Alex Mayer MP: written questions

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Written questions

Fireworks: Animal WelfareDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress he has made on consulting animal welfare organisations on the review of fireworks legislation.
Answer: I have met with several animal charities in recent months, including Dogs Trust, the RSPCA and Redwings, through the fireworks working group. I continue to engage with businesses, consumer groups and charities to gather evidence on the issues and impacts ...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
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Summertime: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of moving to (a) single and (b) double summer time on cumulative carbon emissions.
Answer: The Government believes the current daylight-saving arrangements represent the optimal use of the available daylight across the UK. Therefore, we have no plans to introduce single summertime, double summertime, or other such changes. Since the Government ...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
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Electric Vehicles: Hire ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the report entitled Annual Shared Micromobility Report 2024 published by CoMoUK.
Answer: We are committed to growing shared micromobility in Great Britain. The Government continues to trial rental e-scooters so we can learn what works, and on 21 July I announced these trials will be extended to May 2028, and for the first time since the trial...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
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Pension Schemes BillDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact the Pension Schemes Bill on the savings of people in (a) Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency and (b) East of England.
Answer: The Pension Schemes Bill could mean nationally an average earner saving over their career may have around £29,000 more in their Defined Contribution pension pot at retirement. In total, around 20 million savers could benefit from the Bill and around 2 mil...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
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Road Traffic Offences: Fixed PenaltiesDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is considering taking steps to reform the escalation process for Penalty Charge Notices in cases where the original notice was for a minor offence and was not received by the registered k
Answer: With regard to on-street parking, local highway authorities are responsible for enforcing parking restrictions under the system of Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE). Penalty charge notices must be issued in line with the Secretary of State’s ‘Statutory Guid...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
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First Aid: EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the provision of basic life support education in schools.
Answer: All state-funded schools are required to teach first aid as part of the statutory health education curriculum, as part of relationships, sex and health education. This includes basic treatment for common injuries, life-saving skills, including how to admi...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
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Fish Farming: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to introduce species-specific requirements for the slaughter of farmed fish.
Answer: Since publication of the Animal Welfare Committee’s updated Opinion on the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing a GB-wide joint government-industry working group on farmed trout has been examining the issues raised in the report. This co-design w...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
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Animal Experiments: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of transferring responsibility for the licensing of animal testing to the (a) Department for Environment, Food and Rural
Answer: It is the responsibility of the Cabinet Office to consider the benefits of any changes to the allocation of responsibilities between different government departments.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
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Understanding Animal ResearchCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66753More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many arm’s-length bodies provided funding to Understanding Animal Research in the 2024–25 financial year, broken down by the amount of funding provided by each body.
Answer: Information on how issued funding is spent by arms length bodies, including any membership of third party organisations, is not gathered centrally.
Answered 23 Jul 2025
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Road Signs and Markings: SchoolsDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a list of locations with enforceable School Keep Clear road markings in each local authority area.
Answer: The Government has no plans to publish such a list. Local authorities are responsible for these markings and maintaining their own records.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
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