Speeches and Questions - Cat Smith - Cat Smith

Cat Smith in the House of Commons

Further Education: Pay

Department for Education

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to increase pay in the further education sector.

Sudan: Humanitarian Aid

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with humanitarian groups and partners in Sudan to provide (a) humanitarian aid...

Sudan: Armed Conflict

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he plans to take to use the UK's position as penholder for Sudan at the UN Security C Council to press...

Bottles: Plastics

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of the aim of the Bottle Stop campaign to ensure that all bottles in clubs and bars are...

Mental Health Services: Rural Areas

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, if he will take steps with representatives from the farming sector to support people with mental health issues in rural communities.

Mental Health Services: Rural Areas

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, whether he plans to take steps to help ensure mental health services are accessible to patients in rural communities.

Development Aid

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 210, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the...

Animal Welfare

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to launch a consultation on which activities should be banned from being (a) advertised and (b)...

Social Security Benefits: 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, when she plans to publish her Department's response to the consultation entitled Modernising support for independent living: the health and...

Gender Dysphoria: Children

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 his Department has made of the potential risks of harm being caused by restrictions on puberty blockers for treatments of...

Gender Dysphoria: Children

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 his Department has made of the potential impact of restricting puberty blockers for the treatment of gender incongruence...

Gender Dysphoria: Children

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, if he will meet with (a) young trans young people and (b) their families to discuss the prescription of puberty blockers for the...

Gender Dysphoria: Children

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 his timetable is for the clinical trial being conducted on the use of puberty blockers for the treatment of gender incongruence.

Gender Dysphoria: Children

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, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the UK’s position on the prescription of puberty blockers for the...

Gender Dysphoria: Children

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, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that those proscribed puberty blockers for the treatment of gender incongruence will...

New Hospital Programme

Health and Social Care

Cat Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

Lancaster’s royal infirmary is at capacity. It is a Victorian hospital, and I am sure it was cutting-edge back then, but it is now not fit for purpose. Yesterday, the joint investment...

New Hospital Programme

Health and Social Care

Cat Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent progress his Department has made on the new hospital programme.

Petition - Water Bills in Lancaster and Wyre

Commons debates

I rise to present a petition on behalf of my constituents in Lancaster and Wyre who are concerned about Ofwat’s proposal to see water bills increasing by an average £19 a year between...

[1st Day]

Debate on the Address

Cat Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the work of his Committee in the last Parliament, and I urge the Government Front Benchers to heed that report. Millions of people are missing from our...

[1st Day]

Debate on the Address

Cat Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

After nine years on the Opposition Benches, it is a disorientating experience to find myself on the Government Benches, and things just got a little more topsy-turvy when I found I was speaking...