Victoria Collins

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to take steps to improve transparency in (a) fee structures and (b) pricing practices in private nurseries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the £100,000 threshold for entitlement to 30 hours of free childcare on affected families.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has considered introducing a tapered withdrawal of the 30 hours of free childcare entitlement for households earning above £100,000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of uprating the income threshold for the free childcare entitlement in line with inflation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will direct the Planning Inspector to give greater consideration to draft local plans that have met early submission deadlines during the examination stage.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on taking legislative steps to create a domestic abuse aggravated offence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will be offered by the NHS in the Spring booster programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what measures his Department has discussed with social media companies to help tackle the spread of misinformation online.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will take steps to provide financial support to help scientists phase out the use of animals in medical research.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what recent discussions his Department has had with social media companies on age restrictions for accessing social media.

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the potential impact of social media algorithms on addiction of young people to social media in (a) Harpenden and Berkhamsted constitu...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve testing methods, (b) strengthen labelling regulations and (c) help tackle honey adulteration in other ways.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what fiscal steps her Department is taking to support pensioners with the cost of living in (a) Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency and (b) England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase the role of hospices in providing care in communities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help support (a) unpaid and (b) disabled carers in the context of her proposed changes to Personal Independence Payments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that unpaid carers are adequately supported during the transition to the new disability benefits system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on ovarian cancer research in the latest period for which data is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will take steps to (a) update the basic rate of Universal Credit annually inline with inflation and (b) introduce an essentials guarantee to reflect the cost of living.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to improve the rights of residents in non-traditional housing against (a) eviction, (b) sudden contract cancellations and (c) large rent increases.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on reviewing the eligibility of unpaid carers for (a) legal aid and (b) advocacy; and what assessment he has made of the potentia...