Speeches and Questions - Cat Smith

Cat Smith in the House of Commons

Elections: Coronavirus

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to introduce fully digital postal vote applications in time for the May 2021 local...

Elections: Proof of Identity

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2021 to Question 133009, whether Irish passports will be accepted as...

Elections: Proof of Identity

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost of rolling out voter ID.

Elections: Proof of Identity

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2021 to Question 134490, for what reasons the answer to the Question did...

Students: Rented Housing

Department for Education

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

What steps he is taking to support students who have paid rent for accommodation at university but are unable to use it as a result of covid-19 restrictions.

Local Government: Elections

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the May 2021 elections, what criteria the Government would use to decide to postpone the...

EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Fishing Industry

Commons debates

Fishing communities across the country feel that their genuine concerns have been used for political purposes and they have ended up being sold down the river. Why does the Secretary of State...

Elections: Proof of Identity

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to voter ID pilots, where voters will be able to collect their local elector ID from in the...

Elections: May 2021

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to see the Minister respond to the urgent question. I wish her well with her continued recovery. As the Minister set out, elections have been suspended for more than a year, and...

Elections: May 2021

Commons debates

(Urgent Question): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will make a statement on the May 2021 elections.

Prescription Drugs

Department of Health and Social Care

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the ability for the public to respond to the PHE Prescribed Medicines Review: Call for case studies issued...

Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review

Department of Health and Social Care

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2020 to Question 908883 and the Answer of 7 December 2020 to Question 122771 on Independent...

Local Government: Elections

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to ensure that the appropriate provision of personal protective equipment used during the...

Local Government: Elections

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who are symptomatic of covid-19 and instructed to...

Local Government: Elections

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who have been advised to shield during the covid-19...

Local Government: Elections

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that supplier capacity for the running of the May 2021 local...

Local Government: Elections

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans the Government has to tackle the potential challenge of recruiting polling staff due to the fact...

Local Government: Elections

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans the Government has to plan for potential shortages in poll staffing caused by the covid-19 outbreak...

Local Government: Elections

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the May 2021 elections, whether he plans to change emergency proxy voting rules in light of...

Census: Coronavirus

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, regarding the March 2021 census, how the Government plans to survey (a) homeless people and (b) other people...