Helen Maguire MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Rugby: GirlsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to help increase girl’s participation in rugby.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting every aspect of women’s sport and ensuring all women and girls, no matter their background, are able to participate in sport and physical activity. Sport England’s This Girl Can campaign has inspired millions of w...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take to support (a) lower income families and (b) pensioners impacted by the energy price cap increase.
Answer: The Government knows that more needs to be done to support vulnerable households struggling with their energy bills. That's why we are expanding the Warm Home Discount to around an additional 2.7 million households. This means that from this winter, aroun...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHuman Rights: TunisiaHome OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department encouraged the Tunisian government to set up complaint mechanisms for people to report alleged violations of their human rights as part of the implementation of (a) the upskilli
Answer: We have engaged with the Tunisian Government on allegations of human rights abuses and expect them to investigate such allegations. The UK has worked with Tunisian officials and partners on the implementation of a ‘code of conduct’ that aims to increase t...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordIsrael: White PhosphorusForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the findings by the Human Rights Watch entitled Questions and Answers on Israel’s Use of W
Answer: Since the start of the conflict, the UK has urged all parties to comply with their obligations under International Humanitarian Law, including in relation to protection of civilians. We continue to engage the Government of Israel at the highest levels to ...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRed Tractor AssuranceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has met with representatives from Red Tractor to discuss the effectiveness of the Red Tractor assurance scheme regarding animal welfare standards.
Answer: The Red Tractor assurance scheme is independent from Government. We have not met with representatives of Red Tractor to discuss the effectiveness of the Red Tractor scheme standards.
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Agreements: ChinaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to raise the potential impact of Chinese companies providing military support to Russia during his upcoming trade talks with China.
Answer: As the Foreign Secretary has previously said, we are concerned about China’s military backing for Russia, including the provision by Chinese companies of dual-use goods and support to Russia’s military. We continue to call on China to take action and prev...
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAfghanistan: RefugeesMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, why (a) notice or (b) a transition period was given for the closure of the ARAP scheme.
Answer: The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) Scheme was not created to be an open-ended scheme, and as such had strict eligibility criteria for applicants to meet before they would be offered relocation. In statements made by the Ministry of Defenc...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEducation: British National (Overseas)Department for EducationTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a delay in settlement for British National (Overseas) child visa holders caused by a change from a 5+1 to a 10+1 route on access to (a) scholarships, (b)
Answer: Subject to meeting the normal eligibility requirements, Hong Kong British National (Overseas) status holders will be able to qualify for student finance, including tuition fee loans and maintenance loans, and home fee status once they have acquired settle...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMental Health: British National (Overseas)Home OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of extending the route to settlement from 5+1 to 10+1 years on the mental health of British (National) Overseas visa holders.
Answer: We will be consulting on the earned settlement scheme later this year and further details on the proposed scheme will be provided at the time. An impact assessment will be developed alongside any finalised policy.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration Controls: British National (Overseas)Home OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to allow British National (Overseas) visa holders to use the same border control queues as UK citizens at UK airports.
Answer: There are no proposed changes to airport queuing arrangements for any cohorts, including British National (Overseas) passport holders, at the current time.However, queueing arrangements at the UK border, including the use of eGates, remain under constant ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: Hong KongHome OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to include voluntary work as a qualifying measure of societal contribution for British National (Overseas) visa holders under the proposed points-based pathway to Indefini
Answer: We will consult later this year on the details of the Earned Settlement policy and will provide details of how the scheme will work after that, including on any transitional arrangements for those already in the UK.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPension Funds: British National (Overseas)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to the BNO visa settlement route on older BNO visa holders’ ability to access pension funds from Hong
Answer: The Government remains fully committed to the BNO route, and we will continue supporting members of the Hong Kong community in the UK and all those who will arrive in future. We are listening to visa holders' views about the route to settlement, and we wi...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Schemes: British National (Overseas) and Overseas WorkersDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking t support the expansion of (a) return to work and (b) accredited conversion courses at UK universities for (i) overseas workers and (ii) BNO visa holders seeking to re-enter
Answer: UK higher education (HE) providers offer a wide range of conversion courses designed to help individuals transition into new career areas. Many providers also offer tailored support for students, including pre-sessional programmes, careers guidance and po...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCovid-19 Inquiry: Disclosure of InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what oversight mechanisms are in place to ensure that evidence submitted to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry from (a) bereaved families and (b) their legal representative is represented in (i) published mat
Answer: The Covid-19 Inquiry is independent of the Government, and its timing, process and focus are all matters for the Chair, Baroness Heather Hallett. This includes the submission and representation of evidence.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCovid-19 Inquiry: Disclosure of InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will release all bereavement case studies submitted to Module 4 of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry in a timely manner.
