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Cabinet Office
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government Departments use a ministerial car.
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Department for Business and Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to create a single enforcement body to ensure employment rights are upheld.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has carried out a proportionality assessment on clause 16 of the Employment Rights Bill.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he sought external legal advice when drafting the Employment Rights Bill.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to remove minimum wage age bands.
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Department for Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of launching a comprehensive review of student loan interest rates.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support councils with home to school transport costs for SEND children.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to set out her planned timetable for the urgent review of the 2014 Reforms to the SEND Code of Practice.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to ensure that the proposed reforms of the student finance system include (a) refinancing and (b) reform options for historic student loan repayments.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the SEND funding allocation system for children in West Sussex.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to help reduce regional differences in SEND funding.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to issue guidance on improving (a) inclusivity and (b) expertise in mainstream schools.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to issue statutory guidance on improving (a) inclusivity and (b) expertise in mainstream schools.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to allow schools to set their own inclusivity guidelines.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to allow local authorities to influence inclusivity guidelines for schools under their jurisdiction.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether local authorities will be responsible for providing inclusivity training to schools within their jurisdiction.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her planned timetable is for introducing measures to improve inclusivity and expertise in mainstream schools.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to implement inclusivity and expertise in mainstream schools.
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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) onshore oil developments in the UK on areas of significant housing growth such as the Ardingly Reservoir catchment and (b) those developments on drinking water.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme Authority's analysis of the ceramics sector’s carbon leakage risk.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making commercially viable decarbonisation solutions available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the brick-making industry on replacing the EU Carbon Leakage List.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with representatives of the brick-making industry from East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency on replacing the EU Carbon Leakage List.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he considered introducing (a) carbon leakage protections and (b) carbon border adjustment mechanisms before extending the UK Emissions Trading Scheme beyond 2030.
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that businesses affected by the water outage receive suitable compensation in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure businesses affected by the water outage receive suitable compensation in Sussex.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help expand the network of small abattoirs in (a) the South East and (b) England.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the closure of small abattoirs on food (a) safety and (b) security.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing long term funding through (a) grants and (b) discounts to small abattoirs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps has he taken to reduce regulations on (a) small-scale abattoirs and (b) other rural food producers in Sussex.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support small abattoirs.
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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to her Department's consultation entitled Reforming planning rules to accelerate deployment of digital infrastructure, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the permitted width upgrades…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has conducted an equality impact assessment on the increase in the use of AI within the Civil Service.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she has taken with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure women over 55 years old have adequate opportunities to participate in skill and development training for using AI in the public sector.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that mobile operators improve signal reliability in rural and semi rural areas of East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that mobile operators improve signal reliability in rural and semi rural areas of East Sussex.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that mobile operators improve signal reliability in rural and semi rural areas of West Sussex.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the level of mobile signal coverage gaps in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the level of mobile signal coverage gaps in East Sussex.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the level of mobile signal coverage gaps in West Sussex.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether mobile signal improvements in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency will contribute to the Government’s connectivity targets.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether mobile signal improvements in East Sussex will contribute to the Government’s connectivity targets.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether mobile signal improvements in West Sussex will contribute to the Government’s connectivity targets.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps she is taking to improve mobile phone and broadband access in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.
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Department for Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with West Sussex County Council on improving its road maintenance rating.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with East Sussex County Council on improving its road maintenance rating.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help support the maintenance of highways in East Sussex.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help support the maintenance of highways in West Sussex.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve the condition of road networks in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that local authorities repair potholes in Sussex.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve the safety and security of lorry driver roadside facilities.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support the physical and mental health of lorry drivers.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press release entitled Prime Minister announces seven new stations and major rail funding commitment, of 17 February 2026, whether additional funding has been set aside in the fiscal framework for ongoing maintenance of the new…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press release entitled Prime Minister announces seven new stations and major rail funding commitment, of 17 February 2026, whether that announcement forms part of the transport funding from the Spending Review.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press release entitled Prime Minister announces seven new stations and major rail funding commitment, of 17 February 2026, what funding source is being used; and whether those funds are from existing Department for Transport…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press release entitled Prime Minister announces seven new stations and major rail funding commitment, of 17 February 2026, how much her Department is contributing to the rail infrastructure projects in Wales by financial year.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for upgrading rail infrastructure on the Uckfield line.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Gatwick Runway expansion on noise levels in the East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has she made of the potential impact of Gatwick Runway expansion on the local economy and the need for workers accommodation in a) the build stage and b) on the operation of the new runway.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Gatwick Runway expansion on levels of emissions in the East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Gatwick Runway expansion for the economic contribution of the airport to the East Grinstead and Uckfield Constituency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has the Department made of trends in seasonal variations in train reliability in the East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency, particularly during winter months.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how does the Department plan to monitor and improve passenger satisfaction following recent timetable changes in East Grinstead and Uckfield Constituency.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to ensure adequate staffing levels on GTR services during peak commuting hours.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding was (a) allocated and (b) spent on railways in Wales between 2010 and 2024 by fiscal period.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the electrification of the train line between Uckfield and Hurst Green on train reliability.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the electrification of the train line between Uckfield and Hurst Green on economic growth in Sussex.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the electrification of the train line between Uckfield and Hurst Green on passenger service.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of running the Class 171 diesel fleet of trains on the line between Uckfield and Hurst Green on the environment.
