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Future Day Orals

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Questions for oral answer on a future day as of Wednesday 13 December 2023.

T Indicates a topical question. Members are selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.

[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Answer on Thursday 14 December

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

1Alistair Strathern (Mid Bedfordshire): What steps he is taking to ensure that new rail infrastructure meets the needs of communities in the East of England.(900647)

2Richard Foord (Tiverton and Honiton): What steps he is taking to improve rail services.(900648)

3Marco Longhi (Dudley North): What funding his Department is providing for road resurfacing.(900649)

4Simon Fell (Barrow and Furness): What assessment he has made of the potential merits of electrifying the Furness Line.(900650)

5Jim Shannon (Strangford): When he plans to publish further information on the UK sustainable aviation fuel mandate.(900651)

6Sir Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): What steps he plans to take to improve traffic flows in towns and cities.(900652)

7Andrew Gwynne (Denton and Reddish): What estimate he has made of the net cost to the public purse of land purchased and planned for sale in connection with HS2 Phase 2.(900654)

8Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): If he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme on domestic ferry services.(900655)

9Ian Levy (Blyth Valley): What steps he is taking to increase transport connectivity between cities in the north of England.(900656)

10Margaret Beckett (Derby South): What steps he has taken to support rail manufacturing at Alstom in Derby.(900657)

11Steven Bonnar (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of Government proposals to reduce net migration on the transport sector workforce.(900658)

12Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South): What recent discussions he has had with airport operators on the introduction of new security scanners by June 2024.(900659)

13Eddie Hughes (Walsall North): What funding his Department is providing for road resurfacing.(900660)

14Marion Fellows (Motherwell and Wishaw): What steps his Department plans to take following COP28 to support transport decarbonisation.(900661)

15Navendu Mishra (Stockport): What assessment he has made of the impact of trends in the level of motoring costs on drivers.(900662)

16Sarah Edwards (Tamworth): What estimate he has made of the net cost to the public purse of land purchased and planned for sale in connection with HS2 Phase 2.(900663)

17Giles Watling (Clacton): What his planned timetable is for the distribution of funding previously allocated to HS2.(900664)

18Greg Smith (Buckingham): What steps he is taking to support motorists.(900665)

19Liz Twist (Blaydon): What assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for zero and low emission buses.(900667)

20Wendy Chamberlain (North East Fife): What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of funding for transport infrastructure in Scotland.(900668)

21Kenny MacAskill (East Lothian): What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the distribution of funding previously allocated to HS2.(900669)

22Nickie Aiken (Cities of London and Westminster): What steps he is taking with Transport for London to help ensure the safe operation of pedicabs in London.(900670)

23Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough): What recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of building the Western Rail Link to Heathrow.(900671)

At 10:15am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Transport

T1Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.(900672)

T2Rob Butler (Aylesbury): (900673)

T3John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare): (900674)

T4Wendy Chamberlain (North East Fife): (900675)

T5Peter Aldous (Waveney): (900676)

T6Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North): (900678)

T7Ruth Cadbury (Brentford and Isleworth): (900679)

T8Lia Nici (Great Grimsby): (900680)

T9Elliot Colburn (Carshalton and Wallington): (900681)

Questions for Answer on Monday 18 December

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

1Siobhan Baillie (Stroud): What steps he is taking to help fill job vacancies in Stroud constituency.(900697)

2Daniel Zeichner (Cambridge): What steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for Access to Work assessments.(900698)

3Mr Louie French (Old Bexley and Sidcup): What steps his Department is taking to support the long-term unemployed into work.(900699)

4Chris Elmore (Ogmore): What assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the employment rate forecast in the Office for Budget Responsibility's economic and fiscal outlook published in November 2023.(900700)

5Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): What steps his Department is taking to reduce levels of fraud and error in the welfare system.(900701)

6Dr Luke Evans (Bosworth): What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support disabled access to venues.(900702)

7John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare): What assessment he has made of the potential impact of insecure employment on people in poverty.(900703)

8Greg Smith (Buckingham): What steps his Department is taking to support the long-term unemployed into work.(900704)

9Andrew Western (Stretford and Urmston): What steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of children in poverty.(900705)

10Damien Moore (Southport): What steps his Department is taking to help pensioners with the cost of living.(900706)

11Stephen Metcalfe (South Basildon and East Thurrock): What steps his Department is taking to help ensure that people are financially incentivised to work.(900707)

12Janet Daby (Lewisham East): What steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of children in poverty.(900708)

13Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): Whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of UNICEF's report entitled Child Poverty in the Midst of Wealth.(900709)

14Jamie Stone (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross): What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Child Maintenance Service's enforcement procedures.(900710)

15Sarah Owen (Luton North): What steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of children in poverty.(900711)

16Richard Burgon (Leeds East): What steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of people experiencing destitution.(900712)

17Kim Johnson (Liverpool, Riverside): What assessment he has made of the potential impact on people with cancer of removing the mobilising activity from the Work Capability Assessment in relation to the Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity group.(900713)

18Tim Loughton (East Worthing and Shoreham): Whether he has made an assessment of the role of flexible working arrangements in supporting people to take up employment.(900714)

19Mr Alistair Carmichael (Orkney and Shetland): Whether he has had recent discussions with the Pensions Regulator on the adequacy of the administration of defined benefit pension schemes.(900715)

20Judith Cummins (Bradford South): What assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the employment rate forecast in the Office for Budget Responsibility's economic and fiscal outlook published in November 2023.(900716)

21David Simmonds (Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner): What steps his Department is taking to help pensioners with the cost of living.(900717)

22Mr Rob Roberts (Delyn): Whether he has made a recent estimate of the cost of introducing parity of state pensions for all British citizens living overseas.(900718)

23Priti Patel (Witham): What steps his Department is taking to help reduce the unemployment rate in Essex.(900719)

24Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): What steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of children in poverty.(900720)

25Virginia Crosbie (Ynys Môn): What steps his Department is taking to encourage people who are economically inactive due to long-term sickness and disability to return to work.(900721)

At 3:15pm
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

T1Siobhan Baillie (Stroud): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.(900722)

T2David Duguid (Banff and Buchan): (900723)

T3Kirsten Oswald (East Renfrewshire): (900724)

T4Sarah Dyke (Somerton and Frome): (900725)

T5John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare): (900726)

T6Liz Twist (Blaydon): (900727)

T7Nigel Mills (Amber Valley): (900728)

T8Mr David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden): (900729)

T9Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): (900730)

T10Richard Foord (Tiverton and Honiton): (900731)