Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has issued to local authorities on the interaction between temporary licensing extensions and planning conditions affecting opening hours for pubs and hospitalit

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will review the relationship between licensing permissions and planning controls for hospitality venues during nationally significant sporting events.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the impact of current planning enforcement arrangements on hospitality businesses where extended licensing hours have been approved by local lice

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government is taking steps to help ensure that hospitality businesses are not subject to conflicting decisions between licensing and planning authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has had discussions with Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council regarding the potential impact of planning restrictions on pubs and hospitality venues in Stockton-on-Tees du

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information he holds on the impact of planning restrictions on the ability of hospitality venues that have been granted extended licensing hours for major sporting events to

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the United Kingdom’s capability to participate in EU-wide and international clinical trials for rare cancers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Minister has had discussions with representatives of the hospitality sector to discuss the potential impact of conflicting licensing and planning regulations on pubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims have been sent letters advising them their perpetrator may be released from prison early as a result of the Sentencing Act 2026.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders (broken down by type of offence) will be released at each of the scheduled early releases as part of the earned progression model as laid out by The Sentencing Act 2026 (Commencement No. 4) Reg

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for the rights of disabled people of the recent Supreme Court ruling concerning the assessment of deprivation of liberty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Minister of State for Rail plans to respond to the letters of (a) 23 April and (b) 3 June from the hon. Member for Arundel and South Downs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to establish women's health hubs in NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement that the UK National Screening Committee’s prostate cancer screening economic model will remain active, how will peer-reviewed evidence be incorporated into that

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the introduction of an organised prostate cancer screening programme on levels of PSA testing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that pupils with medical conditions receive appropriate healthcare support during the school day; what assessment she has made of the respective roles and resp

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of speech and language therapy provision for children with speech, language and communication needs in Eastleigh constituency; what data his

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential benefits of (1) running a targeted public health campaign to raise awareness of the health consequences of physique-enhancing drugs, including anabolic steroids, and (2) using

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of childcare support for parents seeking to enter or return to employment; whether she has assessed the extent to which the number of funded childcar

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed changes to the Nutrient Profiling Model, including the adoption of a free sugars methodology, on (a) the availability of fortifie

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to support the rollout of 350 banking hubs by the end of this Parliament.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of towns that have been left without a bank but are not eligible for a banking hub.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the press release entitled Cardiff's biggest ever jobs fair sees thousands of young people connect with local employers, of 15 May 2026, whether his Department has plans to hold jobs f

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her department is taking to reduce anti-social behaviour on trains related to excessive alcohol consumption.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the relationship between alcohol consumption and incidents of anti-social behaviour on trains.