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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the activity thresholds for the Pharmacy First Service monthly fixed payment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what progress he has made on removing Huawei from 5G networks by the end of 2027.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of providing auditory verbal therapy to deaf young children on (a) their employment prospects and (b) other outcomes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the number of children with education and health care plans who will require support after the age of 25 on the adult social care ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms's ministerial portfolio is supported by other Ministers in his Department.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make the temporary duty easement for wines permanent from 1 February 2025.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has agricultural property relief been worth in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help improve recruitment in adult social care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide suicide prevention support for young adults.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to (a) ensure victim-survivors of domestic abuse can access split payments for Universal Credit and (b) minimise the risk that applying for a split payments could alert perpetra...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to support people who require long term care for (a) dementia and (b) other debilitating diseases with the costs of such care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 July 2024 to Question 728 on Working Conditions: Temperature, when her Department plans to bring forward proposals for consultation on workplace temperatures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the rate of disability living allowance claims processed dropped between (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2023-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children are waiting for over the 50 working day target for their disability living allowance claim to be processed in the latest period for which data is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has received recent representations from the charitable hospice sector on the impact of statutory funding levels on the adequacy of (a) service levels, (b) staffing levels and (c) patien...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pension credit applications made between 29 July and 9 August 2024 are waiting to be processed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Minister for the Cabinet Office on establishing a compensation scheme for women affected by changes to the state pension age...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with which countries she is negotiating a reciprocal agreement on uprating state pensions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of households that will be affected by the proposed change to the eligibility criteria for Winter Fuel Payments in (a) Faversham and Mid Kent constituency and ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of pharmacy closures.