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Cat Smith in the House of Commons

LightAware

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2026 to Question 16453 on LightAware, if he will arrange for officials from his Department...

Sodium Valproate: Compensation

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any request for funding for an interim redress payment for those affected by sodium valproate has been submitted to his Department by the...

Baby Loss Awareness Week

Commons debates

I have never spoken in a Baby Loss Awareness Week debate before, but that does not mean that I do not care. I watched last year’s debate on the television, and I see that many of the faces...

Procedure Committee

Commons debates

The Procedure Committee has concluded its in-depth review of the written parliamentary questions system, and we were pleased to be able to publish our report just before the conference recess. I...

International Update

Commons debates

On 26 October 2021, when the Conservative Government’s Elections Bill was going through its Public Bill Committee, I was the shadow Minister, and I tabled a new clause relating to foreign...

Railways: Tickets

Department for Transport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she has had conversations with Rail Delivery Group about railcard users being able to store railcards on digital wallets.

Nature Conservation

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, if she will include plans to restore natural habitats in England’s next National Adaption Programme.

Sodium Valproate: Compensation

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 her Department has costed compensation for people impacted by sodium valproate.

Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: Research

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 steps her Department is taking to ensure that funding is available for research into Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.

Select Committee Chairs: Period of Leave

Commons debates

On behalf of the Procedure Committee, I thank the Leader of the House for bringing forward these motions. I never had any doubt that he would be a radical and reforming Leader of the House, and...

Birds of Prey: Rodenticides

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, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides found in...

Development Aid: Tropical Diseases

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, with reference to research carried out by Dr Steven Hall and Dr Stefanie Menzies at Lancaster University, whether...

Fire Prevention

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, if she will consider the views of rewilding and nature recovery experts when drafting the Wildfire Action Plan.

Administration of Justice: Dyslexia

Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to support autistic people in the justice system.

Administration of Justice: Dyslexia

Ministry of Justice

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to support people with dyslexia in the justice system.

Retirement Property Management Companies: Regulation

Commons debates

I, too, am very much aware of this issue. In my constituency I have a property called Williamson Court, which is run by McCarthy & Stone, and everything that colleagues are saying sounds very...

Climate Change: Finance

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 assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the level of global climate finance...

Women's Health Hubs: North West

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 women's health hubs have been established in NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB and what services do they provide.

Bus Services: Concessions

Department for Transport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the free bus travel for children in August scheme will permit travel by minors unaccompanied by an adult.

Bus Services: Concessions

Department for Transport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an impact assessment has been undertaken for the free bus travel for children in August scheme.