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Department of Health and Social Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has conducted an equality impact assessment of the increase in the use of artificial intelligence in the National Health Service.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure a) all women who are eligible take up breast screening in West Sussex and b) his Department tracks and follows up on non-attendance appointments.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) ensure all women who are eligible take up breast screening in East Sussex and (b) track and follow up on non-attendance appointments.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that 85 per cent of breast cancer patients start treatment within 62 days of urgent referral.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when NHS England will publish the delayed breast screening uptake improvement plan.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce delays caused by inadequate clinic capacity that prevent urgent breast referrals from meeting the 28 day Faster Diagnosis Standard.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that people living with incurable secondary breast cancer have timely access to new and effective medicines, including treatments such as Enhertu and Trodelvy.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of the impact of his Department’s requirement for opportunity cost neutrality in NICE’s severity modifier on investment in treatments for more severe conditions.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he last met with the Patient Safety Commissioner.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date his Department will publish the terms of reference for the national maternity review.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to consult (a) the Maternity Safety Alliance and (b) other bereaved families’ groups as part of the national maternity review.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to The Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 February 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) his Department and (b) ICBs have issued guidance to larger GP practices with multiple sites across several ICB areas.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the rapid national investigation into NHS maternity and neonatal services to complete.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the rapid national investigation into NHS maternity and neonatal services to make its initial set of recommendations.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on increasing the recruitment and training of midwives since July 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the recruitment and training of midwives.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Food Standards Agency (a) inspection charges and (b) regulations on small abattoirs.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to conduct regular financial audits of GP practices that are part of national chains on an (a) national and (b) local individual surgery basis.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent fraud by nationwide GP chains.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued guidance on the maximum distance that a patient should travel to see their registered GP.
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Home Office
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings have her (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants attended relating to the Crowborough Training Camp and the accommodation of asylum seekers that were facilitated by the leadership of Wealden District Council since October 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has facilitated visits to the Crowborough Training Camp for Councillor Rachel Millward and Councillor James Partridge, the Leaders of Wealden District Council; and on what date any such visit took place.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any Ministers from her Department have visited the Crowborough Training Camp since October 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received any written representations or invitations to meet from Councillor Ian Tysh (Maresfield, Planning and Environment Portfolio) of Wealden District Council relating to the accommodation of asylum seekers at the…
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received any written representations or invitations to meet from Councillor Gareth Owen-Williams (Crowborough Jarvis Brook) of Wealden District Council relating to the accommodation of asylum seekers at the…
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been (a) moved from the Copthorne Hotel since 22 January and (b) are still located at the site.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers at the Copthorne Hotel London Gatwick are (a) single males and (b) family groups for which the latest data is available.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have absconded from the Copthorne Hotel Gatwick Airport to date.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when will the Copthorne Hotel Gatwick Airport cease to provide asylum accommodation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been moved from the Copthorne Hotel since 22 January 2026; and how many asylum seekers are still located at the site.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, since the morning of Thursday 22nd January, how many asylum seekers have been moved into the accommodation in Crowborough; and how many asylum seekers since the aforementioned date have absconded from the site.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the Home Office received the legal action submitted by Crowborough Shield; when the Department plans to respond to that legal action; which Minister will be responsible for responding.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2025 to Question 90289 on Offences against Children: Wales, if she will publish the correspondence with the First Minister of Wales.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on (a) when and (b) how often they can issue legal stop notices in relation to the housing of asylum seekers in their areas.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on whether Wealden District Council has submitted any (a) legal challenge and (b) letter before action to any aspects of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in relation to the Crowborough Training Camp…
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the legal challenges made by Wealden District Council relating to the publicising of applications under section 293B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 relating to the Crowborough Training Camp…
