Matt Bishop

Earned Income and State Retirement Pensions: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to ensure that (a) self-employed people and (b) employees are not subject to higher taxation on both their earnings and state pension.

Defibrillators

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of developing a national strategy to place defibrillators in high need areas.

Shoplifting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle retail crime.

Firearms: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if will make an assessment of the potential merits of a national firearms application process.

Shared Rural Network: Forest of Dean

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress has been made on the rollout of the shared rural network in the Forest of Dean constituency.

Eyesight: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the NHS sight test fee; and if he will take steps to increase that fee.

Shops: Music

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle the impact of music in shops on people with sensory sensitivities.

Pupils: Reading

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage reading for pleasure by (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils.

School Libraries: Primary Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding mechanisms she is considering to support primary schools in (a) installing and (b) maintaining library facilities.

Police: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Police Federation's press release entitled Pensions update from the Police Federation of England and Wales, published on 3