Written Question
Tuesday 13th October 2026
Asked by:
Julia Buckley (Labour - Shrewsbury)
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 adequacy of access to GP appointments in Shrewsbury; and how does this compare with the rest of England.
Answered by Diana Johnson
- Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
We are increasing general practice (GP) capacity and funding to GPs to improve access, support better health outcomes, and increase patient satisfaction. We are investing an additional £601 million in GPs in 2026/27, bringing total spend on the GP Contract to approximately £14 billion. This builds on the £1.1 billion increase in 2025/26, the largest uplift in over a decade. Satisfaction with ease of access is increasing. As of July 2026, 75.9% of patients reported it was “easy” to contact their GP, up from 60.9% in July 2024.
In the year to July 2026, 13.8 million additional appointments were delivered nationally, which is an increase of 3.6% compared with the previous 12 months. Shrewsbury sits within NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board, and in the year to July 2026, 2.9% more appointments were delivered than in the previous 12 months. Further information is available at the following link:
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/appointments-in-general-practice
MP Financial Interest
Julia Buckley (Labour - Shrewsbury)
Original Source (21st September 2026)
8. Miscellaneous
Elected onto the Executive board of the Labour Rural Research Group (LRRG), a group within the Parliamentary Labour Party.
Written Question
Tuesday 15th September 2026
Asked by:
Julia Buckley (Labour - Shrewsbury)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in light of the extreme hot weather this summer, whether her Department is planning to review the B101 regulations for school buildings.
Answered by Josh MacAlister
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)
The department takes periods of hot weather and heatwaves seriously and has published a climate risk assessment on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/impact-of-uk-climate-change-risk-on-the-delivery-of-education/summary-of-findings-in-relation-to-3-climate-risks-overheating-flooding-and-water-scarcity.
The department publishes non-statutory guidance on ventilation, thermal comfort and indoor air quality in schools in Building Bulletin 101, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-bulletin-101-ventilation-for-school-buildings. There are no plans to update this guidance.
The department has recently launched a new construction framework and updated design standards, setting out requirements for all new and refurbished school buildings delivered by the department in England, which are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/design-standards-employers-requirements. These standards are separate to Building Bulletin 101. They cover overheating risk assessments which account for rising temperatures associated with climate change, as well as external shading, cross ventilation and the use of cooling through ground source heat pumps.
Division Vote (Commons)
11 Sep 2026 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill -
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Julia Buckley (Lab) voted Aye
- in line with the party majority
and against the House
One of
190 Labour Aye votes vs
153 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 270 Noes - 286
Division Vote (Commons)
11 Sep 2026 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill -
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Julia Buckley (Lab) voted Aye
- in line with the party majority
and in line with the House
One of
209 Labour Aye votes vs
115 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 293 Noes - 218
Division Vote (Commons)
10 Sep 2026 - Social Housing Bill [Lords] -
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Julia Buckley (Lab) voted No
- in line with the party majority
and in line with the House
One of
245 Labour No votes vs
0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 77 Noes - 292
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Sep 2026
Oral Answers to Questions
"Water privatisation and climate change have left us with the twin resilience challenges of water scarcity and flooding. To reduce demand on our drinking water supply, is the Cabinet Office looking at the Drinking Water Inspectorate’s landmark report from March, which sets out a governance framework for rainwater harvesting? Could …..."Julia Buckley - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 Sep 2026
Water Management
"Does the Minister agree that much progress has been made in regard to rainwater harvesting, not just by MHCLG but by the Minister’s Department—not least the landmark report, published this March, by the Drinking Water Inspectorate? The report exactly explored a potential governance framework that sets out standards for non-potable …..."Julia Buckley - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 09 Sep 2026
Bus Stops
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Alec. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard (Alex Mayer) on the securing the first of two stimulating Westminster Hall debates. On the really important topic of national standards, I want to discuss a new …..."Julia Buckley - View Speech
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Division Vote (Commons)
9 Sep 2026 - Plant Health -
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Julia Buckley (Lab) voted Aye
- in line with the party majority
and in line with the House
One of
317 Labour Aye votes vs
0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 371 Noes - 100