Catherine Fookes

63955 • Immigration: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of making changes to Ukraine visa schemes to facilitate routes to settlement.

63956 • Development Aid: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that UK ODA spending supports women and girls internationally.

63957 • Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the availability of (a) HGV driving test slots and (b) HGV driving test examiners.

63958 • Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of HMRC phone line performance.

57129 • LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on issuing payments under the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme.

904460 • Economic Growth: Wales

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on increasing economic growth in Wales.

45376 • Financial Conduct Authority

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the recent Report on the Call for Evidence about the Financial Conduct Authority, published by the APPG on Investment Fraud & Fairer Financial Services, whether she plans to introduce the recommended legislative changes.

44052 • Access to Work Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Pathways to work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper, published in March 2025, what steps she is taking to (a) reduce levels of time taken to access Access to Work applications and (b) ensure that those levels of time do not prohibit people from taking up offers of employment.

41739 • Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the number of disabled people unable to claim an exemption on vehicle tax due to being over the age limit to access a benefit with a mobility component; and whether she has plans to reduce this gap.

34152 • Motorcycles: Driving Instruction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of motorcycle compulsory basic training.

34153 • Motorcycles: Driving Instruction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will take steps to improve the training required for motorcycle drivers.

34154 • Motorcycles: Driving Instruction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made following her Department's closed consultation on improving moped and motorcycle training.

34155 • Housing Associations: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including housing associations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

21216 • Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessments her Department has made of the adequacy of Personal Independence Payment tribunal wait times; and what steps she is taking to reduce them.

21217 • Personal Independence Payment: Appeals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support is available to people waiting for a Personal Independence Payment tribunal.

21222 • Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the income change threshold on child maintenance allowance on both the (a) paying and (b) receiving parents.

21224 • Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of altering the income change threshold on child maintenance allowance reviews.

18301 • NHS: Long Covid

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of including long covid as an industrial illness for people working the NHS during the covid-19 pandemic.

13288 • Inheritance Tax: Monmouthshire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many estates were subject to inheritance tax in Monmouthshire constituency in each tax year between 2019-20 and 2022-23.

9884 • Hearing Impairment: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will meet with Auditory Verbal UK to discuss (a) barriers to opportunities and (b) improved outcomes for deaf children.

EDM 842 • Western Gateway Rail Deal

That this House notes the publication of the Western Gateway Rail Deal, which sets out ways to capitalise on new funding...

EDM 376 • Support for endometriosis care

That this House is concerned about the severe impact that endometriosis has on the physical and mental health of one in ...

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...

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 842 • Western Gateway Rail Deal

That this House notes the publication of the Western Gateway Rail Deal, which sets out ways to capitalise on new funding...

EDM 599 • England men's cricket team's upcoming fixture against Afghanistan

That this House expresses profound concern regarding the England men's cricket team's upcoming Champions Trophy fixture ...

EDM 414 • Disclosure and Barring Service checks for hon. Members and Peers

That this House believes that all Parliamentarians should be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check when they...

EDM 376 • Support for endometriosis care

That this House is concerned about the severe impact that endometriosis has on the physical and mental health of one in ...

EDM 265 • Establishment of the Women’s Caucus in Westminster

That this House agrees to establish a Women’s Caucus in the UK Parliament, which is the women Members of Parliament work...