Lauren Sullivan MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Retail Trade: Urban AreasDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 906872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to support local high streets.
Answer: This government is putting high streets at the heart of economic renewal through our Small and Medium Sized Business Plan and MHCLG's £5 billion Pride in Place programme which will support areas in both of my Honourable Friends' constituencies.At Budget, ...
Answered 12 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: Digital TechnologyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 89042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade,? what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of consumer protection for customers using third party airline aggregators.
Answer: Third party airline aggregators operating in the UK are subject to consumer rights legislation.The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCCA) Act 2024 requires traders, including airline aggregators, to display prices inclusive of all taxes and un...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: SentencingMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80547More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help ensure that magistrates’ courts hand down proportionate sentences for environmental crime.
Answer: Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the courts. Parliament has provided the courts with a broad range of sentencing powers to deal effectively and appropriately with offenders, including discharges, fines, community sentences, suspended sentenc...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tipping: EnforcementDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80546More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to (a) amend legislation and (b) increase local authority enforcement powers relating to fly-tipping.
Answer: This Government has committed to forcing fly-tippers to clean up the mess that they have created. This will build on the sanctions already available for fly-tipping which include fixed penalty notices of up to £1000, seizing of vehicles and prosecution th...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGaza: Press FreedomForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of compliance with international protections for journalists in the conflict in Gaza; and what steps he is taking to support internat
Answer: The UK strongly condemns all violence directed against journalists and media workers. Civilian reporters covering conflicts are afforded protection under international humanitarian law. We are therefore appalled by the extremely high number of fatalities,...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRiver Thames: StandardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) improve water quality in the river Thames and (b) protect local wildlife from (i) plastic pollution and (ii) sewage discharges.
Answer: The Water (Special Measures) Act will enable the Environment Agency (EA) to build on its transformation in the way it regulates the water industry, enabling it to take faster, firmer action against poor performance. It will speed up civil penalties for le...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: HealthDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the performance of the DVLA’s Drivers Medical Group in processing medical licence renewals; and what steps he is taking to improve service delivery for drivers wit
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) aims to process all applications as quickly as possible. However, driving licence applications where a medical condition(s) must be investigated can take longer as the DVLA is often reliant on information fr...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: WalesWales OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 904465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on improving rail connectivity in Wales.
Answer: We are working with Welsh government on a range of shared priorities, which includes rail connectivity.We are investing an historic £445 million into Welsh rail to right years’ of underfunding by previous governments and unleash Wales’ economic potential....
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOlder Workers: RecruitmentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to prevent age discrimination in recruitment.
Answer: The Government recognises the need to recruit on merit, irrespective of a persons' age. Age diversity within the workforce brings numerous benefits to businesses, in addition to broader advantages such as fresh perspectives and knowledge-sharing.The 2010 ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSports: MedicineDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on regulating sports therapists.
Answer: The Government has no current plans to extend statutory regulation to sports therapists. The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) operates a voluntary registers programme, which provides a proportionate means of assurance for ...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordVitiligo: Medical TreatmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure patients with vitiligo have access to effective treatments in the context of NICE's decision not to recommend Ruxolitinib for NHS use.
Answer: The Government wants National Health Service patients to be able to benefit from access to clinically and cost-effective new treatments, and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) makes recommendations for the NHS on whether new medi...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordVisasHome OfficeTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the backlog of visa applications.
Answer: Visa processing times are published on the UKVI website at Visa decision waiting times: applications outside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and Visa decision waiting times: applications inside the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). UKVI are currently processing appl...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
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