Fabian Hamilton MP: written questions
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Sexual Offences: TrialsMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will amend Section 100 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to prevent irrelevant previous disclosures being used as bad character evidence in sexual offence trials; and if she will issue guidance to the (a) C
Answer: This Government is absolutely committed to improving the experience of victims at court.The Law Commission has concluded its comprehensive review into the use of evidence in sexual offence prosecutions. This is a helpful report, and an important opportuni...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSurrogacyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the (a) ethical, (b) legal, and (c) safeguarding implications of UK residents entering commercial surrogacy arrangements overseas; and whether the G
Answer: The Department has no plans to review the legal framework for international surrogacy arrangements.The Government supports surrogacy as a part of assisted conception options, to help people who have difficulty starting their own family.The Government reco...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBechir AkremiForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for UK counter-terrorism cooperation of the detention of Bechir Akremi; and whether he has considered the findings o
Answer: The UK is aware of the ongoing detention of Mr Bechir Akremi. We are clear on the importance of continued public commitment to respect for the rule of law, and all Tunisians' civil, political, social, and economic rights, including the right to a fair tri...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTunisia: Political PrisonersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Tunisian counterpart on (a) the detention of political figures in Tunisia in recent years and (b) compliance with the International Coven
Answer: The UK monitors the situation in Tunisia closely. As noted in a statement by the UK at the Human Rights Council last October, the space for political participation in Tunisia has shrunk considerably and the way legitimate political actors have been arrest...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTunisia: Political PrisonersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Tunisian counterpart on (a) the mass trial of political figures in April 2025 and (b) the need for (i) due process and (ii) hum
Answer: The UK monitors the situation in Tunisia closely. As noted in a statement by the UK at the Human Rights Council last October, the space for political participation in Tunisia has shrunk considerably and the way legitimate political actors have been arrest...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordIntelligence ServicesCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70302More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to revise the document entitled The Principles governing intelligence sharing to include an explicit prohibition on authorising cooperation where there is a real risk of torture, pub
Answer: Your question to the Secretary of State for the Home Department has been passed to me for reply. ‘The Principles relating to the detention and interviewing of detainees overseas and the passing and receipt of intelligence relating to detainees’ (‘The Prin...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCapital Punishment and TortureForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department's review of the Overseas Security and Justice Assistance guidance will include consideration of specific cases in which assistance was provided despite
Answer: The Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJA) assessment is an essential tool to ensure that the UK's overseas security and justice assistance meets our human rights and international humanitarian law (IHL) obligations, increases respect for the rul...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: ReformDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70300More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to reform specialist provision for children with SEND.
Answer: This government’s ambition is that every child or young person in our country deserves the best possible educational experience, one that is academically stretching, where every child or young person feels like they belong, and that sets them up for life ...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDementia: NursesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to include dementia specialist nurses in the Neighbourhood Health Service model; and what steps he is taking to ensure access to dementia specialist nurses in every co
Answer: The Neighbourhood Health Service will bring together teams of professionals closer to people’s homes to work together to provide comprehensive care in the community. We expect neighbourhood teams and services to be designed in a way that reflects the spec...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSchool Meals: StandardsDepartment for EducationTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report by Bite Back entitled Fuel us, don't fool us, published in July 2025; and what steps she is taking to strengthen compliance with t
Answer: To ensure the quality and nutrition of school meals, the department is working with experts across the sector to revise the school food standards, so every school is supported with the latest nutrition guidance.We are aware of Bite Back’s ‘Fuel Us, Don’t ...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal CreditDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending transitional protection under Universal Credit to include couples who form a household which becomes eligible for Unive
Answer: No assessment has been made. Transitional Protection was introduced as part of the Move to UC journey to ensure legacy benefit customers maintain the same level of entitlement on moving to UC at the point of transition. Transitional protection is consider...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: AllergiesDepartment for EducationTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she has considered the potential merits of requiring schools to have (a) allergy policies, (b) staff training on allergy management and (c) adrenaline auto-injectors available on site.
