Asked by: Connor Naismith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he will consider introducing (a) guidance, (b) consumer protection measures, and (c) legislative proposals to ensure that charges applied by (i) holiday resorts, (ii) hotels and (iii) other hospitality businesses to 16 and 17-year-olds who are unable to access adult-only products and services are proportionate to the services 16 and 17-year-olds are legally permitted to receive.
Answered by Kate Dearden - Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)
This department engages regularly with consumer organisations, regulators and industry representatives on a wide range of consumer issues and will continue to keep the effectiveness of the consumer protection framework under review.
We have not undertaken a specific review of charges applied by holiday resorts, hotels or other hospitality businesses to 16 and 17-year-olds. These are generally commercial decisions for the business to make. However, businesses must comply with consumer protection law, including requirements that information provided to consumers is clear and not misleading.
Asked by: Connor Naismith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve referral pathways to early pregnancy services for women with pre-existing medical conditions associated with increased pregnancy risks, including hypothyroidism.
Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Miscarriage can have a devastating impact on women and their families, and we are determined that they receive the support they need.
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, is chairing the Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce to develop a national action plan that will reform maternity and neonatal services to deliver lasting change for women, families, and their babies.
The taskforce will consider all aspects of those current services, including miscarriage care. Within this, we will carefully assess the findings from the Tommy’s Graded Model of Miscarriage Care pilot study as committed to in the Renewed Women’s Health Strategy.
Asked by: Connor Naismith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has had recent discussions with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on updating guidance relating to miscarriage diagnosis and management to ensure that patients' mental wellbeing is appropriately considered during clinical decision-making.
Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Miscarriage can have a devastating impact on women and their families, and we are determined that they receive the support they need.
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, is chairing the Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce to develop a national action plan that will reform maternity and neonatal services to deliver lasting change for women, families, and their babies.
The taskforce will consider all aspects of those current services, including miscarriage care. Within this, we will carefully assess the findings from the Tommy’s Graded Model of Miscarriage Care pilot study as committed to in the Renewed Women’s Health Strategy.
Asked by: Connor Naismith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has considered establishing an accreditation framework for private pregnancy scanning clinics to enable diagnostic information from approved providers to be more readily recognised within NHS early pregnancy assessment pathways.
Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Miscarriage can have a devastating impact on women and their families, and we are determined that they receive the support they need.
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, is chairing the Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce to develop a national action plan that will reform maternity and neonatal services to deliver lasting change for women, families, and their babies.
The taskforce will consider all aspects of those current services, including miscarriage care. Within this, we will carefully assess the findings from the Tommy’s Graded Model of Miscarriage Care pilot study as committed to in the Renewed Women’s Health Strategy.
Asked by: Connor Naismith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the psychological impact on women of prolonged diagnostic waiting periods before a miscarriage can be formally confirmed and treatment options offered.
Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Miscarriage can have a devastating impact on women and their families, and we are determined that they receive the support they need.
My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, is chairing the Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce to develop a national action plan that will reform maternity and neonatal services to deliver lasting change for women, families, and their babies.
The taskforce will consider all aspects of those current services, including miscarriage care. Within this, we will carefully assess the findings from the Tommy’s Graded Model of Miscarriage Care pilot study as committed to in the Renewed Women’s Health Strategy.
Asked by: Connor Naismith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) pension freedoms and (b) the treatment of funds held in defined contribution drawdown arrangements on eligibility for means-tested benefits; and whether he has made an assessment of the appropriateness of the the current system appropriately for incentivising retirement saving.
Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government) (Equalities)
For question UIN 24752 I refer the hon. member to the answers I gave on 1 September 2026 to questions 19244 and 19245.
Asked by: Connor Naismith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with police forces, motorcycle manufacturers and insurers on tackling motorcycle theft; and what steps the Government is taking to improve theft prevention, vehicle recovery rates and the disruption of organised motorcycle theft gangs.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office engages regularly with policing partners, industry and other stakeholders on vehicle crime, including through the National Vehicle Crime Reduction Partnership and the National Vehicle Crime Working Group. These groups bring together police, government, vehicle manufacturers, insurers and representative groups, including those representing the motorcycle sector, to share intelligence, identify emerging threats and support theft prevention activity.
The Government is strengthening the police response to vehicle theft through the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee and new powers in the Crime and Policing Act, including powers to enter and search premises where GPS-tracked stolen property is believed to be located. We have also provided almost ÂŁ1 million since 2024 to support enforcement activity against organised vehicle theft and export through the National Vehicle Crime Reduction Partnership, with a further ÂŁ300,000 being invested this year to disrupt organised criminal groups and improve vehicle recovery.
In the year to March 2026, the police in England and Wales recorded 115,448 incidents of theft of a motor vehicle, including motorcycles. This is a decrease of 5% compared with the previous year.
Asked by: Connor Naismith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether local authority areas that are actively undertaking enforcement activity against organised criminality, illicit tobacco and vaping sales, and rogue high street businesses, but which are not currently designated as priority areas by the Home Office or National Crime Agency, will be eligible to access support from the High Street Crime Unit in the future; and what criteria will be used to determine eligibility for such support.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
Through Operation Machinize, which is led by the National Crime Agency in conjunction with the National Police Chiefs’ Council, funding is available to all local authorities and law enforcement agencies to support operational activity against money laundering and associated serious and organised criminality on the High Street. Funding decisions are an operational matter for the NCA.
Since March 2025 Operation Machinize, has led to over 3,000 high street premises suspected of criminality having been visited and nearly 1,000 individuals arrested.
Separately, the High Street Organised Crime Unit, based in the Home Office, has been established to develop a long-term strategic response to tackle money laundering and associated criminality on the High Street. The unit is responsible for identifying what more is needed – from stronger powers to better coordination – to stop this criminal activity from happening in the first place.
Asked by: Connor Naismith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Cheshire East Council will be eligible to access support from the High Street Crime Unit in future, in the context of its ongoing multi-agency enforcement activity against organised crime, illicit tobacco and vape sales, and rogue high street businesses.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
Through Operation Machinize, which is led by the National Crime Agency in conjunction with the National Police Chiefs’ Council, funding is available to all local authorities and law enforcement agencies to support operational activity against money laundering and associated serious and organised criminality on the High Street. Funding decisions are an operational matter for the NCA.
Since March 2025 Operation Machinize, has led to over 3,000 high street premises suspected of criminality having been visited and nearly 1,000 individuals arrested.
Separately, the High Street Organised Crime Unit, based in the Home Office, has been established to develop a long-term strategic response to tackle money laundering and associated criminality on the High Street. The unit is responsible for identifying what more is needed – from stronger powers to better coordination – to stop this criminal activity from happening in the first place.
Asked by: Connor Naismith (Labour - Crewe and Nantwich)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish the updated statutory guidance on social housing allocations referred to in the National Plan to End Homelessness.
Answered by Florence Eshalomi - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The Department is reviewing the statutory guidance on social housing allocations. To inform this review, the Department has invited evidence from local authorities, housing associations, charities, academics, tenant groups and others with experience of allocations. Evidence gathered will inform policy development and updated guidance. The Department aims to consult on updated guidance in early 2027.