Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that patients and their families are informed about tissue freezing options prior to surgery where clinically appropriate.

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill

The Department recognises the importance of ensuring that patients and their families are appropriately informed about treatment and tissue retention options where clinically suitable.

Consent and tissue retention arrangements are subject to requirements set out by the Human Tissue Authority and other relevant guidance. NHS England will continue to consider whether there are opportunities to improve guidance and patient information, ensuring any future approach remains clinically appropriate, legally compliant, and aligned with existing regulatory frameworks.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to review the quality and effectiveness of supported living services to ensure providers deliver the level of care for which they are commissioned.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Secretary of State for Wales

The Government requires that the care and support provided within all supported living settings meets the highest standards. The Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023 was enacted to ensure that all providers deliver safe, good quality support in good quality accommodation. The 2023 act will introduce a licensing regime for all supported housing in England. Providers will need to apply for a licence for their supported living schemes in each local authority, pass a fit and proper person test, and meet several other conditions, including complying with the National Supported Housing Standards and standards on staff and safeguarding. The Government will consult on draft regulations later this year.

More broadly, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is assessing how local authorities in England are meeting the full range of their duties under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014. This includes assessment on safeguarding under theme 3 of the local authority assessment framework, as well as market capacity and timeliness of service provision, including supported living services, under the Care provision, integration and continuity Quality Statement. Further information on theme 3 of the local authority assessment framework and the Care provision, integration and continuity Quality Statement is available, respectively, at the following two links:

https://www.cqc.org.uk/guidance-regulation/local-authorities/assessment-framework/theme3

https://www.cqc.org.uk/guidance-regulation/local-authorities/assessment-framework/theme2/care-provision

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of protected geographical indication labelling on a) fresh meat and b) fresh fish packaging.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Geographical indications (GIs) protect the names of products whose qualities, reputation or characteristics are linked to a particular place.

The Government has not formally assessed the adequacy of GI labelling on either fresh meat or fresh fish packaging. However, once a GI name has been protected, only genuine products can use that name and the appropriate GI logo in their labelling and advertising. We consider current GI labelling requirements to be clear to producers and informative to consumers. Where mislabelling or inadequate labelling comes to light, the Government takes steps to ensure corrective action protects producer and consumer interests.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase employment opportunities for newly qualified paramedics a) nationally and b) in Chichester constituency.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Decisions on recruitment and employment are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts which manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective care.

As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, we are working closely with NHS England, employers, and educators to improve the transition into the workforce.

The Government is committed to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan to set out action to create a workforce ready to deliver the transformed service set out in the 10-Year Health Plan.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to support structured recruitment pathways for newly qualified paramedics entering the ambulance workforce.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Decisions on recruitment and employment are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts which manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective care.

As set out in the 10-Year Health Plan, we are working closely with NHS England, employers, and educators to improve the transition into the workforce.

The Government is committed to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan to set out action to create a workforce ready to deliver the transformed service set out in the 10-Year Health Plan.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve accessibility at railway stations in Chichester constituency.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Chichester, Fishbourne, Bosham, Nutbourne and Southbourne provide step-free access between the street and platform. Assistance is available for passengers requiring support, including the use of boarding ramps by station or onboard train staff where required.

At Chichester station, both platforms remain accessible via separate step-free entrances while the lifts connecting the platforms via the station subway are temporarily unavailable due to safety concerns. Work to install a secondary power supply is nearing completion and, once complete, the lifts are expected to return to service.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the measures related to banking hubs in the Financial Services and Markets Bill will also cover post offices which provide the same services.

Answered by Rachel Blake

The Government is committed to ensuring that people who need in-person banking can continue to access essential services.

The Financial Services and Markets Bill includes a power to enable the Government to take action in future to protect access to banking services should this be necessary. The power relates to access to banking services more broadly and is not limited to banking hubs.

Banking hubs provide everyday counter services delivered by Post Office staff and also offer access to community bankers from participating banks, who can provide services more commonly offered in branches, such as registering a bereavement.

Separately, the Post Office provides everyday banking services through over 10,000 branches across the UK under the Banking Framework, a commercial agreement between the Post Office and banking firms. This includes cash withdrawal and deposit, paying bills and paying in cheques, and checking your balance.

The independent Review into Access to Banking Services will assess whether changes in access to in-person banking services in the UK are causing detriment to consumers. The Review will consider the role of both banking hubs and Post Office banking services, and its findings will inform future decisions on whether further action is needed.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the resilience of critical hospital infrastructure against extreme heat events a) nationally and b) in Chichester constituency.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Our 10 Year Capital Plan for Health and Social Care sets out a clear commitment to renew our focus on climate resilience. The Plan is backed by record investment, including £6.75 billion through the Estates Safety Fund to address critical maintenance risks, including risks to cooling and ventilation systems.