Answer: Section 100 of the Children and Families Act 2014 places a duty on maintained schools, academies and pupil referral units to make arrangements for supporting pupils with medical conditions. Schools should ensure they are aware of any pupils with medical c...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPlastics: ProductionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support an international agreement that includes targets to reduce plastic production ahead of the next round of Global Plastics Treaty negotiati
Answer: The Government is committed to reaching an agreement on a global legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution when negotiations resume in August 2025. At the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on a treaty to end plastic pollut...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to introduce legislative proposals to extend the ban on pavement parking outside of London.
Answer: The Department held a consultation on pavement parking in 2020 and has been considering all the views expressed in response to the consultation and is currently working through the policy options and the possible legislative opportunities for delivering t...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles: StandardsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with the Office for Product Safety and Standards on the enforcement of standards for e-bike (a) batteries and (b) conversion kits.
Answer: Under existing UK product safety law, all consumer products, including e-bike batteries and conversion kits, must meet legal requirements for safety when placed on the market. Tackling unsafe e-bikes is a priority for the Office for Product Safety and Sta...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles: SalesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that online marketplaces are held accountable for the sale of (a) unsafe and (b) non-compliant e-bike products.
Answer: UK product safety law is clear: all products must be safe before being placed on the market, including e-bikes.The Office for Product Safety and Standards leads a national Online Marketplaces Programme of regulatory action to reduce risks from unsafe and ...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking's report entitled Unregulated and unsafe: the threat of illegal e-Bikes, published in June 2025, whether her Department plans to suppo
Answer: While there are no plans to introduce a scrappage scheme, the Government is bringing forward the Product Regulation and Metrology Bill. This will enable the UK product safety framework to keep up with innovative products and technological progress, giving...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles: RegulationDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to include measures to tackle the use of (a) illegal and (b) unregulated e-bikes in its Road Safety Strategy.
Answer: Only e-bikes that are fully compliant with the requirements of the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations 1983 are legal to use on the roads, and we recognise the risk to road safety of those e-bikes that are not compliant with regulations. The Gov...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: Electric BicyclesDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered the potential merits of a certification scheme for e-bikes to be carried on public transport; and whether she has had discussions with Transport for London on such a scheme.
Answer: It is for transport operators to decide on their conditions of carriage, as safe duty holders, including whether to allow people to bring e-bikes onboard. While I have therefore not discussed any form of certification scheme with Transport for London, Min...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Recreation SpacesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support local authorities to ensure Travellers are not able to access public green spaces.
Answer: It is the responsibility of local authorities (LPAs) to assess the need for Gypsy and Traveller sites in their area and then plan to meet that need, in the same way that they plan for all forms of housing.In doing so, LPAs should promote peaceful and inte...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: British NationalityHome OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 63986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, updated 6 June 2025, what steps she is taking to ensure that reforms will allow recognised refug
Answer: We will be consulting on the earned settlement and citizenship scheme later this year, and further details on the proposed scheme will be provided at that time.
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMexico: JournalismForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to to Amnesty International's report entitled No one guarantees my safety: the urgent need to strengthen Mexico’s federal policies for the protection of journa
Answer: The UK is committed to Media Freedom, and to championing democracy and human rights around the world. Independent media is essential to a healthy democracy. The danger facing journalists in Mexico is highly concerning and Amnesty International's report ri...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ProfessionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of clinical oncologists in regions with the lowest consultant-to-population ratios.
Answer: We’re building our cancer workforce. As of February 2025, there are over 1,800 full time equivalent doctors working in the speciality of clinical oncology in National Health Service trusts and other core organisations in England. This is almost 150, or 8....
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDanilo BenavidesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports of the murder of Danilo Benavides in Arauca on 2 March 2025.
Answer: We are concerned at the murders of former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) combatants, including that of Danilo Benavides in Arauca on 2 March 2025. We urge the Colombian authorities to investigate and tackle the root causes of violence to pr...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUrinary Tract InfectionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to include the (a) diagnosis, (b) treatment and (c) research of urinary tract infections in the (i) 10-year Health Plan and (ii) Women’s Health Strategy.
Answer: The 10-Year Health Plan will set out how we tackle the inequities that lead to poor health. This will include how we will improve access to and the experience of care for conditions such as chronic urinary tract infections (UTIs). More tests and scans del...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
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