Steff Aquarone

70179 • Written Question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to her Answer of 21 July 2025 Question 68537 on Emergencies: Sirens, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that communities in (a) coastal areas and (b) that have limited or no phone signal receive those alerts.

70182 • Written Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the availability of visual field testing for driving license holders diagnosed with glaucoma in (a) North Norfolk constituency, (b) Norfolk and (c) England.

68536 • Neighbourhood Plans: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 62866 on Neighbourhood Plans: Finance, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of this policy on levels of council tax.

68537 • Emergencies: Sirens

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his Answer of 15 July 2025 to Question 66761 on Emergencies: Mobile Phones, what steps she is taking to support communities who have (a) no emergency sirens and (b) had their emergency sirens removed.

68538 • Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of HMRC confidentiality rules on the ability of the Child Maintenance Service to (a) suspend and (b) revise liability, where possible fraudulent child benefit claims are under investigation by HMRC.

68541 • Driving Licences: Glaucoma

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of the availability of glaucoma testing for driving license renewal in (a) North Norfolk constituency, (b) Norfolk and (c) England.

68556 • Valuation Office Agency: Standards

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of case backlog at the Valuation Office Agency; and what steps she is taking to reduce this.

66760 • Schools: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the funding formula on the viability of small schools in rural areas.

66761 • Emergencies: Mobile Phones

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the publication entitled UK Government Resilience Action Plan published on 8 July 2025, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of emergency alert systems in rural areas with (a) poor and (b) no mobile signal.

64355 • British Virgin Islands: Companies

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 36916 on British Overseas Territories: Companies, what discussions he has had with the British Virgin Islands government on the reasons why it did not implement a register of beneficial ownership by the end of June 2025.

63378 • Vocational Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of drop-outs from vocational courses; and what steps she is taking to increase course completion rates.

63379 • Electricians and Plumbing: Vocational Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage more young people to undertake vocational training to become (a) plumbers and (b) electricians.

63380 • Post Boxes: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her polices of trends in levels of theft of Royal Mail post boxes; and whether she has had recent discussions with Royal Mail on those trends.

62866 • Neighbourhood Plans: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of removing funding for the development of neighbourhood plans on parish councils.

60381 • Dentistry: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help support the establishment of a dental school at the University of East Anglia.

57801 • Visas: Married People

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the minimum income requirements for spousal visas on pensioners who are unable to increase their income.

57011 • Police: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of rules on pension entitlements for survivors of police officers on levels of loneliness.

57012 • Letter Boxes: Theft

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of postbox theft; and what steps her Department is taking to tackle it.

57013 • Waste Management: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing penalties to local government for delays in implementing food waste collections due to (a) market congestion for vehicles and (b) other external factors.

55990 • Crime: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will publish the Rural and Wildlife Crime Strategy.

EDM 954 • Sharrington phone box

That this House recognises the importance of the K6 telephone box in the village of Sharrington, North Norfolk; notes wi...

EDM 721 • Coastal erosion in north Norfolk

That this House notes with concern the erosion of the north Norfolk coastline, in Happisburgh, Trimingham and other smal...

EDM 1721 • Food waste

That this House notes with concern the vast quantity of safe food that is discarded daily in the UK, approximately 26,08...

EDM 1732 • Carers and social care reform

That this House believes that everyone deserves high-quality care when they need it and that unpaid carers are the unsun...

EDM 1579 • Loan Charge and settlement terms offered to large companies and individuals

That this House is deeply concerned at the treatment of those facing the Loan Charge; notes that instead of commissionin...

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 1457 • Support for farmers

That this House recognises with deep concern the Chancellor’s Spending Review decision to cut the DEFRA budget in real t...

EDM 1434 • Unpaid Care Dashboard

That this House commends the second report of the Health and Social Care Committee of Session 2024–25 on Adult Social Ca...

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 1397 • Funding for Ely and Haughley Rail junction upgrades

That this House recognises the critical role of the Ely and Haughley rail junctions in supporting national economic grow...

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 1345 • Reform of NHS dentistry services

That this House notes with concern the findings of the Public Accounts Committee's report entitled Fixing NHS Dentistry,...

EDM 1349 • Carers Week 2025

That this House supports Carers Week 2025, taking place from 9 to 15 June; recognises this year’s theme is entitled Cari...

EDM 896 • Impact Assessments of changes to Official Development Assistance

That an Humble Address be presented to His Majesty, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions that there be ...

EDM 1286 • World Bee Day

That this House celebrates World Bee Day, a UN-designated day whose theme this year is to highlight the critical roles b...

EDM 1290 • World IBD Day 2025

That this House notes that 19 May 2025 marks World IBD Day, a global initiative to raise awareness of inflammatory bowel...

EDM 1181 • Trans+ History Week

That this House welcomes the second annual Trans+ History Week; notes the week held from 5 to 11 May 2025 will celebrate...

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 1217 • Electoral reform

That this House believes there is urgent need for electoral reform for elections in England; further believes that the l...

EDM 1186 • Blockade of aid to Gaza

That this House expresses its deep concern that the Israeli Government's current blockade of Gaza has now exceeded 50 da...

EDM 848 • Changes to Overseas Development Assistance

That this House expresses concern over the Government’s decision to reduce the UK’s Official Development Assistance (ODA...

EDM 1172 • Frome Town Women Football Club

That this House celebrates Frome Town Women Football Club, an independently run football club providing football for wom...