Chris Hinchliff

64958 • Catering: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what role will organically certified produce have in achieving 50 percent of public sector catering contracts from British producers or those certified to higher environmental standards.

63188 • Electricity: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme on electricity bills for non-exempt consumers.

62850 • Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of Personal Independence Payment claimants who use some of their Personal Independence Payment to pay for housing costs.

62920 • Renewable Energy: Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of its proposed exemptions for certain industrial users from (a) Feed-in Tariffs, (b) Renewables Obligation Certificates and (c) the Capacity Market ion levy costs for other industrial, commercial or domestic consumers.

62933 • Marine Recovery Fund and Nature Restoration Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Nature Restoration Fund proposed by the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on the Marine Recovery Fund.

62127 • Affordable Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the real-terms percentage change in funding for the Affordable Homes Programme in each of the next three financial years.

62128 • Affordable Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the projected percentage increase in nominal funding for the Affordable Homes Programme in each of the next three financial years.

62129 • Affordable Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the proportion of projected additional funding for the Affordable Homes Programme that will be allocated to homes for social rent in the next three financial years.

61427 • School Meals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 5 June 2025 on School Food, HCWS682, what the (a) timeframe and (b) scope of the consultation on revising School Food Standards will be; and whether that consultation will include direct engagement with young people.

60247 • Hospitals: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children aged between 28 days and 17 years old were admitted to NHS care for more than seven days in the latest period for which data is available.

58449 • State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many overseas voters from North East Hertfordshire constituency are impacted by frozen British Pensions; and whether she is taking steps to help tackle this.

904517 • Community Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support the implementation of community energy projects.

57157 • Parental Leave: Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was spent on (a) maternity, (b) paternity and (c) adoption leave in the most recent period for which data is available.

57195 • Buildings: Cultural Heritage

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national support scheme for the insurance of (a) thatched and (b) listed residential properties to help homeowners (i) manage increases in insurance costs and (ii) preserve heritage buildings.

54495 • Arts: Artificial Intelligence and Copyright

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of provisions within the Data, Use and Access Bill on (a) copyright and (b) AI on the long-term sustainability of the music and arts sector.

52492 • Community Health Services: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with providers of community equipment services on their role in supporting (a) timely hospital discharge and (b) effective community-based care.

52493 • Community Health Services: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department’s long-term plan is for the community equipment services sector in the health and social care system.

904095 • Israel: Arms Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his policy on arms trade with Israel.

49863 • Govia Thameslink Railway

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has issued an expiry notice to Govia Thameslink Railway; and what her planned timetable is for the nationalisation of Govia Thameslink Railway.

49639 • Motor Neurone Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to consult people living with motor neurone disease on the development of the health and disability green paper.

EDM 1621 • Funding for training of professional journalists

That this House is worried by guidance issued by the Secretary of State for Education to the Office for Students which s...

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 1542 • Prison education insourcing

That this House notes the worrying state of prison education, with 82 percent of prison and young offender institutions ...

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 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 1479 • High street gambling reform

That this House notes with concern that local authorities currently lack sufficient powers to regulate the spread of gam...

EDM 1256 • Negotiating rights for police officers

That this House notes that pay and conditions for police officers in England and Wales are subject to recommendations by...

EDM 1245 • Restructure of local government debt

That this House expresses deeps concern that local government net debt across UK has doubled since 2010 and is spirallin...

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 1424 • Israel’s interception of the British-flagged Madleen boat

That this House expresses alarm at the Israeli military’s interception of the UK-flagged civilian vessel Madleen in inte...

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 1339 • Accountability in the water industry and proposals for the reform of Ofwat

That this House notes with concern the systemic failings of the water industry and its regulators, which have allowed wa...

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 1242 • Future of the UK baking industry

That this House notes with concern recent media reports that Associated British Foods, parent company of Allied Bakeries...

EDM 711 • Compensation for Equitable Life policyholders

That this House notes the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s report into Equitable Life; acknowledges its find...

EDM 1048 • Libraries in state primary schools

That this House welcomes the National Literacy Trust and Penguin Random House’s Libraries for Primaries campaign; is con...

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 232 • UN Special Rapporteur's report on atrocity crimes in Iran

That this House welcomes the landmark Atrocity Crimes report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Righ...

EDM 607 • Pesticides in public spaces

That this House notes that many local authorities and other public authorities use pesticides to manage unwanted vegetat...

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...