Rebecca Long Bailey

67378 • Journalism: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ending the Strategic Priorities Grant funding for journalism courses in higher education on students from different social and economic backgrounds seeking employment in professional journalism.

65789 • Journalism: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ending the Strategic Priorities Grant funding for journalism courses in higher education on their future financial viability.

65790 • Journalism: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the decision to end Strategic Priorities Grant funding for journalism courses in higher education.

63308 • Visas: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, whether it is her policy to maintain the original terms of the British National (Overseas) visa route.

63309 • Employment: Sexual Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Health and Safety Executive is taking to help tackle incidents of workplace sexual harassment; and what procedures it follows to identify workplace sexual harassment during workplace inspections.

63310 • Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which enforcement body is responsible for ensuring that employers are in compliance with Regulation 3 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999; and what steps her Department has taken to assess the effectiveness of that body.

63311 • Employment: Sexual Harassment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions were brought for workplace sexual harassment under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in each of the last five years.

63312 • Journalism and Press Freedom: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) the global Media Freedom Coalition and (b) other country-specific programmes to support (i) media freedom and (ii) the protection of journalists in the 2025-26 financial year.

63313 • Journalism and Press Freedom: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Departmental spending plans on the work of the (a) Media Freedom Coalition and (b) other country-specific programmes to promote (i) media freedom and (ii) the protection of journalists.

63314 • Journalism and Press Freedom: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding his Department plans to provide to (a) the Media Freedom Coalition and (b) other country-specific programmes to promote (i) media freedom and (ii) the protection of journalists in each of the next four financial years.

54845 • Roads: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding her Department has allocated for highways investment.

54846 • Roads: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of which key Strategic Road Network road schemes need priority (a) investment and (b) improvement.

54847 • Roads: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the need for improvements to the Strategic Road Network to be included within the scope of the forthcoming 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy.

54848 • Infrastructure: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Infrastructure Commission’s 2024 Cost Drivers report, published in October 2024, what steps she is taking to tackle the cost drivers for major UK infrastructure projects.

54281 • Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, whether the reforms will apply retrospectively to current visa holders; and whether (a) transitional arrangements and (b) specific exemptions will be considered for people currently on the five-year residency pathway.

54282 • Immigration Controls: British National (Overseas)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, whether the proposals will apply to British National (Overseas) visa holders; and whether provisions will be introduced to allow access for British National (Overseas) visa holders to local university tuition fee rates before settlement is achieved.

54283 • Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, which visa schemes the points-based system would apply to; and whether it would apply retrospectively to existing visa holders.

53547 • Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by how much has the level of funding for the Access to Work scheme changed in the last 12 months.

53548 • Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what consultation her Department has conducted with (a) users, (b) support workers and (c) deliverers of Access to Work before implementing changes to the operational delivery of Access to Work.

53549 • Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) equality and (b) human rights impact assessments have been conducted on the proposed changes to the operational delivery of Access to Work.

EDM 1621 • Funding for training of professional journalists

That this House is worried by guidance issued by the Secretary of State for Education to the Office for Students which s...

EDM 1446 • Acquisition of food manufacturer Bakkavor by Greencore

That this House notes its concerns following the agreement in principle from shareholders of Bakkavor, a major food manu...

EDM 1399 • PA Media Ltd parliamentary newswire coverage

That this House notes with concern the proposals by PA Media Ltd, trading name of the Press Association, to cut posts an...

EDM 1242 • Future of the UK baking industry

That this House notes with concern recent media reports that Associated British Foods, parent company of Allied Bakeries...

EDM 1046 • News journalism and artificial intelligence tools

That this House recognises the vital importance for a democratic society of professional news reporting, photography and...

EDM 1009 • Avanti West Coast ticket offices and station staffing

That this House understands that First Group majority-owned rail operator Avanti West Coast has been undertaking a stati...

EDM 793 • Funding for the BBC World Service

That this House celebrates the value of BBC World Service journalism as a vital source of accurate and impartial informa...