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on whether any directions enabling or inviting objections to a section 293B application regarding the Crowborough Training Camp and Asylum Seeker accommodation have been issued Wealden District Council.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Wealden District Council on (a) the steps it is taking to ensure that objections from the public are invited in relation to any proposed development at the Crowborough Training Camp and Asylum Seeker…
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if Wealden District Council is responsible for leading local stakeholder engagement; and share the stakeholder engagement plan in relation to the proposed use of the Crowborough Training Camp for Asylum Seeker accommodation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has submitted the required information under section 293B(7) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in relation to an application by the Ministry of Defence concerning the use of Crowborough Training Camp for asylum…
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has exercised powers under section 293B(9) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to require the publication of notices in relation to any such application concerning the Crowborough Training Camp and asylum seeker accommodation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has met with, consulted or received submissions from the Ashdown Forest Conservators on the proposed use of the Crowborough Training Camp for asylum seeker accommodation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Secretary of State has issued any directions under section 293B(13) to Wealden District Council relating to site notices or other publicity requirements for the Crowborough Training Camp and asylum seeker accommodation application.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to help victims of grooming gangs in Wales.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make (a) an assessment of the potential merits of launching a Wales-wide inquiry into grooming gangs and (b) it her policy to tackle ongoing crimes relating to grooming gangs in Wales.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has allocated to Wealden District Council for each asylum seeker.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on (a) when and (b) how often they can issue legal stop notices in relation to the housing of asylum seekers in their areas.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the budget was for the seasonal workforce for Border Force in 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions waiting time targets were exceeded at major points of entry in 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) travel and (b) other costs were of back filling shortfalls in Border Force staff in 2024; and how many (i) posts and (ii) hours of time were backfilled.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers were contracted in the seasonal workforce within Border Force in 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) sickness and (b) staff retention rates were of the seasonal workforce in Border force in 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many former seasonal workforce officers were offered permanent positions after their contacts ended prior to 2024; and how many vacancies there were for them in 2024.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what timetable she has set for establishing specialist rape and sexual offences teams in every police force.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what timetable she has set to introduce domestic abuse experts in 999 control rooms.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to amend police funding to help tackle extreme misogyny.
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels are (a) providing and (b) in negotiations to provide accommodation to asylum seekers in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.
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Ministry of Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any objection has been received from Wealden District Council as the Local Planning Authority on the use of Crowborough Training Camp as asylum accommodation.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an application under Section 293B Town and County Planning Act 1990 in relation to the Crowborough Training Camp.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an application under Section 293B Town and County Planning Act 1990 in relation to the Crowborough Training Camp.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure local planning authorities have sufficient skills and capacity to process telecommunications planning applications swiftly.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure local planning authorities have sufficient skills and capacity to process telecommunications planning applications in a timely manner in East Sussex.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that local planning authorities in West Sussex have sufficient skills and capacity to process telecommunications planning applications swiftly.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish guidance on the minimum time and notice period required under section 293B(7) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
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Ministry of Justice
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department’s sentencing review will include domestic abuse offences.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department’s sentencing review will include sexual violence offences.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department’s sentencing review will consider the suitability of sentences for stalking offences.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department’s sentencing review will consider the suitability of sentences for honour-based violence.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department’s sentencing review consider the suitability of sentences for doxing offences.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department’s sentencing review will consider the potential merits of designating misogyny as a hate crime.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what her planned timetable is for establishing specialist rape courts in every Crown Court location in England and Wales.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what timetable she has set to introduce a victims’ legal advocate in every police force area.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to encourage uptake of the SafeLives Independent Domestic Violence Advisor training course.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to review sentencing guidelines for extreme misogyny.
