To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to help ensure that public services are coterminous.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to support British SMEs in public procurement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what action is being taken to support the hospitality sector in South Shropshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help support hairdressing businesses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to improve the sustainability of post office services in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to encourage people to shop locally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of protections for a safety-critical worker where the prescribed regulator is itself a shareholder in the organisation alleged to be improperly certifying maintenance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the prevalence of the use of non-disclosure agreements during corporate restructuring in safety-critical sectors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements during corporate restructuring in safety-critical sectors in the context of the Employment Tribunal correction in Unite v MAEL.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps the Government is taking to support community pubs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions he has had with the Royal Mail on tackling postal delays in rural communities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) high streets and (b) town centres in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to increase apprenticeship opportunities within his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to maintain the level of UK exports.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action is being taken to help places of worship with the VAT incurred on conservation projects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what action is being taken to support heritage within historic market towns.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help increase the number of youth workers in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support culture and heritage in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote access to grassroots sports in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps are being taken to support heritage assets in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps are being taken to increase volunteering opportunities in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding is available to increase access to grassroots sport in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support conservation projects in churches at risk.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve the sustainability of local authority leisure centres.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to support community libraries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support the visitor economy in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to improve services for young people in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support is available for community sports organisations to help modernise (a) running tracks and (b) other facilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to improve the long-term viability of local authority-owned leisure centres.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what funding her Department is providing for the renovation of multi-use sports pitches.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the TV licence increase on household budgets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to promote the National Youth Strategy survey in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken to improve funding available for youth sports competitions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support access to leisure facilities in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support the tourism sector in South Shropshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase reading for fun in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many family hubs there are in a) urban and b) rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to restore the academy conversion support grant.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what action is being taken to support SEND transport costs in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to support independent specialist education colleges.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the provision of childcare in all rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the recruitment and retention of further education staff in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on the expansion of mental health support teams in rural schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking support (a) schools and (b) parents with school transport in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure rural schools are able to access the Breakfast Clubs Early Adopters scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress she has made on launching a new National Music Education Network.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many breakfast club early adopters there are in (a) rural and (b) urban areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help schools support pupils experiencing childhood bereavement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to deliver at least one Family Hub in every local authority area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support is in place for those facing increases to the price of heating oil.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to increase energy security.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his policy is on the use of agricultural land for solar energy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of the domestic tourism sector on his net zero targets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to promote limestone insulation as an energy efficiency measure.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of of green levies on utility bills.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help support households that are off the (a) gas and (b) electricity grid to improve their energy efficiency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help reduce petrol prices in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he has taken to increase apprenticeship opportunities within his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support vulnerable households with energy costs in off-grid communities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to accelerate complementary reforms on the electricity distribution network to ensure that grid connections are accelerated, in addition to reforms to the planning regime for electricity transmission…

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Energy Networks Association’s report entitled Our common sense plan for planning, published in December 2023, if he will make it his policy to (a) amend permitted development rights for the upgrading of the…

