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Intimate Image Abuse: Artificial Intelligence

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will visit Dr Sophie Nightingale at Lancaster University and her specialist lab investigating generative AI and its use to create...

Intimate Image Abuse: Artificial Intelligence

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of research by Dr Sophie Nightingale at Lancaster...

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, how many prescriptions were issued for each drug categorised under the (a) (i) clonazepam and (ii) other benzodiazepines, (b) z-drugs,...

Licensing Laws: Alcoholic Drinks

Department for Business and Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85812, whether he plans to introduce his Department's proposed reforms to alcohol...

Licensing Laws: Reform

Department for Business and Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85806, on what evidential basis his Department chose to issue a call for evidence...

Licensing Laws

Department for Business and Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85808, if he will publish all responses received to the call for evidence on proposed...

Licensing Laws: Reform

Department for Business and Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Questions 85811 and 85813, if he will publish all evidence received by the Licensing Taskforce...

Clergy: LGBT+ People

Church Commissioners

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

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to support (a) LGBTQ+ clergy and (b) people considering entering ministry.

Quarries: Planning Policy - [Dr Andrew Murrison in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I thank the hon. Gentleman for making that point—it does have an economic impact on the area. Preesall is located in a beautiful corner of Lancashire, with the Wyre estuary on one side and...

Quarries: Planning Policy - [Dr Andrew Murrison in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Thank you for squeezing me in, Dr Murrison. In the limited time that I have, I want to put on record that the experiences of my constituents in Preesall are echoed by communities right across...

Women: Human Rights

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, if she will make it her policy to support efforts to create a Special Rapporteur for Women and Girls Living Under...

Visas: Social Workers

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether registered social workers will be eligible for the 5 year pathway to settlement for skilled frontline public service workers.

Church Schools: Admissions

Church Commissioners

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

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what discussions the Church of England has had with Church of England academies with admission processes that exclude...

Clergy: Abuse

Church Commissioners

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

To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church is taking to rebuild trust with survivors of abuse within the Church of England.

Electric Vehicles: Accidents

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 data her department holds on the number of road traffic collisions involving both electric vehicles and pedestrians.

Fracking: Housing

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what analysis his department has undertaken about the potential effects of fracking on house prices and home insurance costs across...

Income Tax (Charge)

Commons debates

I am absolutely delighted for my hon. Friend’s mother. Will he please pass on my best regards? It is not just the state pension increase, but the decision to restore the winter fuel...

Income Tax (Charge)

Commons debates

My hon. Friend gives me the opportunity to put on record my thanks to North Lancashire Citizens Advice. We frequently end up referring constituents to Citizens Advice, and I thank its volunteers...

Income Tax (Charge)

Commons debates

Follow that, I suppose! I cannot promise the same level of entertaining enthusiasm as the right hon. Member for New Forest West (Sir Desmond Swayne) as I rise to speak on today’s Budget. I...

Members: Correspondence

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, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 21 July 2025 and re-sent on 7 October 2025 from the hon. Member for Lancaster and Wyre and...