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Treasury
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has conducted an equality impact assessment for the increase in employer National Insurance contributions.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on female employees.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions on young people seeking employment.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has conducted an equality impact assessment of maintaining income tax thresholds until 2030/31.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of additional (a) women and (b) ethnic minority people who will be earning incomes that will be taxed by surpassing (i) the basic income tax threshold and (ii) the higher rate of income tax threshold.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing employer National Insurance contribution thresholds on people in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency in part-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing employer National Insurance contribution thresholds on people in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency in full-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing employer National Insurance contribution thresholds on people in Sussex in part-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing employer National Insurance contribution thresholds on people in Sussex in full-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing employer National Insurance contribution thresholds on women in full-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing employer National Insurance contribution thresholds on women in part-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing employer National Insurance contribution thresholds on young people in full-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing employer National Insurance contribution thresholds on disabled people in part-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing employer National Insurance contribution thresholds on disabled people in full-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing the writing-down allowance main rate in corporation tax on women-led businesses.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing the writing-down allowance main rate in corporation tax on businesses in East Grinstead and Uckfield Constituency.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing the writing-down allowance main rate in corporation tax on businesses in Sussex.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of taxing pension contributions above £2,000 on women in full-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of taxing pension contributions above £2,000 on women in part-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of taxing pension contributions above £2,000 on disabled people in full-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of taxing pension contributions above £2,000 on disabled people in part-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on women in full-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on women in part-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on young people in part-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on young people in full-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on disabled people in part-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on disabled people in full-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on people in Sussex in part-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on people in the East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency who are in part-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on people in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency in full-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of freezing personal tax thresholds on people in Sussex in full-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed cap on cash ISA contributions for under-65s on women.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed cap on cash ISA contributions for under-65s on disabled people.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed cap on cash ISA contributions for under-65s on in East Grinstead and Uckfield Constituency.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed cap on cash ISA contributions for under-65s on in Sussex.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of taxing pension contributions above £2,000 on people in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency in part-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of taxing pension contributions above £2,000 on people in the East Grinstead and Uckfield Constituency in full-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of taxing pension contributions above £2,000 on people in Sussex in part-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of taxing pension contributions above £2,000 on people in Sussex in full-time work.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of an independent review of inheritance tax changes for family farms.
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed inheritance tax changes to family farms on (a) rural communities and (b) East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.
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Wales Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the press release entitled Prime Minister announces seven new stations and major rail funding commitment, of 17 February 2026, what the source of the funding is for the construction of the new railway stations; and what proportion is being…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the press release entitled Prime Minister announces seven new stations and major rail funding commitment, of 17 February 2026, what her planned timeframe is for the expenditure of the funds allocated to the new Welsh rail stations; and by…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the press release entitled Prime Minister announces seven new stations and major rail funding commitment, of 17 February 2026, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government and Transport for Wales on risk and delivery…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the press release entitled Prime Minister announces seven new stations and major rail funding commitment, of 17 February 2026, whether the funding for new Welsh rail stations will require additional Barnett consequentials for the Welsh…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Welsh Government on how much of the £445 million funding for Welsh railways will be spent on (a) electrification, (b) railway station development, (c) railway station development and track upgrade…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Welsh Government on how much and what proportion of the £450 million investment in Welsh railways will be spent in the current spending review period; and whether her Department has issued…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if she will provide a breakdown by operations, maintenance, renewals and enhancement of funding committed by the UK Government to Welsh railways between 2025–26 and 2028–29.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether the investment announced for Welsh railways forms part of a multi-year funding settlement; and how much of the investment is guaranteed beyond 2025–26, including planned spend in 2026–27 and 2027–28.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what meetings she has held with the victims and survivors of grooming gangs in Wales since January 2025.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether her Department has had it own ministerial car service since her appointment.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital spending has been allocated to railways in Wales in each year of the Spending Review period; and (i) how much and (ii) over what period of time her Department plans to spend on railways in Wales outside of the Spending…
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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to her oral answer in response to the question from the hon. Member for Lichfield of 16 July 2025, Official Report, Column 282, over what period that £445 million covers; and what the allocated spending is in each financial year.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to her oral answer in response to the question from the hon. Member for Lichfield of 16 July 2025, Official Report, Column 282, what the evidential basis is for her statement on historic underfunding.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether she has had discussions with Welsh farmers on changes to inheritance tax.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the (a) closure of Oakwood theme park and (b) potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on the (i) hospitality and (ii) tourism sectors in Wales.
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