Speeches and Questions - Cat Smith

Cat Smith in the House of Commons

Porton Down: Animal Experiments

Ministry of Defence

Cat Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2020 to Question 9721, on Porton Down: Animal Experiments, on which species of animal were scientific procedures...

Renewable Energy

Cat Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

Scotland has a huge geographical advantage when it comes to wave and tidal energy, with reports suggesting that up to 40,000 jobs could be created in the sector if it had Government support. What...

Shipping: EEA Nationals

Department for Transport

Cat Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the enforcement of the Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011 for seafarers from European Economic...

UK Fisheries - [Sir George Howarth in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I do not know whether hon. Members have had the pleasure of visiting Fleetwood, eight miles north of our famous neighbour, Blackpool, on the Lancashire coast. The town boomed in the first half of...

Renewable Energy

Cat Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the renewable energy sector in Scotland.

Shipping: Crew

Department for Transport

Cat Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for Women and Equalities on employer discrimination against seafarers on grounds of protected...

Shipping: Crew

Department for Transport

Cat Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's Maritime 2050 strategy, whether the social framework for the UK maritime workforce proposed in that strategy will...

Shipping: Crew

Department for Transport

Cat Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2020 to Question 7222 on Offshore Industry: Discrimination, when his Department's review of regulations on the...

Shipping: Crew

Women and Equalities

Cat Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2020 to Question 7222 Offshore Industry: Discrimination, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary...

Porton Down: Animal Experiments

Ministry of Defence

Cat Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many experiments were conducted on animals by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory on behalf of his Department in each of the last 10 years.

Police Officer Numbers: Lancashire

Home Department

Cat Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

I am sure, Mr Speaker, you will wish to join me in paying tribute to Lancashire police, who responded over the weekend to the devastating effects of Storm Ciara, alongside all the other emergency...

Police Officer Numbers: Lancashire

Home Department

Cat Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of police officers in Lancashire.

Employment: Disability

Women and Equalities

Cat Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that employers meet their obligations to provide reasonable adjustments to the workplace to ensure that...

Employment: Disability

Women and Equalities

Cat Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that people with disabilities receive help and support to identify and challenge discriminatory...

China: Coronavirus

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Cat Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department is providing to UK nationals in Wuhan who are unable to access medication.

Motor Vehicles: Insurance

Department for Transport

Cat Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of uninsured drivers.

Wuhan Coronavirus

Commons debates

I put on record my thanks to all the officials who supported my 81-year-old constituent Veronica Theobald to make the journey from Wuhan to the Wirral. What lessons have been learned about the...

Employment: Disability

Department for Work and Pensions

Cat Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that employers signed up to the Disability Confident Scheme are actively supporting disabled...

Employment: Chronic Illnesses

Department for Work and Pensions

Cat Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what specialist training Work Coaches receive to help people with hidden and fluctuating health conditions (a) find and (b) stay in work.

Topical Questions

Cat Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

When a service child moves to a new school, it is up to the old school to flag this on the student’s file, otherwise there could be a delay in receiving the service pupil premium. What...