Daisy Cooper

69926 • Conditions of Employment: Women

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to respond to the open letter from Young Women's Trust entitled For the Employment Rights Bill to work for young women and their employers, the Spending Review must increase funding for enforcement of their rights, dated 22 May 2025.

69408 • Disability Aids: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the guidance entitled Get VAT relief on certain goods if you have a disability, updated on 22 January 2019, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of permitting (a) sports clubs and (b) other charitable groups to purchase (i) wheelchairs and (ii) other medical appliances such at zero rate in (A) instances when those appliances will not solely be for the use of one person and (B) other instances.

69409 • Business Rates: Impact Assessments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will carry out sector-specific impact assessments for proposed non-domestic rate multipliers ahead of the Autumn Budget 2025.

69412 • Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 63598 on Immigration: Hong Kong, how many and what proportion of applications to the priority visa service for BNO (British National Overseas) Indefinite Leave to Remain have been processed within five days of biometric enrolment in each month since 8 September 2023.

69413 • Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July to Question 63598 on Immigration: Hong Kong, what the (a) shortest, (b) longest and (c) average waiting time is for a biometric enrolment appointment from the date of receipt of a Priority Visa Service for BNO (British National Overseas) Indefinite Leave to Remain application, in each month since 8 September 2023.

69416 • Innovate UK

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how unsuccessful applicants to Innovate UK funding streams can seek feedback on their applications.

69447 • Solar Power: Business Premises

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an estimate of the amount of non-residential building roof space that is (a) available and (b) suitable for the installation of solar panels.

69448 • Conditions of Employment: Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing the role of a Fair Work Commissioner to ensure the independent enforcement of workers' rights.

69449 • Fair Work Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will include further consultation on the scope of the Fair Work Agency in the roadmap for delivering the Employment Rights Bill.

69450 • Employment: Women's Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Factsheet: The Fair Work Agency, whether the agency will be specifically mandated to uphold the rights of young women in the workplace.

69451 • Fair Work Agency: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether young women will be represented on the Advisory Board for the Fair Work Agency.

68491 • General Practitioners: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability for patients to message their GP practice using the NHS app for medical and appointment enquiries over lunchtime periods.

67470 • Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of revising the thresholds for determining the interest rate on student loan repayments for people living abroad in the context of local taxation levels.

67144 • Neighbourhood Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the contribution by the hon. Member for St Albans on 9 July 2025, Official Report, column 325WH, whether she plans to make alternative funding available to London Colney Parish Council for the completion of their neighbourhood plan.

67145 • Royal Mail: Members

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has held discussions with Royal Mail on the adequacy of their response times to hon. Members raising casework matters about local postal services.

67146 • Railways: Glyphosate

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has had recent discussions with Network Rail on the potential merits of (a) reducing and (b) eliminating the use of glyphosate herbicides on railway property.

66281 • Tax Evasion

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has issued guidance that the (a) Customer Compliance Group and (b) Risk and Intelligence Service (Compliance, Operational Insight and Risking) Group should only investigate cases of alleged tax evasion where the estimated loss to the public purse has been more than £35,000 for five years or more.

66282 • Revenue and Customs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing an independent watchdog to monitor the effectiveness of HMRC Customer Compliance Group.

63598 • Immigration: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing additional resource to the priority service for processing Indefinite Leave to Remain applications on the BNO route for Hong Kongers.

63608 • Gaming Machines

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to grant local authorities stronger powers to reject license applications for slot machines.

EDM 1723 • Green House Climate Club campaign

That this House congratulates the Green House Climate Club in St Albans, including students from Margaret Wix Primary Sc...

EDM 1069 • Oaklands College success in sport and academia

That this House recognises the outstanding work being carried out by Oaklands College in fostering sporting, academic an...

EDM 960 • The Alban Bun

That this House celebrates that for nearly 700 years the Alban Bun has been part of the Easter tradition at St Albans Ca...

EDM 927 • World Kidney Day 2025

That this House acknowledges that World Kidney Day takes place on Thursday 13 March 2025; recognises that an estimated 3...

EDM 916 • Convoy of Hope partnership for Ukraine

That this House congratulates the International Christian Medical and Dental Association (ICMDA), Mighty Convoy (MC) and...

EDM 739 • Wheelchair services provided by AJM Healthcare

That this House notes with deep concern the poor performance of AJM Healthcare, the leading provider of NHS wheelchair s...

EDM 565 • St Albans Interfaith League and support for inter-faith initiatives

That this House recognises that events abroad can and do have an impact on community tensions and cohesion in the UK; co...

EDM 471 • Potential closure of post offices

That this House recognises the importance of Post Office branches across the UK; believes that they form a vital part of...

EDM 1184 • Climate and Nature Bill

That this House declared an environment and climate change emergency on 1 May 2019, recognising the urgent need for acti...

EDM 1367 • Police officers

That this House recognises the tireless work of police officers around the UK; praises the selfless service of police of...

EDM 1603 • Equitable national prostate cancer screening

That this House welcomes the #ProactiveForYourProstate campaign led by Prostate Cancer Research (PCR); congratulates cam...

EDM 1616 • Investment in General Practice

That this House notes with concern that although about 90% of NHS interactions take place in general practice, only 6% o...

EDM 1659 • Reform of the special educational needs and disabilities system

That this House notes with deep concern the persistent crisis in the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) s...

EDM 1683 • UK-based medical charities in Palestine

That this House expresses its appreciation for those working for UK-based medical charities in Palestine, including Medi...

EDM 1723 • Green House Climate Club campaign

That this House congratulates the Green House Climate Club in St Albans, including students from Margaret Wix Primary Sc...

EDM 602 • Postural Tachycardia Syndrome

That this House notes that Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTS) is an autonomic nervous system abnormality which causes ...

EDM 1016 • Radiotherapy (No. 2)

This House acknowledges the urgent need for a bold and comprehensive National Cancer Plan to reduce cancer waiting times...

EDM 1178 • Pavement parking

That this House notes that communities across the UK are negatively impacted by inconsiderate pavement parking and its k...

EDM 1458 • Disconnection of stolen phones

That this House calls for an immediate crackdown on phone theft by forcing big tech & phone companies to disconnect mobi...

EDM 636 • Interstitial Lung Disease

That this House recognises the urgent need to improve the experience of people with Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) and ...

EDM 1065 • Securing habitat for endangered swifts and other cavity nesting birds

This House notes with concern the dramatic decline in the breeding population of swifts whose numbers have dropped by 60...

EDM 1433 • Impact of EU 90/180 day rule on UK citizens

That this House is deeply concerned about the damaging impact of the EU’s 90-day limit within a 180-day period on Britis...

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 1385 • Gaza (No. 2)

That this House expresses its condemnation of the Israeli government's expansion of military activity in Gaza and declar...

EDM 1000 • Ensuring stability for Ukrainian refugees in the UK

That this House believes that Ukrainian refugees fleeing war must be treated with compassion in the UK; recognises that ...

EDM 1297 • World Bee Day (No. 2)

That this House celebrates 20 May 2025 as World Bee Day, designated by the United Nations in order to raise awareness of...

EDM 1138 • Foster Care Fortnight

That this House celebrates Foster Care Fortnight from May 12 to May 25 in its aim to raise awareness about fostering and...

EDM 1267 • Jewish LGBTQ+ groups at Pride

That this House expresses deep concern at the decision by the Jewish LGBT+ charity KeshetUK and other Jewish LGBTQ+ grou...