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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Dec 2025
Budget Resolutions

"Will the Secretary of State give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Dec 2025
Budget Resolutions

"I am grateful to the Secretary of State for intervening, but this is my intervention, not his. Why was he part of a Cabinet that stood by and punished his colleagues for voting against the two-child benefit cap? Why do we now see this sudden conversion and revisionism? Why does …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Dec 2025
Budget Resolutions

"My hon. Friend is right. My constituency on the south coast has Oil Spill Response Ltd, which tackles oil spills. At a recent event, the vice-president of a very big oil company said that it was essentially closing up its operations in the UK and moving 50 miles up the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Dec 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"13. What her planned timetable is for decision on existing free school applications. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Dec 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"Parents and pupils deserve a school system that builds on success, not one that holds it back. The coalition Government opened 24 free schools in 500 days, yet this Government have spent over 400 days reviewing 44 already-approved schools. Free schools outperform non-selective state schools at every key stage, so …..."
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Written Question
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Screening
Thursday 27th November 2025

Asked by: Paul Holmes (Conservative - Hamble Valley)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK National Screening Committee plans to fast track the implementation of an in-service evaluation for newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Progress is being made in planning and developing work to shape an in-service evaluation (ISE) of newborn blood spot screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

This follows a recommendation made in 2023 by the UK National Screening Committee which advises ministers on all aspects of population and targeted screening for an ISE in National Health Services. An ISE is needed to answer several outstanding questions related to the implementation of a newborn screening programme for SMA.

Planning for the ISE is a partnership between the Department, NHS England, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and other stakeholders.

Earlier in the year, the NIHR published their Health Technology Assessment research brief to appoint researchers for this work. Applications closed at the end of September 2025, and final funding decisions are expected in spring 2026. A decision on the shape and roll out of the ISE will be made after the research call process has concluded.

Division Vote (Commons)
25 Nov 2025 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context
Paul Holmes (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 96 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 322 Noes - 179
Division Vote (Commons)
25 Nov 2025 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context
Paul Holmes (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 98 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 187 Noes - 320
Division Vote (Commons)
25 Nov 2025 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context
Paul Holmes (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 99 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 189 Noes - 320
Division Vote (Commons)
24 Nov 2025 - English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill - View Vote Context
Paul Holmes (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 90 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 99 Noes - 367