Daisy Cooper MP: written questions 2025
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Street Works (Penalties for Utility Companies) BillDepartment for TransportTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the measures set out in the Street Works (Penalties for Utility Companies) Bill.
Answer: I understand that the second reading of this Bill is scheduled for 11 July. The Government will set out its position as part of that debate.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIntegrated Care Boards: CorrespondenceDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of response times to enquiries from hon. Members from Integrated Care Boards.
Answer: No assessment has been made. We encourage Members of Parliament to raise correspondence timelines directly with their respective integrated care boards.
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLuton Airport: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2025 to Question 44558 on Luton Airport, whether her Department sought legal advice on the compatibility of its decision to expand Luton Airport with commitments under the 201
Answer: The full reasons for the Secretary of State’s decision on 3 April 2025 to grant consent to the London Luton Airport Expansion scheme are set out in her decision letter which is published on the Planning Inspectorate’s website. As an application has been m...
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParaneoplastic Encephalomyelitis: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May to Question 51941 on Paraneoplastic Encephalomyelitis: Diagnosis, whether the NHS routinely sends blood samples to the US for analysis when testing for Paraneoplast
Answer: There are a number of laboratories in England which provide blood testing for paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis, although the Department has not made a specific formal estimate of how many there are. Several National Health Service laboratories across the ...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordParaneoplastic Encephalomyelitis: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 51941 on Paraneoplastic Encephalomyelitis: Diagnosis, how many laboratories provide blood testing for Paraneoplastic Encephalomyelitis.
Answer: There are a number of laboratories in England which provide blood testing for paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis, although the Department has not made a specific formal estimate of how many there are. Several National Health Service laboratories across the ...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordImport Controls: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing inspectors to carry out sanitary and phytosanitary checks at border control points after 5pm.
Answer: Border Control Posts (BCPs) and Control Points already operate on a range of schedules. The inspection hours are determined by the competent authorities and are based on factors such as the volume of traffic, arrival times, and the resources available at ...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPlants: Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with his EU counterparts on an agreement on (a) sanitary and phytosanitary measures (b) plant health.
Answer: We have now agreed the parameters which will establish a UK-EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement to make agrifood trade with our biggest market cheaper and easier, cutting costs and red tape for British producers and retailers.
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Trade with EU: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming the UK/EU Sanitary and Phytosanitary agreement to improve the ability of businesses to trade in EU countries.
Answer: The Prime Minister welcomed President of the European Commission Ursula Von Der Leyen and President of the EU Council António Costa to London for a UK-EU Summit on 19 May. At that Summit we agreed the parameters for a Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Agre...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his Department's (a) collection and (b) packaging reforms on levels of private sector investment in advanced recycling infrastr
Answer: The Government has published updated impact assessments of each of the projects within the Collection and Packaging Reforms: pEPR in 2024, DRS in 2024, and Simpler Recycling in 2024. These impact assessments do not specifically present private sector inve...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: IndustryDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to include food and drinks manufacturers in the development of the forthcoming industrial strategy.
Answer: Growth is the number one mission of the government. The UK's food and drink manufacturing sector plays a significant role in the UK economy, contributing £35.1bn to GVA in 2022. The UK presents many opportunities for investment right across the food and d...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Public ConsultationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to hold a consultation on the forthcoming food strategy.
Answer: Developing a food strategy is not a job for the Government alone. We are forming a coalition with the food sector, academics and charities, citizens, and key thinkers to pool our collective ideas, influence, and effort. This includes our Food Strategy Adv...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Supply ChainsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52318More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Leading food experts join Government food strategy to restore pride in British food, published on 21 March 2025, what steps he
Answer: Since announcing the food strategy in December 2024, we have been building a coalition with the food sector, academics, charities, civil society, citizens and key thinkers. The Food Strategy Advisory Board serves to stress test ideas and provide advice. W...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFood: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52317More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Leading food experts join Government food strategy to restore pride in British food, published on 21 March 2025, what steps he
Answer: The Food and drink industry is the UK's largest manufacturing sector, with the potential for even greater productivity and growth. We need a food strategy that is co-designed with the sector to give direction, stability, and clarity on innovation and inv...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHorticulture: Employers' Contributions and Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52316More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has produced impact assessments on the potential impact of the (a) increase to employer National Insurance contributions and (b) changes to Business Property Relief on the horticulture sector.
