Charlotte Cane MP: written questions
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Science: ResearchDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if the Government will allocate Ministerial responsibility for science centres to a specific Department.
Answer: The UK’s Science and Discovery Centres have an important role in engaging the public with science and technology and in inspiring young people, particularly those from underrepresented groups, their primary role is as visitor centres focussed on the role ...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSkilled Workers: ScientistsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes to immigration laws on the level of recruitment of skilled science professionals from abroad.
Answer: The Government remains committed to attracting the best talent from around the world to the UK.The Immigration White Paper makes clear the valuable contribution that high-skilled workers make to our science and technology sectors. It also set-out our ambi...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: WomenMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that women in the armed forces are equipped with appropriate (a) uniforms and (b) equipment.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is continually seeking to ensure all women in our Armed Forces are equipped with appropriate clothing, including uniforms, and equipment. Following the House of Commons Defence Sub-Committee on Women in the Armed Forces repor...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: WomenMinistry of DefenceTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that women in the armed forces are equipped with appropriate (a) uniforms and (b) equipment.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is continually seeking to ensure all women in our Armed Forces are equipped with appropriate clothing, including uniforms, and equipment. Following the House of Commons Defence Sub-Committee on Women in the Armed Forces repor...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHospices: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take further steps to support children's hospices with their energy costs.
Answer: While most palliative care and end of life care is provided by National Health Service staff and services, we recognise the vital part that voluntary sector organisations, including children’s hospices, also play in providing support to people at the end ...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHorse racing: GamblingTreasuryTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74875More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of harmonising gambling tax rates on the horseracing industry.
Answer: The Government consultation on proposals to simplify the current gambling tax system by merging the three current taxes that cover remote (including online) gambling into one closed on 21 July 2025. Responses are now being analysed and a response to the c...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPalliative Care: ChildrenDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has considered introducing multi-year NHS funding for the health elements of children's palliative care.
Answer: Palliative care services, including for children, are included in the list of services that integrated care boards (ICBs) must commission. This promotes a more consistent national approach and supports commissioners in prioritising palliative and end of l...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpiking: ProsecutionsAttorney GeneralTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73590More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the effective prosecution of people who commit spiking.
Answer: Administering a substance to a person without their consent – commonly known as ‘spiking’ – is a serious criminal offence. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is committed to prosecuting spiking cases effectively where they are referred to us by the polic...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment: AutismDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to encourage businesses to employ people with autism.
Answer: In the plan to Make Work Pay (October 2024), government committed to raising awareness of all forms of neurodiversity in the workplace. This includes autism. In January 2025, DWP launched an independent panel of academics with expertise andexperiences of ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Vet Times's article entitled Animal beating reported ‘once every 15 minutes’ – RSPCA, published on 2
Answer: Cruelty to animals is unacceptable. The Government keeps animal welfare policy under review and is committed to ensuring that animals are protected from unnecessary suffering. Enforcement of animal welfare standards is primarily delivered through the powe...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: CambridgeshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to help tackle animal beatings in Cambridgeshire.
Answer: Enforcement of animal welfare standards is primarily delivered through the powers available under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, which makes it an offence to cause any animal unnecessary suffering or to fail to provide for its welfare. The Animal Welfare (S...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to accelerate the transition to a circular economy.
Answer: This Government is committed to transitioning towards a circular economy and has convened a Circular Economy Taskforce of experts to help develop the first ever Circular Economy Strategy for England, for which we plan to publish for consultation in the co...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Digital TechnologyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help support businesses to take up digital technologies.
Answer: The SME Digital Adoption Taskforce will shortly publish its final recommendations to accelerate digital adoption among Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, and we are launching pilots to test delivery of support.Our Industrial Strategy set out ambitions, i...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: TrainingDepartment for EducationTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help support businesses to invest in skills and training.
Answer: The department’s Industrial Strategy sets out the interventions we will make to help tackle barriers to employer engagement with the skills system. This includes introducing shorter duration and foundation apprenticeships in priority sectors, the introduc...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65516More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Act 2025 on small and medium sized businesses.
Answer: A Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) was published alongside the introduction of the Bill containing the changes to employer NICs. The TIIN sets out the impact of the policy on the exchequer, the economic impacts of the policy, and the impacts on indi...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65512More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Act on small high-street businesses.
Answer: The Non-Domestic Rating (Private Schools and Multipliers) Act gained Royal Assent on 3 April, giving the Government powers to introduce the new multipliers announced at Autumn Budget 2024, and removing charitable rate relief for private schools. The new m...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Urban AreasDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support high street businesses.
Answer: This government is committed to supporting high street businesses. DBT is working across government to reform business rates, empower local authorities to address vacant properties through high street rental auctions and to tackling anti-social behaviour ...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: ReformMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of abolishing residential leaseholds.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 21 November 2024 (HCWS244).
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: Nature ConservationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65507More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to protect nature through the planning process.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework is clear about the importance of conserving and enhancing the natural environment. Planning policies and decisions should contribute to and enhance the natural and local environment by minimising impacts on and provi...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65505More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to ensure that new housing developments have adequate access to infrastructure.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development, including the provision of supporting infrastructure in a sustainable manner. Local development plans s...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage farmers to farm sustainably.
Answer: The Government is backing British farming. We are prioritising investment that supports the government’s Plan for Change and building on the Secretary of State’s work to reform Defra to drive growth while maintaining a steadfast commitment to farming, foo...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Land UseDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has to assess land use changes in applications for new energy infrastructure.
Answer: The implications of land use change are already considered as part of the examination and determination of all applications for new energy infrastructure. In future, optimal locations for energy infrastructure will be identified by the Strategic Spatial E...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: TemperatureDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to safeguard critical energy infrastructure against the extreme summer temperatures.
Answer: Great Britain’s electricity infrastructure is highly resilient and designed to operate in a wide range of conditions. The risks to GB's electricity system from extreme heat are low, but in the unlikely event of any impacts, the energy sector has long-stan...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable Energy: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to provide funding for renewable energy sources.
Answer: The Government has proposed a number of reforms to the next allocation round of the Contracts for Difference scheme, to ensure the auction can deliver significant renewable electricity capacity at a fair price to consumers. Great British Energy and Great ...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to reduce energy bills.
Answer: The Government believes that our mission to deliver clean power by 2030 is the best way to break our dependence on global fossil fuel markets and protect billpayers permanently. The creation of Great British Energy will help us to harness clean energy and...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
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