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Written Question
NHS: Staff
Friday 19th December 2025

Asked by: Steff Aquarone (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the workforce modelling used as the basis for the 10 Year Workforce Plan will be independent; and whether the results of that modelling will be independently assessed and tested.

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

The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Dec 2025
Christmas Adjournment

"I come here in the Christmas spirit, with both my nice list and my naughty list. On the nice list are, of course, you, Madam Deputy Speaker, Mr Speaker and the other Deputy Speakers for your work over the past year; all the House staff who support us, feed us …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 18 Dec 2025
Local Government Reorganisation

"I draw the attention of the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, as a serving county councillor. Why has the Minister given Norfolk Conservatives a route to chicken out of their impending electoral doom? Will she tell me why the Government did not support my …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 18 Dec 2025
Jane Austen

"The hon. Gentleman may know that in “Emma” Jane Austen said that Cromer in my constituency was

“the best of all the sea-bathing places.”

Does he agree that if Jane Austen were around today, she would be delighted by the recent news that a record seven North Norfolk beaches have …..."
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Written Question
Buses: Regulation
Thursday 18th December 2025

Asked by: Steff Aquarone (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of amending The Public Service Vehicles (Accessible Information) Regulations 2023 to apply to vehicles which have 16 or more seats, rather than carry 16 or more passengers.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Accessible Information Regulations (AIR) 2023 were introduced to support disabled people in particular to make the journeys important to them, but accessible information is valued by a wide range of passengers.

The Department considered the scope of the Regulations carefully during their development, including through a public consultation, seeking to balance the benefits of improved accessibility with the practical and financial implications for operators—particularly those using smaller vehicles. The wording selected, including the focus on total vehicle capacity was chosen for consistency with the well-established Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations 2000, albeit with a lower threshold in order to allow more passengers to benefit from audible and visible information.

I recognise the costs involved in achieving AIR compliance and the impact on smaller operators in particular and that is why the Department has made a £4.65 million grant available to operators with fleets of 20 vehicles or fewer to help cover the cost of installing the necessary equipment.

Division Vote (Commons)
17 Dec 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context
Steff Aquarone (LD) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 60 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 312 Noes - 165
Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Grassroots Cricket Clubs

"I congratulate the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Andrew Lewin) on securing this debate. I am pleased to wind up for the Liberal Democrats. In place of my hon. Friend the Member for Frome and East Somerset (Anna Sabine), I am acting as our 12th man on this occasion. I …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"T9.   Whatever changes the Secretary of State is seeking to make to juries, they will make not one bit of difference in my constituency if people cannot get the legal advice they need. Can he assure me that the recent funding announcement will be targeted at legal aid deserts such …..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
16 Dec 2025 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context
Steff Aquarone (LD) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 66 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 341 Noes - 195
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 10 Dec 2025
Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer

"Will the Minister give way?..."
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