Answer: The COVID-19 Inquiry is independent of the Government, and its timing, process, and focus are all matters for the Chair, Baroness Heather Hallett. This includes the disclosure of documents submitted to the Inquiry.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing monthly start dates for the 30 hours funded childcare scheme.
Answer: The government’s Plan for Change sets out a commitment to give children the best start in life, breaking the link between background and opportunity.Children become eligible for an early education and childcare place from 1 September, 1 January or 1 April...
Answered 3 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Offences: Mobile PhonesDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) introducing penalties for certain uses of a mounted device while driving and (b) updating the guidance entitled Using a phone, sat na
Answer: My department is developing our Road Safety Strategy and will set out more details in due course. My department keeps the law under review but has not made an assessment of the penalties for the use of a mounted device while driving, or of updating the gu...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: TunisiaHome OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria her Department uses to determine whether contracts for projects funded by the UK Government in Tunisia should be suspended due to alleged violations of human rights; and whether those cr
Answer: The UK Government routinely carries out Overseas Security and Justice Assistance assessments before agreeing to undertake capacity building and other collaborative activities with overseas governments and agencies.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordStudents: LoansDepartment for EducationTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the repayment threshold of student loans on plan five in line with those on plan two.
Answer: Where government reforms lead to the introduction of a new student loan plan type, the terms of the new loan, such as repayment threshold, interest rates and length of the loan are considered as a whole. They are then set in legislation to apply to that s...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: PensionsMinistry of DefenceTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending armed forces pension eligibility criteria to include personnel who served for more than six years but left the service before the age of 26 an
Answer: It is a principle of public service pensions policy, including Armed Forces Pensions, and one that has been upheld by successive Governments, that improvements to pension schemes are not made retrospectively. To concede retrospection for one group would p...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: IsraelForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to publish its legal advice on whether Israel is breaching international humanitarian law in Gaza.
Answer: In line with the long-standing practice under successive governments, we do not routinely publish the legal advice on which assessments of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) compliance are based.
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Trade with EU: Carbon EmissionsTreasuryTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73889More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism will have a military use exemption.
Answer: From 1 January 2027, the UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will apply to specific goods imported from the aluminium, cement, fertiliser, hydrogen, and iron & steel sectors. The specific goods are listed in the Government response to the con...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLondon Capital & Finance InvestigationTreasuryTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70097More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to implement the recommendations of Dame Elizabeth Gloster's report entitled Report of the Independent Investigation into the Financial Conduct Authority’s Regulation of London Capital & Fin
Answer: Dame Elizabeth Gloster made four recommendations to the government, which were all accepted. She recommended that the government review the allocation of ISA-related responsibilities between the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and HMRC. As announced in ...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: FirearmsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an estimate of the proportion of firearm holders with a firearms marker on their patient records.
Answer: The role of general practitioners (GPs) in the firearms licensing process is set out in the Home Office’s publication Firearms licensing: statutory guidance for chief officers of police, which is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/governme...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: FirearmsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 70084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the percentage of GPs that have downloaded firearms marker software.
Answer: The role of general practitioners (GPs) in the firearms licensing process is set out in the Home Office’s publication Firearms licensing: statutory guidance for chief officers of police, which is available at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/governme...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
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