David Williams

904698 • Water Companies: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help prevent financial rewards for water company executives who oversee poor performance.

904521 • Energy: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with energy companies on reforming the energy market.

47954 • Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the current Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund fair access limit on the mental health outcomes of (a) adopted children and (b) children living with a special guardianship.

47955 • Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what evidence base was used to inform the new per-child funding allocation of the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.

32545 • Young People: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure youth voice is integrated into the new national youth strategy.

32546 • National Citizen Service Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of reallocating the funding for National Citizen Service to the youth sector from April 2025.

32547 • Youth Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the need for the National Youth Strategy to register the importance of long-term sustainable revenue funding in providing youth services.

32548 • Young Futures Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she expects the timelines for the delivery of Young Future Hubs to be clarified.

29291 • Railways: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of restoring the hourly electric train service between Crewe and Birmingham.

19501 • Childcare and Pre-school Education: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether (a) private, (b) voluntary and (c) independent settings will be able to access (i) Early Years and (ii) workforce funding.

18261 • Children: Communication Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) language and (b) communication skills of children under three.

18262 • Children: Communication Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the potential impact of workforce shortages in the early years sector on pre-school children’s language and communication development.

18263 • Care Leavers: Education and Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking through the Youth Guarantee to support care leavers at risk of dropping out of (a) education and (b) training.

17959 • Land Use: Property Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle land banking.

17960 • Further Education: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve (a) recruitment and (b) retention in the further education sector.

17961 • T-levels: Student Wastage

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to reduce dropout rates of students studying T-Levels.

17052 • Anti-social Behaviour: Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour on the high street in (a) Tunstall, (b) Stoke-on-Trent North and (c) Kidsgrove.

16796 • Domestic Abuse: Stoke-on-Trent

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to reduce waiting times for accommodation for (a) victims of domestic violence and (b) their families in (i) Stoke-on-Trent North constituency and (ii) Kidsgrove.

16306 • Historic Buildings: Stoke-on-Trent North

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to invest in heritage buildings in (a) Stoke-on-Trent North constituency and (b) Kidsgrove.

15859 • Youth Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to encourage more people to (a) enter the youth sector workforce and (b) become youth workers.

EDM 1298 • 130th anniversary of R.J. Mitchell

That this House pays tribute to R.J. Mitchell, lead designer of the Spitfire, on the 130th anniversary of his birth; not...

EDM 1107 • St George’s Day 2025

That this House joins the people of England in celebrating St. George's Day on 23 April 2025; understands the significan...

EDM 965 • Coalfields Regeneration Trust funding

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

EDM 728 • Renaming Heathrow Airport after Queen Elizabeth II

That this House remembers with gratitude the 70 years of service Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II gave to the United ...

EDM 593 • Knighthood for Sir Ian Dudson

That this House congratulates His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire, Sir Ian Dudson, on being made a Knight Com...

EDM 25 • 75th anniversary of Keele University’s foundation

That this House celebrates the 75th anniversary of the foundation of Keele University in Newcastle-under-Lyme; notes tha...

EDM 24 • Gareth Southgate resignation as England Manager

That this House notes with sadness the resignation of Gareth Southgate OBE from his role as manager of the England men’s...