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to prevent solar panels from being placed on agricultural land.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help people in rural areas with energy costs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the competitiveness of British egg producers in the context of the proposed ban on keeping laying hens, pullets and breeder layers in cages.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support farmers impacted by flooding in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to reduce barriers to cross-border travel without physical checks for thoroughbred horses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action is being taken to increase the redistribution of surplus food.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help ensure that farmers are not adversely impacted by imports.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress her Department has made on a Sanitary and Phytosanitary agreement with the EU.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has plans for the Border Target Operating Model for equines to go live before a Sanitary and Phytosanitary agreement is made with the EU.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will provide an update, following comments made by the Minister for Rural Affairs to the House on 6 February 2025, on plans for the implementation of the Border Target Operating Model.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support innovation on UK farms.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps are being taken to localise food supply chains.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will increase the level of support available for the Farming in Protected Landscapes programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what action is being taken to improve food security in South Shropshire constituency and the West Midlands.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential for economic growth in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made in improving water quality in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support small abattoirs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the evidence used by his Department to inform its policy on burning on peatlands.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to launch a smaller village halls grants scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the land use framework will support sustainable food production on farms.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) financial and (b) legal support has been made available for local nature recovery strategies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of extending permitted development rights on farm productivity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been allocated to local environmental improvement projects through the Water Restoration Fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will increase funding for flood defence schemes in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of bathing water sites in (a) Shropshire and (b) the West Midlands.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 5 December 2024 from the hon. Member for South Shropshire, inviting him to meet farmers in his constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve the delivery of public services in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the agriculture budget will be spent in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to improve the condition of Sites of Specific Scientific Interest.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to increase export opportunities for UK farmers and food producers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help farmers affected by the outbreak of avian flu.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help retailers distribute surplus food to local charities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce food waste.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to consult on a statutory target for food production self-sufficiency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps are being taken to increase mobile connectivity in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to help people to prepare for the digital switchover in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes to the planned timetable for gigabit rollout on rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the time taken to implement gigabit rollout in rural areas on those areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress his Department has made on gigabit voucher take-up in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to improve public sector delivery with (a) technologies and (b) AI.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to improve mobile reliability in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help increase mobile phone coverage.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support is available for community transport schemes in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to improve road safety for older drivers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps have been taken to improve the accessibility of the high street for wheelchair users.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding is available to increase options for active travel involving schools in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve rural road safety.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help increase active travel options in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will reduce the cost of the Veterans Railcard.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support the sustainability of bus services in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to identify long-term solutions to (a) potholes and (b) other road defects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support older people in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what action is being taken to increase employment and training opportunities for young people in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to help support women affected by increases in State Pension age in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help improve farm safety.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase apprenticeship opportunities within her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to increase awareness of the availability of Pension Credit in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of restricting eligibility for Winter Fuel Payments on levels of pensioner poverty in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to support women impacted by increases to the State Pension Age in South Shropshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to NHS dentistry in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve mental health in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the email from the hon. Member for South Shropshire dated 24 October 2025 with case reference number SA36602.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help restrict the sale of illegal prescription drugs online.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of community diagnostic hubs in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) innovation and (b) collaboration in improving public health outcomes in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve access to palliative care in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to closed mortuaries on family visiting arrangements.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve access to dental care in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency early access service for innovative technologies to open.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help support Midlands Air Ambulance Charity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to introduce a young cancer patients travel fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the role of the NHS in social care delivery.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to healthcare facilities in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the retention and recruitment of dentists in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to NHS dental care in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the long-term sustainability of the hospice sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to support access to orthopaedic care for veterans.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to support community pharmacies in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of the National Health Service in helping local authorities to improve the social care sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to increase the level of apprenticeship opportunities within his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will put the role of Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief on a statutory footing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help increase opportunities for cultural exchange across the Commonwealth.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action is being taken to help improve the availability of domestic abuse services in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to promote police visibility in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on the delivery of the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase levels of deportation of foreign national offenders.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding is available from her Department for local crime prevention measures in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action her Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour in rural towns and villages in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increases in the cost of shotgun licences on funding for youth activities.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what action is being taken to increase scam awareness in rural communities.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the ability of police forces to implement the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made on the implementation of the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether funding will be allocated to roll out hotspot policing in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour in rural towns and villages.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what action is being taken to increase opportunities for SMEs in defence supply chains.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has received representations on the potential impact of the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 on military operational capability.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to strengthen UK civil defence and resilience.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking as part of the Valour programme to support veterans in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps are being taken to improve the UK defence industrial base in (a) Shropshire and (b) the West Midlands.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether a Minister for Veterans Affairs will be appointed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of permitted development rights on the rural economy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support communities impacted by flooding in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support affordable housing delivery in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps are being taken to support community-backed housing schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will reinstate financial support for the development of neighbourhood plans.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the cost of extending Energy Performance Certificate regulations to short-term holiday lets on the finances of owners of those properties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support community ownership.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure protections are in place for the provision of (a) sports, (b) physical activity and (b) green spaces in the consideration of planning applications.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding is available for community ownership projects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department plans to provide through the Plan for Neighbourhoods to (a) towns and (b) villages in South Shropshire constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of support for community land projects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish a call for evidence on park home sales commission.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to help increase the number of community (a) pubs and (b) social clubs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the Department's long-term strategy is for enabling local communities to save valued community assets from deterioration.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help local authorities in rural areas effectively use compulsory purchase orders to bring derelict buildings back into community use.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the operating costs are for Mayoral Combined Authorities for (a) the 2025-26 and (b) each of the next five financial years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to tackle pockets of deprivation in rural local authority areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase the (a) skills and (b) capacity of planning authorities in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support the renovation of (a) village halls and (b) community centres.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support park home owners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to encourage developers to use design features that provide nesting facilities for endangered birds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to increase the number of apprenticeship opportunities within her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he is taking steps to increase the number of apprenticeships within his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he is taking steps to increase the number of apprenticeships within his Department.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps her Department is taking to help increase productivity.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of reducing business rates on hospitality venues that use local food chains.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the confidentiality agreements relating to RBS Global Restructuring Group.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to reply to the email from the hon. Member for South Shropshire dated 11 September 2025 with case reference number SA36696.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will review the adequacy of assessment criteria for establishing banking hubs.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a single remote gambling duty on the sustainability of the horseracing sector.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to increase the number of apprenticeships available in her Department.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate her Department has made of the number of businesses that will no longer be eligible for Small Business Rate Relief as a result of rateable value increases at the 2026 revaluation.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including (a) air conditioning systems, (b) solar panels and (c) other energy-efficient installations within the scope of Improvement Relief in the context of encouraging (i) business investment and…

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps she is taking to support small businesses in (a) South Shropshire and (b) other rural communities.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help return inflation to the target rate.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help veterans access Tax-Free Childcare.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will reduce the level of VAT on food and hot beverages in the hospitality sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether she is taking steps to increase the number of apprenticeships within her Department.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when she plans to reply to the email from the hon. Member for South Shropshire dated 19 June 2025 with case reference number SA34564.