David Baines

69073 • Children: Autism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 10 of Ofsted's radicalisation and extremism inspection document, if she will take steps to ensure that it no longer informs inspectors that children with autism are at increased risk of being susceptible to extremism.

65973 • Coalfields Regeneration Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress she has made on considering the capital funding request from the Coalfields Regeneration Trust.

65974 • Prison Officers: Long Service Awards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to extend the Prison Service Long Service Medal to operational officers in privately managed prisons.

64182 • Children: Dyslexia

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) help children with dyslexia and (b) improve the availability of early screening.

64183 • Poverty: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help tackle child poverty in St Helens North constituency.

64184 • Merseyside Police

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure the adequacy of the number of police officers in Merseyside police.

64185 • Palestinians: Recognition of States

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if the Government will take steps to recognise the state of Palestine as part of its efforts to seek (a) peace and (b) a lasting two state solution in the region.

47920 • Personal Independence Payment: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Personal Independence Payment recipients are in work in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) St Helens Local Authority, (c) the Liverpool City Region and (d) nationally.

24127 • Heart Diseases: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) increase capacity on children's heart units and (b) ensure that children requiring treatment receive it in a timely manner.

23539 • Children: Speech and Language Disorders

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) providing funding for speech and language interventions earlier than reception age and (b) help ensure that Family Hubs can support families within the home learning environment before the age of three.

6857 • Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to help support the growth of small businesses.

6858 • Agriculture: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) financial incentives and (b) other support for (i) farmers and (ii) the wider agricultural sector for investment in (A) machinery and (B) infrastructure.

4827 • Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to (a) review the surplus arrangements and (b) transfer the investment reserve fund to members of the Mineworkers Pension Scheme.

4848 • Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled You could get Pension Credit – Week of Action to drive take up, published on 1 September 2024, whether she has made an assessment of the impact of that campaign on trends in the level of applications for Pension Credit.

900337 • Curriculum: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to reform the national curriculum.

550 • Schools: St Helens North

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse was of funding state schools in St Helens North constituency in (a) 2024 and (b) 2010.

551 • Poverty: St Helens North

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the number and proportion of children living in poverty in St Helens North constituency in (a) 2024 and (b) 2010.

552 • Broadband: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to help ensure that (a) Brsk, (b) Openreach and (c) other broadband providers use existing infrastructure wherever possible when installing new broadband provision.

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 965 • Coalfields Regeneration Trust funding

That this House recognises the invaluable contribution of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust (CRT) in supporting economic...

EDM 603 • World Darts Champion Luke Littler

That this House recognises the astonishing performance of Luke Littler in winning the 2025 World Championship, becoming ...

EDM 169 • Pension credit threshold

That this House notes that the current threshold of pension support to open the gate way of winter fuel allowance is too...