Edward Morello MP: written questions
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Civil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76940More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many pension claimants have been affected by delays caused by the industrial dispute among MyCSP staff.
Answer: There have been no reports of pension delays arising from the ongoing industrial action in MyCSP
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76939More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of delays in processing pensions on claimants.
Answer: There are no reported delays of pension processing caused by the ongoing industrial action in MyCSP.
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76938More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to introduce compensation for pension claimants financially impacted by delays in pension processing caused by industrial action among MyCSP staff.
Answer: There are no plans to introduce compensation for members and there are no reported delays of pensions being processed caused by the ongoing industrial action in MyCSP.
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide funding to the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery after June 2026.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)-funded Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery was originally awarded over £6.9 million 2017 with further funding of £7 million awarded in 2021 to establish a Global Surgery Network. The lat...
Answered 10 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMedicine: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide support to the Global Surgery Network for projects in (a) Nigeria, (b) India, (c) Mexico and (d) other countries.
Answer: The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)-funded Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery was originally awarded over £6.9 million in 2017 with further funding of £7 million awarded in 2021 to establish a Global Surgery Network. The ...
Answered 10 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Rural AreasTreasuryTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76935More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent mortgage providers from excluding Section 157 properties by default.
Answer: HM Treasury is regularly in contact with mortgage lenders on all aspects of their mortgage business to understand their position and current lending conditions. However, the pricing of mortgages, including the availability of mortgage finance for particul...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Rural AreasTreasuryTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76934More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had discussions with mortgage providers on their policies in relation to excluding Section 157 properties by default.
Answer: HM Treasury is regularly in contact with mortgage lenders on all aspects of their mortgage business to understand their position and current lending conditions. However, the pricing of mortgages, including the availability of mortgage finance for particul...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Rural AreasTreasuryTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76933More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will hold discussions with mortgage providers on the potential impact of excluding Section 157 properties by default on rural housing markets.
Answer: HM Treasury is regularly in contact with mortgage lenders on all aspects of their mortgage business to understand their position and current lending conditions. However, the pricing of mortgages, including the availability of mortgage finance for particul...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUnmanned Marine Systems: ResearchMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has allocated for research and development on unmanned surface vehicle technologies in the last five years.
Answer: It will take time to collate the information needed to respond to the hon. Member’s Question. I will write to him and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNavy: Unmanned Marine SystemsMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is taking steps to integrate unmanned surface vehicles into Royal Navy operations.
Answer: Yes, the Royal Navy (RN) is transitioning to uncrewed autonomous systems for mine counter measures and has already introduced the first tranche of capabilities into service. For a number of years, the RN has also operated autonomous wave gliders to enhanc...
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to require train operating companies to guarantee that rail replacement services will be accessible for disabled passengers.
Answer: Rail replacement services operated by train operating companies must meet the needs of disabled passengers. This includes using vehicles compliant with the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000 (PSVAR). The train operators can only use no...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth Western Railway: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that South Western Railway rail replacement bus services are fully wheelchair accessible.
Answer: Regulatory requirements apply to South Western Railway (SWR) to ensure rail replacement buses meet the necessary standards on accessibility. SWR works with its rail replacement providers to ensure services are accessible as far as possible, but if accessi...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordJhoots PharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with Jhoots Pharmacy on unpaid (a) staff wages and (b) suppliers.
Answer: National Health Service pharmaceutical services, the staff who provide them, and the community pharmacies from which they are delivered are regulated. The entire system is laid out in legislation and is subject to assurance and inspection by both integrat...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBovine Tuberculosis: VaccinationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing vaccination as part of the national bovine TB control strategy.
Answer: An assessment of the potential merits of vaccination was made by a reconvened panel of independent experts, led by Professor Sir Charles Godfray. The panel’s updated report, published on 4 September 2025, considered the latest evidence on both cattle and ...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBovine Tuberculosis: VaccinationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the field trials of the Cattle BCG vaccine to conclude.
Answer: Field trials to test a cattle BCG vaccine and accompanying DIVA (Detect Infected amongst Vaccinated Animals) skin test began in June 2021. The next phase of the field trials commenced in September 2025, and we hope to be able to start using an authorised ...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBovine Tuberculosis: VaccinationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will make a decision on the deployment of the cattle BCG vaccine.
Answer: We are continuing to work on the development of a cattle BCG vaccine and accompanying DIVA (Detect Infected amongst Vaccinated Animals) test but will only deploy the vaccine and DIVA test when we have all the right steps in place. Our aim is to deliver an...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBeekeeping: FarmersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75549More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing subsidies to support farmers to (a) introduce and (b) maintain beekeeping.
Answer: Figures from the annual hive count suggests that the number of beekeepers has remained relatively stable and is not declining. Defra supports beekeepers through the work of the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit which operates our bee pest...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBeekeeping: FarmersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75548More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with farming organisations on subsidies for beekeeping.
Answer: Figures from the annual hive count suggests that the number of beekeepers has remained relatively stable and is not declining. Defra supports beekeepers through the work of the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit which operates our bee pest...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBeekeeping: FarmersDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75547More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to provide subsidies for farmers who diversify into beekeeping.
Answer: Figures from the annual hive count suggests that the number of beekeepers has remained relatively stable and is not declining. Defra supports beekeepers through the work of the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit which operates our bee pest...
Answered 8 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordJhoots PharmacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the the suitability of Jhoots Pharmacy as a provider of NHS pharmacy services.
Answer: National Health Service pharmaceutical services, the staff who provide them, and the community pharmacies from which they are delivered are regulated. The entire system is laid out in legislation and is subject to assurance and inspection by both integrat...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: ContractsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75542More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the criteria for approving operators to take over NHS community pharmacies is sufficiently robust to prevent service failures.
Answer: National Health Service pharmaceutical services, the staff who provide them, and the community pharmacies from which they are delivered are regulated. The entire system is laid out in legislation and is subject to assurance and inspection by both integrat...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPharmacy: StandardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75540More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure continuity of access to prescription medicines in towns where a single operator pharmacy fails to meet its contractual obligations.
Answer: National Health Service pharmaceutical services, the staff who provide them, and the community pharmacies from which they are delivered are regulated. The entire system is laid out in legislation and is subject to assurance and inspection by both integrat...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture and StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the progress made towards delivering 5 million tonnes of engineered carbon removals by 2030.
Answer: We remain committed to developing and deploying Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGRs) at scale in the UK, recognising the important role they play in achieving net zero. The Government will deliver an updated plan that sets out the policy package out to the end ...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCarbon Capture and StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the scale-up of technologies needed to achieve 23 million tonnes of engineered carbon removals per year by 2035.
Answer: Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGRs) will be important to Net Zero - balancing residual emissions from hard-to-abate sectors whilst providing economic opportunities. In August Government published details of the GGR Business Model and published the Carbon Captu...
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordScientists: USADepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 5 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to attract US cancer research scientists to UK institutions.
Answer: The Immigration White Paper and Modern Industrial Strategy emphasised the importance of enabling high-skilled international researchers to come to the UK with ease, and committed to improvements to key visa routes, including the Global Talent Visa.The £54...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
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