Dr Simon Opher

69473 • Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 18684 on Students: Loans, what progress she has made in developing a longer-term plan for higher education reform.

68036 • Disability: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase volunteering opportunities for disabled people.

68037 • Health Services: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the quality of information provided on (a) choice over pregnancy, (b) menopause care and (c) the availability of free contraceptive pills at pharmacies.

68038 • Adoption and Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support (a) foster carers, (b) kinship carers and (c) adoptive parents.

68039 • Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what was the evidential basis of her Department's decision to reduce the level of VAT relief available through the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.

68040 • Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, why her Department introduced a cap of £25,000 on claims through the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.

67524 • Local Government: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of creating a legal duty on councils to (a) meet climate targets and (b) tackle the loss of wildlife.

67525 • Bitcoin: Proceeds of Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has for Bitcoin seized from criminal activity.

67800 • Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which organisations received funding through the Industry Initiative component of the Warm Home Discount scheme in the last 12 months; and how much each organisation received.

66680 • Forests: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of removing the tax exemption from woodlands.

66681 • Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Industry Initiative component of the Warm Home Discount scheme.

66682 • Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the value of support accessed through the Industry Initiative component of the Warm Home Discount scheme in the most recent year where data is available.

66683 • Warm Home Discount Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which services accessed funding through the Industry Initiative component of the Warm Home Discount scheme in the most recent year where data is available; how much funding was received by each supplier; and what the value was of support accessed by consumers through each service.

66308 • Visas: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department has not published service standards for the time taken for applications for Family visas made on the basis of a person’s private life to be considered.

65922 • Midwives

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many midwives were working in the NHS in England at the most-recent point for which figures are available; how many of those qualified (a) in the UK and (b) outside of the UK, by country; and what estimate he has made of the number that will be working in the NHS in future years from each of these categories.

65923 • Hypertension: Kidney Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of people diagnosed with hypertension through the NHS Health Check programme were subsequently tested for chronic kidney disease in each of the last five years.

65924 • Hypertension: Kidney Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase (a) referral to and (b) uptake of testing for chronic kidney disease among people diagnosed with hypertension through the NHS Health Check programme.

64586 • Education: Mathmatics

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support (a) dyscalculic learners and(b) learners with maths learning difficulties.

64091 • Ordnance Survey: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will hold discussions with Ordance Survey on the potential merits of making the Ordnance Survey Maps Premium (a) service and (b) app available to the public for free.

64092 • Ordnance Survey: Subscriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what information his Department holds on the amount of income generated by the Ordnance Survey from public subscriptions in the last five years.

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 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 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 1573 • Durham Miners' Gala 2025

That this House celebrates the 139th Durham Miners’ Gala, to be held on Saturday, 12 July 2025, organised by the Durham ...

EDM 1333 • Future of rail freight

This House notes with concern that the future of rail freight in Great Britain is uncertain; welcomes ASLEF’s Rail Freig...

EDM 1626 • Apprenticeships strategy

That this House believes that the scandal of low pay for apprentices must end and that apprentices need pay above the na...

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 1266 • Import of goods from Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

That this House notes that the International Court of Justice has called for all states to abstain from entering into ec...

EDM 1523 • Protected title for anaesthetists

That this House notes that the job title anaesthetist is not currently legally protected for use by doctors; further not...

EDM 1478 • Better Business Day campaign and the Company Directors (Duties) Bill

That this House welcomes Better Business Day and congratulates all those involved in raising awareness of the Better Bus...

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 1392 • Madleen Freedom Flotilla Ship

That this House stands in solidarity with the crew of 12, including climate activist Greta Thunberg, of the Madleen Free...

EDM 1386 • Climate Finance Fund (Fossil Fuels and Pollution) Bill

That this House welcomes the contribution made by the Climate Finance Fund (Fossil Fuels and Pollution) Bill, published ...

EDM 1310 • Arms exports to Israel

That this House calls on the Government to immediately suspend all arms exports to Israel in line with majority public o...

EDM 1311 • Humanitarian aid into Gaza

That this House calls on the United Nations, alongside the Security Council, to take urgent action to facilitate humanit...

EDM 1317 • Impact of No Recourse to Public Funds on child poverty

That this House recognises the urgent need for child poverty measures to include all children living in the UK, regardle...

EDM 1228 • National Operating Department Practitioner Day

That this House recognises and celebrates National Operating Department Practitioners (ODP) Day on 14 May, which highlig...

EDM 1219 • Mental Health Awareness Week 2025

That this House recognises that Mental Health Awareness Week is between 12 and 19 May 2025; notes that the theme for thi...

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 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 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...