Martin Wrigley MP: written questions
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Cars: LightingDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to introduce measures to limit the brightness of LED car headlights.
Answer: All headlamps are designed and tested to international standards to ensure they are bright enough to light the road ahead but not so bright as to dazzle other road users. The standards define the beam pattern and maximum and minimum light intensities. How...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34685More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support businesses to meet their legal duties to the environment.
Answer: The Environment Agency appointed a new Chief Regulator, to deliver Government priorities to support business and sustainable economic growth, and ensure environmental regulation is future focused, effective and trusted. A key part of the Chief Regulator’s...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Environment Protection and StaffDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to require regulators to help support businesses to meet their fiduciary responsibilities to (a) employees and (b) the environment.
Answer: Under Section 172 of the Companies Act 2006, directors have a fiduciary duty to have regard in their decision-making to the interests of their employees and the impact of the company’s operations on the environment. Large companies must report annually on...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Credit: ChildcareDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled, Universal Credit: further information for families, updated on 18 December 2024, how her Department defines the terms (a) available, (b) free, (c) a
Answer: There is no prescribed definition for the terms available, free, appropriate and affordable childcare. The work coach will work with the claimant to understand how childcare is preventing them from undertaking work related activities and make necessary ad...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAlaa Abd El-FattahForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to the Egyptian Government on consular access for Alaa Abd el-Fattah.
Answer: The UK Government continues to raise Mr Alaa Abd El-Fattah's case at the highest levels with the Egyptian government. We have been consistently clear in calling for his release and continue to press for consular access. The Prime Minister raised the case ...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34681More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of prescription charges on patients with long-term health conditions; and whether he has made an estimate of the number individuals not taking pr
Answer: The Department has made no assessment of the impact of prescription charges on patients’ health outcomes, or the number of hospital admissions or general practice visits. The Department does not hold data on the number of individuals not taking prescribed...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the prescription charge exemption list to increase the support for patients with chronic illness.
Answer: There are no current plans to review the list of prescription charge exemptions or the list of medical conditions that entitle someone to apply for a medical exemption certificate.There are extensive arrangements in place in England to ensure that prescri...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of the level of NHS prescription charges on (a) patients' health outcomes and (b) numbers of (i) hospital admissions and (ii) GP visits
Answer: The Department has made no assessment of the impact of prescription charges on patients’ health outcomes, or the number of hospital admissions or general practice visits. The Department does not hold data on the number of individuals not taking prescribed...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRare Cancers: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34678More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will appoint a named lead in the Department with a responsibility to support research and innovation for rare cancers.
Answer: There are no plans to appoint a named lead within the Department for this purpose as the Department supports research and innovation for rare cancers, and other conditions, through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Rese...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRare Cancers: Clinical Trials and ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to ensure patients can (a) get better access to and (b) find out about (i) research and (ii) clinical trials for rare cancers.
Answer: The Department is committed to maximising our potential to lead the world in clinical trials and ensuring that clinical trials are more accessible.The Department funded National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funds research and research inf...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRare Diseases: ResearchDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34676More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to strengthen the Orphan drug regulations to encourage research into rare diseases.
Answer: The Human Medicines Regulations include specific incentives to support orphan medicines, designed to encourage the development of medicines for rare diseases. The regulations enable the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to grant o...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAccess to Work Programme: DevonDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34675More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of his Department's adherence to Access to Work scheme guidelines, published in May 2024, when working with outside organisations providing one-to-one job coaches in Devon.
Answer: Access to Work adheres to the scheme guidelines when working with outside organisations providing one to one job coaches., A job coach is a person who gives specialised on-site support to someone disabled who has a job to start and will assist the employe...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUkraine: SatellitesMinistry of DefenceTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34674More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the level of US government control of Starlink in Ukraine.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence has assessed the implications of a disruption to Starlink services to Ukraine. The large number of Starlink terminals (reported at over 40,000) means Starlink makes a significant contribution to Ukraine civil and military sectors. ...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNational SecurityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34673More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of Elon Musk's business interests in connection with his role as head of the US Department of Government Efficiency on U
Answer: The appointment of US officials is a matter for the US and not one in which we have a role. We have no plans to make an assessment along the lines proposed. The UK-US relationship has been the cornerstone of our security and prosperity for over a century....
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPost BoxesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 28323 on Post Boxes, if he will hold discussions with Ofcom on the potential merits of implementing an enforcement mechanism to require Royal Mail
Answer: Ofcom is the independent regulator for the postal sector, and it sets and monitors the network access requirements that Royal Mail must provide to meet the reasonable needs of customers. The government meets with Ofcom regularly but has no role in Ofcom's...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: WomenMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will fully implement the recommendations of the Atherton report.
Answer: Following the July 2021 House of Commons Defence Committee report into Women in the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defence has delivered a range of initiatives to improve the experience of women in the Armed Forces. Key actions have been taken to combat un...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces: WomenMinistry of DefenceTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support women in the armed forces.
Answer: Following the July 2021 House of Commons Defence Committee report into Women in the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defence has delivered a range of initiatives to improve the experience of women in the Armed Forces. Key actions have been taken to combat un...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDevelopment Aid: RussiaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34423More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed reduction in the proportion of gross national income spent on overseas development assistance on the inf
Answer: The Prime Minister has set out a new strategic vision for government spending on defence and security, and Official Development Assistance (ODA). Detailed decisions on how the ODA budget will be used will be worked through as part of the ongoing Spending ...
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRussia: Overseas TradeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34422More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has plans to ban UK firms from insuring supplies and products to and from Russia.
Answer: Together with our international partners, we have unleashed the largest and most substantial package of sanctions ever imposed on a major economy. As a result, Russian imports into the UK have fallen by more than 99 percent, and UK exports to Russia are d...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOil: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34421More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has plans to ban the importation of oil products produced from Russian crude oil.
Answer: The UK has worked closely with international partners to constrain Russian oil revenues while maintaining global energy supply and security, protecting critical supply chains, and maintaining the stability of global markets. The Government does not specul...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordOil: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has plans to ban imports from third country refineries that process Russian crude oil.
Answer: The UK has worked closely with international partners to constrain Russian oil revenues while maintaining global energy supply and security, protecting critical supply chains, and maintaining the stability of global markets. The Government does not specul...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrescriptions: Fees and ChargesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that prescription charges do not act as a barrier to treatment for people with long-term medical conditions.
Answer: Approximately 89% of prescription items are dispensed free of charge in the community in England, and there is a wide range of exemptions from prescription charges already in place to help those with the greatest need. Eligibility depends on the patient’s...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on publishing a road safety strategy.
Answer: Improving road safety is one of the Department’s highest priorities. Too many people are killed and seriously injured in road traffic collisions, and this Government will work hard to prevent these tragedies for all road users. The Department is developin...
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: GraduatesHome OfficeTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential role of international students with Graduate visas in tackling workforce skills shortages in key sectors.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to my response to his question of 24th February 2025 [33207].
Answered 6 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBiofuels and Fossil Fuels: TaxationTreasuryTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34416More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make a comparative assessment of taxation on (a) bio fuel and (b) fossil fuels.
Answer: The UK taxes fuels for a variety of reasons, and tax revenues from fuel are a vital part of overall tax revenues which are used to fund public services. Tax treatment does not generally differ between biofuels and fossil fuels.The government also ensures ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
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