Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the liver transformation programme led by the Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Clinical Reference Group will include a specific work stream to help address the unmet clinical need in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH).

Answered by Sharon Hodgson - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to include air ambulance charities within national fuel resilience and prioritisation planning, including consideration alongside Category 1 responders.

Answered by Martin McCluskey - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The UK benefits from a diverse and resilient fuel supply chain and remains well supplied across all fuel types. The Government regularly reviews which organisations provide essential services within the context of the National Emergency Plan for Fuel. This includes consideration of air ambulance charities, recognising the vital role they play in emergency response and patient care.

A summary of the National Emergency Plan for Fuel is published on gov.uk and sets out measures to respond to fuel supply and distribution disruption. In the unlikely event of a sustained disruption, these arrangements enable fuel to be prioritised for essential services and critical supply chains.

The Government does not assess that the current situation warrants, or is approaching, the threshold for the use of emergency powers.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle domestic abuse.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones

We have introduced a range of measures to tackle domestic abuse, including a £53 million investment in rolling out The Drive Project across England and Wales over the next four years to target serial perpetrators of domestic abuse, embedding domestic abuse specialists in 999 control rooms in five forces, and launching new Domestic Abuse Protection Orders.

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, further to the meeting Ministers in his Department had with the Trustees of the Mineworkers Pension Scheme on Thursday 30th April 2026, if he will provide an update on progress to resolve the outstanding issues within the scheme.

Answered by Chris McDonald - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Government is keen to reach agreement with the MPS Trustees on changes to the arrangements to benefit scheme members. The meeting on 30 April involved a constructive discussion of the proposals and how they might be taken forward. The government is mindful of the need to resolve this issue as swiftly as possible, and will make an announcement once agreement has been reached.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the transformation of liver services programme led by the NHS England Hepatobiliary and Pancreas Clinical Reference Group will include a specific workstream to help address the unmet clinical need in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.

Answered by Sharon Hodgson - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The transformation of liver services programme includes a number of workstreams including patient pathways relating to metabolic associated steatotic liver disease and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH).

NHS England is actively preparing to support the potential introduction of new treatments for MASH, including fatty liver disease with fibrosis, alongside the ongoing National Institute for Health and Care Excellence appraisal process.