EDM 540 • British Nuclear Testing Programme veterans

That this House honours and thanks the veterans of the British Nuclear Testing Programme, veterans’ relatives, indigenou...

EDM 546 • Sale of the Observer newspaper

That this House expresses serious concerns about the speed of the process and the substantive issues at stake in relatio...

EDM 466 • Union derecognition by RELX at LexisNexis and LexisNexis Risk Solutions

That this House strongly condemns the decision by RELX to issue notices to the National Union of Journalists and communi...

EDM 295 • Reductions in jobs and services at the BBC

That this House greatly regrets the announcement of further new cuts to news and current affairs programming, resulting ...

EDM 271 • Life Insurance and diagnosis of terminal illness clause

That this House expresses concern following reports of those with life insurance premiums with Aviva being denied early ...

EDM 1725 • Proposal for a wealth tax

That this House welcomes the proposal from leading tax experts for the introduction of an annual wealth tax of 2% on ind...

EDM 1637 • Government policy on the Hillsborough Law

That this House notes the Prime Minister’s promise to introduce the Hillsborough Law to Parliament before the 36th anniv...

EDM 1642 • Outsourced cleaners on Tyne and Wear Metro

That this House welcomes the Labour Government’s promise to ‘oversee the biggest wave of insourcing for a generation’; n...

EDM 1621 • Funding for training of professional journalists

That this House is worried by guidance issued by the Secretary of State for Education to the Office for Students which s...

EDM 1493 • Farmers, growers and the supermarket supply chain

That this House recognises that farmers and growers, in the UK and overseas, require fair dealing in the grocery supply ...

EDM 1451 • UK Government recognition of the state of Palestine

That this House notes the high-level international conference for the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine a...

EDM 1446 • Acquisition of food manufacturer Bakkavor by Greencore

That this House notes its concerns following the agreement in principle from shareholders of Bakkavor, a major food manu...

EDM 1399 • PA Media Ltd parliamentary newswire coverage

That this House notes with concern the proposals by PA Media Ltd, trading name of the Press Association, to cut posts an...

EDM 1253 • Reductions to CrossCountry trains catering services

That this House is concerned that CrossCountry trains is the latest passenger train operator to announce cuts to the pro...

EDM 1242 • Future of the UK baking industry

That this House notes with concern recent media reports that Associated British Foods, parent company of Allied Bakeries...

EDM 1177 • Lesbian Visibility Week 2025

That this House notes Lesbian Visibility Week (LVW) this year started on 22 April 2025; further notes that the theme for...

EDM 1074 • International Day of the Midwife

That this House recognises the International Day of the Midwife, on 5 May, along with its theme for 2025, ‘Midwives: cri...

EDM 1128 • Death of Pope Francis

That this House expresses its sadness at the death of the Vicar of Christ, Pope Francis, affectionately known as the Peo...

EDM 1045 • Disability hate crime

That this House condemns the increase in recorded disability hate crime across the UK; notes with concern that, despite ...

EDM 705 • Snares

That this House welcomes the Government’s commitment to ban the use of snares in England and is heartened that the gover...

EDM 1046 • News journalism and artificial intelligence tools

That this House recognises the vital importance for a democratic society of professional news reporting, photography and...

EDM 1009 • Avanti West Coast ticket offices and station staffing

That this House understands that First Group majority-owned rail operator Avanti West Coast has been undertaking a stati...

EDM 937 • Keeping transport workers safe

That this House notes with concern the findings of the TSSA union’s latest report entitled Keep transport workers safe –...

EDM 799 • Refusal of Citizenship to refugees who have made irregular crossings

That this House expresses deep concern over the refusal of citizenship to refugees who have made irregular crossings to ...

EDM 793 • Funding for the BBC World Service

That this House celebrates the value of BBC World Service journalism as a vital source of accurate and impartial informa...