide cyber security training, in the context of the recent cyber security incidents in the retail sector.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of mandating internet service providers to charge existing customers the same as new ones.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to make government digital services accessible to people in rural areas.
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Department for Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason her Department introduced mandatory renewal of driving licenses for drivers over 70 and every subsequent three years.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to reduce the backlog of driving tests.
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Department for Work and Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2025 to Question 72603 on Universal Credit: Veterans, how many veterans in each district council in Hertfordshire (a) claim Universal Credit (UC), (b) are in receipt of the housing element of UC and (c) pay…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans were claiming universal credit in the Stevenage constituency in the latest period for which data is available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans received the housing element of universal credit in the Stevenage constituency in the latest period for which data is available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many veterans in receipt of the housing element of universal credit were in private rented accommodation in the Stevenage constituency in the latest period for which data is available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will review the minimum floor cap for self-employed individuals receiving universal credit.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will widen Bilateral Social Security Agreements including index-linked state pensions for UK nationals abroad with Commonwealth countries.
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Department of Health and Social Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase funding for prostate cancer screening.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to enable earlier diagnosis for pancreatic cancer.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase levels of research into Parkinson's disease.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that victims of cardiac arrest are immediately referred to the cardiac rehabilitation programme.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of allowing paramedics to prescribe oxycodone.
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Ministry of Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of military hospital provision.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with NATO allies on strengthening European security.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to help support the defence sector in the (a) East of England and (b) UK.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to enable local authorities to bring in rent controls for people in the private rented sector.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to review the (a) efficiency and (b) reliability of postal voting for UK nationals living abroad during the General Election on 4 July 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take to help (a) younger people and (b) first time buyers onto the housing ladder.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with metro mayors and local authorities on further devolution.
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Treasury
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what economic steps she has taken against Russia since its invasion of Ukraine.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing an adjusted rate of tax for army reservists that is separate to their civilian incomes.
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