The South West region has been allocated over £502 million from the Estates Safety Fund for the period between 2026/27 and 2029/30 to address critical infrastructure and safety risks. This is alongside a more than £628 million planning assumption for estates up to 2034/35.

We are also building for the future. All New Hospital Programme schemes from 2025 that are Hospital 2.0 compliant, and all new-build Neighbourhood Health Centres, will have climate resilience embedded into their design from the outset.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure NHS ambulance trusts have sufficient funding to recruit newly qualified paramedics.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Decisions on recruitment and employment are a matter for individual National Health Service trusts which manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective care.

Although the funding resource and targets do come from the Department into NHS England, it is the responsibility of NHS England and each integrated care board (ICB) to plan and determine how funding is allocated and spent locally to deliver services within an ICB area, including how this is distributed by ICBs to local ambulance trusts.

The Government is committed to publishing a 10 Year Workforce Plan to set out action to create a workforce ready to deliver the transformed service set out in the 10-Year Health Plan.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impacts of SATs on a) children with SEND, b) looked-after children and c) those eligible for free school meals.

Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)

Statutory tests and assessments at primary school help measure the attainment of pupils in relation to the standards set out in the national curriculum and help teachers and parents identify where pupils may need additional support in a certain subject area. Key stage 2 tests are subject to robust test development processes, which include reviews involving serving teachers and experts in special educational needs and trials with hundreds of year 6 pupils. Where appropriate, schools can use a range of access arrangements to ensure that pupils with specific needs can access the tests.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to help support families with the cost of infant formula.

Answered by Sharon Hodgson

The Government is committed to giving every child the best start in life. While breastfeeding has significant health benefits, we recognise that some families cannot or choose not to breastfeed and need access to infant formula that is affordable.

Following the Competition and Markets Authority market study into the infant and follow-on formula sector, the Government and devolved administrations are making progress to implement a package of measures to help parents and carers make informed choices, encourage stronger competition on price, and remove unnecessary barriers to more affordable infant formula.

The Government remains committed to improving the affordability of infant formula and will keep the impact of these measures, including the actions of manufacturers and retailers, under review.

In April 2026, we have uplifted the value of the Healthy Start weekly payments by 10%, boosting the ability to buy healthy food for those families who need it most. The funding for Healthy Start can be used to buy, or be put towards the cost of, fresh, frozen, or tinned fruit and vegetables, fresh, dried, and tinned pulses, milk, and infant formula.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his department will publish the family justice strategy.

Answered by Catherine Atkinson

The National Audit Office report Improving family court services for children, published in May 2025, recommended the Ministry of Justice, Department for Education, HMCTS and Cafcass should develop and publish a strategy setting out their shared plans for improving the family justice system. This strategy is currently being developed with the aim of publishing it later this year.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 14104 on Department for Work and Pensions: Women Against State Pension Inequality, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of ministerial engagement with representatives of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign from (a) Chichester constituency, (b) West Sussex and (c) England since September 2024.

Answered by Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

Ministers regularly engage with stakeholders on a range of matters including relating to pensions policy.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to address supply issues of Ramipril.

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill

All strengths of ramipril capsules and tablets remain available, however, the Department is aware that ramipril 1.25 milligram capsules are in limited supply until early October 2026 due to manufacturing issues affecting some suppliers. We are working closely with suppliers to resolve the disruptions as soon as possible. We have issued comprehensive management guidance to the National Health Service to manage affected patients during this time which includes advice on the use of alternative medicines. We have also issued a Serious Shortage Protocol to limit prescriptions to one month’s supply to support equitable distribution of available stocks.

Chichester Priory Park Cricket Club, 175th anniversary

Hockey pitch provision

Masala City, Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year

School meals at Compton and Up-Marden Primary School

Local Housing Allowance rates

Defence Investment Plan

Military housing

Retirement of Godfrey Asare and Margaret Labulo from the Members' Tea Room

Torbay RNLI 160th anniversary

Merchant Navy Day

Essential energy guarantee

Hedgehog Rescue

Orkney creel fishery, Community Catch Standard accreditation

International Court of Justice's July 2024 Advisory Opinion on the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Russian sanctions

Support for post offices

Generation Z and the State Pension

Ehlers Danlos Syndrome

30 years of the Spice Girls

Commencement of section 106 of the Equality Act 2010

100th anniversary of the Campaign to Protect Rural England

Infrastructure Planning

Childhood dementia awareness and support

Bank closures, digital exclusion and cyber risks

Royal Mail delivery standards