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 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHorticultureDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52315More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of implementing the Environmental Horticulture Group's recommendations from its report entitled Mission Green Growth: A Strategic Pl
Answer: The Government appreciates and values the vital work of our agricultural sectors including the part played by environmental horticulture growers.The Department regularly meets the Environmental Horticulture Group, as well as a wide range of stakeholders a...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHorticulture: RecruitmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52314More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support he is providing to the horticulture sector to encourage young people into its workforce.
Answer: Attracting bright new talent into land-based careers and having a skilled workforce in place is vital for the future of UK food and farming. Defra works closely with The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture (TIAH) which is encouraging young people a...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPlants: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52313More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an easement-extension of the deadline for UK Plant Passports to be affixed to retail-ready plants in th
Answer: Following a review in April 2025, the Plant Health Services in Great Britain have agreed to extend an easement that allows draft UK Plant Passports to be attached in EU Member States for plants for planting intended for final users from 30th June 2025 to ...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPlants: Import ControlsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52312More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to expedite the (a) rollout of the Authorised Operator Status (AOS) and (b) a POD+ (Place of Destination) system for the trade of high-risk plants.
Answer: The Authorised Operator Status (AOS) pilot ran for 6 months and ended in Dec 2024. The evaluation stage is complete and Ministers are considering the findings. We will update stakeholders when a decision has been made. The Place of Destination (POD) schem...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: ICTDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May to Question 50557 on Prescriptions: ICT, whether he plans to ensure all Electronic Prescription Service Pharmacies use the Real Time Exemption Checking Service.
Answer: There are no current plans to mandate use of the Real Time Exemption Checking service in all pharmacies using the Electronic Prescription Service.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordParaneoplastic Encephalomyelitis: DiagnosisDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51941More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS facilities exist to carry out diagnostic testing of patients for Paraneoplastic Encephalitis.
Answer: Paraneoplastic encephalitis (PNE), also known as paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis, is diagnosed through a combination of clinical evaluation, blood and spinal fluid tests, and imaging studies. Currently, the main types of diagnostic testing for PNE are ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHeat Pumps: Permitted Development RightsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's blog entitled Warm Homes Plan and heat pumps, published on 21 November 2024, when permitted development rights fo
Answer: A Statutory Instrument to update the permitted development right for air source heat pump installations in England was laid in parliament on 8 May and will come into force on 29 May 2025. These changes will enable more households to install an air source ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: RussiaTreasuryTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50561More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value is of (a) funds, (b) near cash assets and (c) other financial instruments held by (i) the Bank of England and (ii) other UK licensed financial institutions for (A) the Central Bank of Russia, (B
Answer: The Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), part of HM Treasury, published in its annual review that £25.03 billion in assets relating to the Russia sanctions regime have been reported as frozen between February 2022 and December 2024. This ...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: RussiaTreasuryTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50560More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value of (a) funds, (b) near cash assets and (c) other financial instruments held by (i) the Bank of England and (ii) other UK licensed financial institutions is on behalf of Euroclear Group entities
Answer: The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) does not comment on individual entities. Please note OFSI has no role in the implementation of any other country’s sanctions. Therefore, it is unable to comment on EU financial sanctions. Every year,...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSolicitors Regulation Authority: FinesMinistry of JusticeTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines have been (a) issued and (b) withdrawn on appeal by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in each of the last three years for which data is available.
Answer: According to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), 69 fines were issued during the period 2020/21, followed by 49 between 2021/22 and 73 between 2022/23. The SRA has confirmed that the data for the 2023/24 period is not currently available. Further i...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: ICTDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to encourage pharmacies to register for the Real Time Exemption Checking Service.
Answer: The Real Time Exemption Checking Service in England (RTEC) helps pharmacy teams confirm whether a patient holds a valid exemption from National Health Service prescription charges quickly. The Department supports the use of the RTEC and recognises the ben...
Answered 12 May 2025
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