Dr Beccy Cooper

66447 • Mental Health: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of unpaid caring responsibilities on carers’ mental health.

66448 • Health: Carers and Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance the has issued to local authorities on encouraging preventative health behaviours among working-age adults with (a) caring and (b) parental responsibilities.

66449 • Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tailor (a) guidance and (b) support for local authorities to help mitigate increasing demand on adult social care services due to demographic ageing.

66450 • Air Pollution and Noise: Public Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) noise and (b) air pollution on public health in densely populated residential areas.

66451 • Health Services: Sleeping Rough

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve access to healthcare for people experiencing rough sleeping.

66452 • Academies

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing schools currently managed by multi-academy trusts to return to local education authority control.

66453 • Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered allowing local education authorities to open new maintained schools.

66454 • Development Aid: Drug Resistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what (a) steps he is planning to take to take to strengthen antimicrobial resistance (i) surveillance and (ii) diagnostic capacity following the conclusion of the Fleming Fund programme and (b) support his Department is providing to help laboratories maintain continuity of services while national governments build long-term capacity.

66455 • Disease Control: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what funding his Department plans to allocate (a) to international programmes primarily focused on preventing novel pandemics at source and (b) through multilateral and bilateral initiatives where pandemic preparedness is a secondary or cross-cutting objective from 2025 to 2028.

66456 • Infectious Diseases: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that diagnostic stewardship is embedded across infection care pathways to ensure that clinicians are (a) supported to use infection diagnostics effectively and (b) reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.

66457 • Infectious Diseases: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of infection diagnostics on (a) levels of inappropriate antibiotic use and (b) the policies set out in the policy paper entitled UK 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance 2024 to 2029, published on 8 May 2024.

65534 • Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Government response to the Child Maintenance: Improving the collection and transfer of payments consultation, published on 23 June 2025, what her planned timetable is for publishing further information on next steps.

65535 • Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of administrative capacity to manage the volume of transitions from Employment and Support Allowance to Universal Credit; and what steps she is taking to ensure that vulnerable claimants do not experience prolonged delays or shortfalls in payment due to outstanding actions as a result of these transitions.

62813 • School Meals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish the revised School Food Standards; and what steps he is taking to consult (a) schools, (b) public health experts and (c) other stakeholders in the process.

61071 • Development Aid: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the 6.9% reduction in the FCDO's resource budget on the ability to respond to global health threats.

61072 • International Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that global development and health partnerships remain central to foreign policy objectives.

61073 • Developing Countries: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to support global health workforce development as part of the UK’s international health security agenda.

60263 • Cats and Dogs: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered introducing further regulations on establishing (a) dog and (b) cat rescue organisations.

58503 • Urban Areas: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support local authorities to improve high streets.

58504 • Small Businesses: Occupational Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help small businesses to improve their capacity to deliver workplace health interventions.

EDM 105 • Gambling regulations

That this House notes with concern that the most recent regulations on gambling are from the Gambling Act 2005; consider...

EDM 211 • 20th anniversary of Parkrun

That this House celebrates the 20th anniversary of Parkrun, which was founded in 2004 in Bushy Park, London, and now ope...

EDM 236 • World Mental Health Day 2024

That this House marks World Mental Health Day, which takes place each year on 10 October, and which raises awareness of ...

EDM 229 • World Homelessness Day 2024

That this House marks World Homelessness Day 2024; notes with concern that 3,898 people were found sleeping rough in Eng...

EDM 219 • School nurses

That this House recognises the tremendous work being done by public health school nurses; acknowledges they are the only...

EDM 220 • NHS Parliamentary Awards

That this House welcomes the holding of the 2024 NHS Parliamentary Awards in Westminster on the 14 October 2024; further...

EDM 148 • World Suicide Prevention Day 2024

That this House marks World Suicide Prevention Day, which takes place each year on 10 September; pays tribute to all the...

EDM 174 • Proposed smoking ban

That this House recognises the success of the indoor ban on smoking in public places, introduced by a Labour Government ...

EDM 97 • Ban trophy hunting imports

That this House notes CITES data and investigations by the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting published in the national medi...

EDM 51 • Radiotherapy

That this House recognises the value of radiotherapy as a key and lifesaving cancer treatment, necessary for around half...

EDM 62 • Contribution of lidos

That this House celebrates the contribution to the UK's health, wellbeing and heritage made by lidos; notes with concern...

EDM 87 • Alcohol harm

That this House supports the call from the Alcohol Health Alliance and leading public health professionals, made on 17 J...

EDM 105 • Gambling regulations

That this House notes with concern that the most recent regulations on gambling are from the Gambling Act 2005; consider...

EDM 12 • 200th anniversary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution

That this House congratulates the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) on its 200th anniversary of saving lives at...