Written questions by West.

What steps she is taking to improve access to mental health services for adopted children and their families.

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Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what further steps she is considering to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela following the recent earthquake.

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What steps his Department is taking to improve access to (a) ear wax removal services and (b) hearing test appointments on the NHS.

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What consideration she has given to the wider rollout of air conditioning on buses in response to recent extreme temperatures.

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Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the equitability of the shared ownership rent formulae.

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Communities and Local Government, what steps is he taking to help expand and maximise blue and green spaces in urban areas to improve climate resilience.

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What steps her Department is taking to promote music education in schools.

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What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the EHRC’s draft Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations (2026) on the hospitality sector.

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What assessment her Department has made of the equality impact of the exemption for those providing healthcare services under section 1.3 of the Draft Conversion Practices Bill.

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Whether he has made and assessment of the potential impact of changes to the two child benefit cap on levels of food bank use.

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What steps his Department is taking to help reduce NHS waiting lists for transgender healthcare.

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What assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a maximum temperature threshold above which schools should not open.

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What steps her Department is taking to safeguard the health and wellbeing of children in schools during periods of extreme heat.

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Whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing professional chess players to qualify for leave to remain in the UK under the a) International Sportsperson and b) Global Talent

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What steps her Department is taking to prevent those who attain refugee status from facing homelessness upon discharge from Home Office accommodation.

The Home Office is committed to supporting newly recognised refugees to transition from asylum accommodation and mitigate the risk of homelessness. We are working with local authorities, NGOs and other stakeholders to ensure any necessary assistance is pr...

Whether his Department is taking steps to improve the provision of addiction treatment in prisons.

Over the last 18 months, NHS England has been taking active steps to improve drug and alcohol services across the entire adult prison estate to address Dame Carol Black’s recommendations in her internal review and increase the provision of treatment and r...

What steps he is taking to improve (a) recruitment and (b) retention of NHS dentists.

Strengthening the workforce is key to our ambitions to rebuild National Health Service dentistry. The recruitment of dentists remains a priority, with integrated care boards continuing to be able to make use of the Golden Hello scheme to encourage dentist...

Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that UK businesses do not benefit from child labour in Bangladesh.

The UK is committed to ending child labour globally, including in Bangladesh, and to ensuring UK businesses do not benefit from it.The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) works with partners to engage businesses and investors to raise awar...

With reference to the Royal College of Emergency Medicine’s report entitled The State of Emergency Medicine in England, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve patient safety and (b) red

The Government is committed to restoring urgent and emergency care waiting times to the standards set out in the NHS Constitution. The medium-term planning framework for the National Health Service published in October 2025 includes a commitment that 85% ...

Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) provide humanitarian aid and (b) promote compliance with international humanitarian law in Lebanon.

As I stated during the Urgent Question debate on 3 June, the UK is already one of the largest humanitarian donors in Lebanon, and has committed £30 million in additional humanitarian support to respond to this crisis through trusted partners, including th...