Asked by: Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat - Epsom and Ewell)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will provide a clear timeline with dates by which all 20 Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse recommendations will be implemented.
Answered by Satvir Kaur - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
Acting on the recommendations of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse remains an important element of this Government’s programme of work to tackle all forms of child sexual abuse and exploitation.
In April 2025 the Government published the Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Progress Update which set out a range of actions we are taking to respond to the Inquiry’s recommendations, alongside broader measures to tackle all forms of child sexual abuse and exploitation. We are now pressing ahead with this work, which includes:
Asked by: Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat - Epsom and Ewell)
Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether discussions regarding the UK re-joining the Galileo Public Regulated Service will be on the agenda during the upcoming UK-EU summit.
Answered by Chris McDonald - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
We do not comment on the details of ongoing negotiations. The UK continues to work closely with European partners to improve our shared PNT resilience.
Asked by: Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat - Epsom and Ewell)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support police forces in using section 165A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to seize e-bikes and e-scooters.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
Section 165A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 provides police with the powers to seize motor vehicles being driven without motor insurance or a valid licence. This power extends to illegally modified e-bikes and e-scooters which meets the definition of a motor vehicle.
We have strengthened enforcement powers to seize vehicles through the Crime and Policing Act. Police officers no longer need to issue a warning before seizing vehicles such as illegally modified e-bikes, e-scooters which are used anti-socially, inconsiderately and in a manner causing alarm, distress or annoyance. The Home Office issued a circular to police forces to inform them of the new enforcement powers. We will continue to work with the College of Policing on further action we can take to encourage robust enforcement action.
Enforcement of road traffic law is an operational decision for the chief constable to determine how best to deploy these powers and target enforcement activity in response to local priorities.
Asked by: Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat - Epsom and Ewell)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will review the policy whereby drug-resistant epilepsy does not qualify within free NHS flu vaccinations.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Eligibility for the seasonal flu vaccination programme is based on the independent and expert advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), which is kept under regular review. More details on the role of the JCVI are available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/joint-committee-on-vaccination-and-immunisation
Asked by: Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat - Epsom and Ewell)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds data on how many people have died in collisions involving (a) e-bikes and (b) e-scooters in each of the last five years.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The number of fatalities in reported road collisions in Great Britain which involved at least one e-scooter are shown in the table for the last 5 years for which data are available.
Figures for e-bikes are not available as there is not a separate category within the STATS19 dataset from which these figures are derived.
Year | Fatalities in collisions involving e-scooter |
2021 | 10 |
2022 | 12 |
2023 | 6 |
2024 | 6 |
2025 | 10 |
Of the 44 people killed in collisions involving an e-scooter, 2 were pedestrians and the remaining 42 were e-scooter users. Of the e-scooter users, 4 were recorded by police as riding rental e-scooters as part of a legal trial. Information on whether anyone was prosecuted or charged following the collision is not recorded within the STATS19 dataset.
Asked by: Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat - Epsom and Ewell)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide an explicit timeline for when secondary legislation on pavement parking will be brought forward.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department for Transport plans to introduce secondary legislation in January 2027 to enable local authorities with civil parking enforcement powers to issue penalty charge notices where a vehicle is parked in a way that unnecessarily obstructs the pavement.
We also plan to introduce secondary legislation to enable local transport authorities to prohibit pavement parking across their areas, subject to appropriate exemptions. The timetable for that secondary legislation has not yet been finalised.
Asked by: Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat - Epsom and Ewell)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what additional enforcement powers she plans to give local authorities outside London to tackle pavement parking.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department for Transport plans to introduce secondary legislation in January 2027 to enable local authorities with civil parking enforcement powers to issue penalty charge notices where a vehicle is parked in a way that unnecessarily obstructs the pavement.
We also plan to introduce secondary legislation to enable local transport authorities to prohibit pavement parking across their areas, subject to appropriate exemptions. The timetable for that secondary legislation has not yet been finalised.
Asked by: Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat - Epsom and Ewell)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to discuss security cooperation with international counterparts on foreign interference and state-sponsored disinformation threats from Russia.
Answered by Uma Kumaran - Assistant Whip
We are stepping up work with our allies to counter information threats to our national security and that of our partners. This includes security cooperation with our traditional partners in the Euro-Atlantic region and with new partners globally. Most recently, the Government signed a bilateral Defence and Security Treaty with Poland, including a commitment to joint action to disrupt and respond to Russian FIMI and broader hybrid threats. This follows new agreements with partners including France, Germany, and the EU to share best practice, drive collective responses to information operations, and agree areas for future collaboration. We are keen to continue international collaboration efforts to support our collective understanding of the problem and strengthen our ability to tackle Russia's disruptive activity.
Asked by: Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat - Epsom and Ewell)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the department are taking to ensure that there is adequate long-term support for specialist youth suicide prevention.
Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Government recognises the importance of sustained, effective, long-term support for children and young people at risk of suicide.
The Government’s Suicide Prevention Strategy identifies children and young people as a priority group and sets out a range of actions across education, healthcare, and online safety to help identify risk earlier, provide timely support, and reduce the number of young lives lost to suicide.
We continue to monitor implementation of the strategy, as set out in the answer of 27 October in response to Question 30784.
Asked by: Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat - Epsom and Ewell)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will provide an update on the 2023 suicide prevention strategy.
Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Government recognises the importance of sustained, effective, long-term support for children and young people at risk of suicide.
The Government’s Suicide Prevention Strategy identifies children and young people as a priority group and sets out a range of actions across education, healthcare, and online safety to help identify risk earlier, provide timely support, and reduce the number of young lives lost to suicide.
We continue to monitor implementation of the strategy, as set out in the answer of 27 October in response to Question 30784.