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Future Day Orals

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Questions for oral answer on a future day as of Wednesday 29 January 2025.

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 30 January

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

1Jade Botterill (Ossett and Denby Dale): What progress his Department has made on establishing the Business Growth Service.(902446)

2Jerome Mayhew (Broadland and Fakenham): What steps he plans to take to help reduce employment costs.(902447)

3Sarah Owen (Luton North): If he will take steps to reduce the noise level of fireworks on public sale.(902448)

4Alan Strickland (Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor): What progress his Department has made on developing an industrial strategy.(902449)

5Mrs Sureena Brackenridge (Wolverhampton North East): What progress his Department has made on developing a steel strategy.(902450)

6Bradley Thomas (Bromsgrove): What steps he is taking to support high-street businesses.(902451)

7Mohammad Yasin (Bedford): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UK in attracting international investment.(902452)

8Steve Race (Exeter): What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UK in attracting international investment.(902454)

9Sir John Whittingdale (Maldon): What steps he is taking to help increase business confidence.(902455)

10Tracy Gilbert (Edinburgh North and Leith): What progress his Department has made on developing an industrial strategy.(902456)

11Rebecca Smith (South West Devon): What assessment he has made of the potential impact of Post Office closures on local communities.(902457)

12Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What steps he is taking to negotiate a free trade agreement with India.(902459)

13Sarah Bool (South Northamptonshire): What steps he is taking to support high-street businesses.(902461)

14Sarah Coombes (West Bromwich): What progress his Department has made on developing an industrial strategy.(902463)

15Lewis Cocking (Broxbourne): What steps his Department is taking to encourage entrepreneurship.(902465)

16Paul Waugh (Rochdale): What progress his Department has made on developing an industrial strategy.(902468)

17Ian Lavery (Blyth and Ashington): What steps his Department is taking to support businesses in the North East.(902469)

18Rachel Taylor (North Warwickshire and Bedworth): What steps his Department is taking to support the automotive industry.(902470)

At 10:15am
Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

T1Sally Jameson (Doncaster Central): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.(902471)

T2Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): (902472)

T3Alison Hume (Scarborough and Whitby): (902473)

T4Luke Murphy (Basingstoke): (902474)

T5Sarah Owen (Luton North): (902475)

T6Johanna Baxter (Paisley and Renfrewshire South): (902476)

T7Ian Lavery (Blyth and Ashington): (902477)

T8Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): (902479)

T9Sir John Whittingdale (Maldon): (902480)

Questions for Answer on Monday 3 February

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

1Deirdre Costigan (Ealing Southall): What assessment she has made of the impact of job centres on economic growth.(902496)

2Neil Duncan-Jordan (Poole): What steps she is taking to increase take-up of Pension Credit.(902497)

3Mr Andrew Snowden (Fylde): What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of recent trends in the unemployment rate.(902498)

4Luke Akehurst (North Durham): What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to tackle benefit fraud by criminal gangs.(902499)

5Max Wilkinson (Cheltenham): What steps she is taking to support vulnerable people into work.(902500)

6Lincoln Jopp (Spelthorne): If she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Pensions Regulator on economic growth.(902501)

7Patrick Spencer (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): What assessment she has made of the potential impact of means testing the Winter Fuel Payment on levels of pensioner poverty.(902502)

8Katrina Murray (Cumbernauld and Kirkintilloch): What steps she is taking to support people with disabilities and long-term health conditions into work.(902503)

9Alistair Strathern (Hitchin): What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of levels of maternity and paternity pay.(902504)

10David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead): What steps her Department plans to take with employers to help increase economic growth. (902505)

11Gill German (Clwyd North): What steps her Department plans to take with employers to help increase economic growth. (902506)

12Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): What assessment she has made of the impact of job centres on economic growth.(902507)

13Ben Obese-Jecty (Huntingdon): What steps she is taking to increase efficiency in the Child Maintenance Service.(902508)

14Liz Jarvis (Eastleigh): What progress her Department has made on developing a Child Poverty Strategy.(902509)

15Jacob Collier (Burton and Uttoxeter): What assessment she has made of the impact of job centres on economic growth.(902510)

16Darren Paffey (Southampton Itchen): What assessment she has made of the impact of parental employment on child poverty.(902511)

17Sarah Green (Chesham and Amersham): What steps her Department is taking to prevent the child maintenance system being used as a tool of financial abuse.(902512)

18Dr Danny Chambers (Winchester): What assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of removing the two-child benefit cap.(902513)

19Alex Ballinger (Halesowen): What steps she is taking to support people with disabilities and long-term health conditions into work.(902514)

20Damien Egan (Bristol North East): What recent progress her Department has made on tackling fraud in the welfare system. (902515)

21Mr Joshua Reynolds (Maidenhead): What steps she plans to take to reform the Carer’s Allowance system.(902516)

22Dame Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch): If she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the fixed disregard rate for the New Style Employment and Support Allowance.(902517)

23Sir Ashley Fox (Bridgwater): What assessment she has made of the potential impact of means testing the Winter Fuel Payment on levels of pensioner poverty.(902518)

24Adam Thompson (Erewash): What steps she is taking to support people with disabilities and long-term health conditions into work.(902519)

25Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes): What steps her Department plans to take with employers to help increase economic growth. (902520)

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

T1Perran Moon (Camborne and Redruth): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.(902521)

T2Peter Swallow (Bracknell): (902522)

T3Alison Bennett (Mid Sussex): (902523)

T4Danny Beales (Uxbridge and South Ruislip): (902524)

T5Ashley Dalton (West Lancashire): (902525)

T6Ian Lavery (Blyth and Ashington): (902526)

T7Andrew Pakes (Peterborough): [R] (902527)

T8Chris McDonald (Stockton North): (902528)

T9Lee Pitcher (Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme): (902529)

T10Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside): (902530)