Sonia Kumar

69491 • English Language: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department plans to provide for the provision of English for Speakers of Other Languages courses in the West Midlands Combined Authority area in 2025-2026.

64713 • Health: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the UK's 41st place in the Hologic Global Women’s Health Index, what steps his Department is taking to improve women's health.

63796 • Eyesight: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to make eye tests mandatory for primary school children.

63355 • Special Educational Needs: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment she has made of the adequacy of the level of funding for EHCP plans in (a) the UK, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Dudley constituency.

63357 • UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the emissions trading scheme on the clay brick and rooftile industry.

63358 • Youth Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) accessibility and (b) range of youth facilities in areas where the population is expanding.

63410 • Nurseries: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing records of incidents and fatalities at nurseries.

63411 • Incontinence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of including incontinence in medical training for all healthcare professionals.

63412 • Incontinence: Pregnancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to take steps to increase awareness of the importance of pelvic floor strength for women before pregnancy to prevent post pregnancy incontinence.

63413 • Economic Growth: Dudley

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to increase economic growth in Dudley constituency.

63414 • Transport: Dudley

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department plans to take to improve transport connectivity in Dudley constituency.

63415 • Environment Protection: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take to support green projects in the Black Country.

63247 • English Language: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department provides for the provision of English for Speakers of Other Languages courses in the West Midlands Combined Authority area.

63248 • Personal Care Services: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she considered the potential merits of providing a higher level of funding to help support the implementation of the updated National Occupational Standards for hair and beauty qualifications.

63249 • Personal Care Services: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure awarding bodies for hair and beauty qualifications update their (a) guidance and (b) training to promote inclusivity for all (i) hair and (ii) skin types.

63250 • Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support her Department is providing to schools that are experiencing an increase in pupils with an EHCP.

63252 • Community Health Services: Medical Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the 10-year health plan will include policies on (a) community equipment services and (b) the timely provision of community care equipment.

63253 • Mental Health Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to increase funding for mental health services for children.

63254 • Medicine: Postgraduate Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take in the context of trends in the level of competition for training places in postgraduate medical training.

63255 • Property Development: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take to help support councils to require developers to (a) complete and (b) refurbish (i) building sites and (ii) existing empty buildings.

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 383 • Work of St John Ambulance

That this House recognises the lifesaving work of St John Ambulance volunteers across the country, training 250,000 memb...

EDM 159 • 50th anniversary of the Federation of Small Businesses

That this House congratulates the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), formerly known as the National Federation of Sel...