Information between 14th October 2025 - 24th October 2025
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14 Oct 2025 - Mental Health Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Suella Braverman voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 90 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 164 Noes - 333 |
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14 Oct 2025 - Mental Health Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Suella Braverman voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 91 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes Tally: Ayes - 163 Noes - 339 |
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Apprentices: Health and Safety
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Thursday 16th October 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to issue guidance to employers on allowing apprentices aged under 18 to access industrial and commercial worksites. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) Under health and safety law, employers must ensure, so far as is reasonably practical, the health and safety of all employees, of any age. As part of this, there are certain considerations that should be made for young people, including apprentices.
Regulation 19 of The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, deals specifically with employers' responsibilities to protect the health and safety of young people at work. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides extensive guidance on its website, to help employers support the important contribution that apprentices make to the world of work, whilst ensuring that risks to their health and safety are properly assessed and controlled. The guidance was last updated in 2022 under the previous administration. |
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Apprentices: Health and Safety
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Thursday 16th October 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to make an assessment of the (a) adequacy and (b) potential impact of the regulatory framework for health and safety on the ability of firms to offer entry-level apprenticeships to young people. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) Under health and safety law, employers must ensure, so far as is reasonably practical, the health and safety of all employees, of any age. As part of this, there are certain considerations that should be made for young people, including apprentices.
Regulation 19 of The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, deals specifically with employers' responsibilities to protect the health and safety of young people at work. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides extensive guidance on its website, to help employers support the important contribution that apprentices make to the world of work, whilst ensuring that risks to their health and safety are properly assessed and controlled. The guidance was last updated in 2022 under the previous administration. |
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Apprentices: Health and Safety
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Thursday 16th October 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Health and Safety Executive is taking to ensure that health and safety requirements for young apprentices (a) are proportionate and (b) do not deter employers from offering placements. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) Under health and safety law, employers must ensure, so far as is reasonably practical, the health and safety of all employees, of any age. As part of this, there are certain considerations that should be made for young people, including apprentices.
Regulation 19 of The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, deals specifically with employers' responsibilities to protect the health and safety of young people at work. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides extensive guidance on its website, to help employers support the important contribution that apprentices make to the world of work, whilst ensuring that risks to their health and safety are properly assessed and controlled. The guidance was last updated in 2022 under the previous administration. |
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Apprentices: Health and Safety
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Thursday 16th October 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance the Health and Safety Executive has provided to employers on managing risk for apprentices aged 16 to 18; and whether the Health and Safety Executive plans to review this guidance. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) Under health and safety law, employers must ensure, so far as is reasonably practical, the health and safety of all employees, of any age. As part of this, there are certain considerations that should be made for young people, including apprentices.
Regulation 19 of The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, deals specifically with employers' responsibilities to protect the health and safety of young people at work. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides extensive guidance on its website, to help employers support the important contribution that apprentices make to the world of work, whilst ensuring that risks to their health and safety are properly assessed and controlled. The guidance was last updated in 2022 under the previous administration. |
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Apprentices: Health and Safety
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Thursday 16th October 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) simplify and (b) clarify health and safety guidance for firms wishing to employ apprentices under the age of 18. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) Under health and safety law, employers must ensure, so far as is reasonably practical, the health and safety of all employees, of any age. As part of this, there are certain considerations that should be made for young people, including apprentices.
Regulation 19 of The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, deals specifically with employers' responsibilities to protect the health and safety of young people at work. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides extensive guidance on its website, to help employers support the important contribution that apprentices make to the world of work, whilst ensuring that risks to their health and safety are properly assessed and controlled. The guidance was last updated in 2022 under the previous administration. |
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Apprentices: Health and Safety
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Thursday 16th October 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of health and safety regulations on the ability of small and medium-sized enterprises to take on apprentices aged between 16 and 18. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) Under health and safety law, employers must ensure, so far as is reasonably practical, the health and safety of all employees, of any age. As part of this, there are certain considerations that should be made for young people, including apprentices.
Regulation 19 of The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, deals specifically with employers' responsibilities to protect the health and safety of young people at work. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides extensive guidance on its website, to help employers support the important contribution that apprentices make to the world of work, whilst ensuring that risks to their health and safety are properly assessed and controlled. The guidance was last updated in 2022 under the previous administration. |
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Apprentices: Health and Safety
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Thursday 16th October 2025 Question to the Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has received representations from (a) employers and (b) industry bodies on barriers to hiring young apprentices due to health and safety regulations. Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions) Under health and safety law, employers must ensure, so far as is reasonably practical, the health and safety of all employees, of any age. As part of this, there are certain considerations that should be made for young people, including apprentices.
Regulation 19 of The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, deals specifically with employers' responsibilities to protect the health and safety of young people at work. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) provides extensive guidance on its website, to help employers support the important contribution that apprentices make to the world of work, whilst ensuring that risks to their health and safety are properly assessed and controlled. The guidance was last updated in 2022 under the previous administration. |
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Crime: Rural Areas
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Monday 20th October 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to allocate additional resources to rural police forces to help tackle rural crime. Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office) The Government is committed to giving police the resources they need to tackle a range of different crimes. The Chancellor has announced a real terms increase in police spending power over the next three years. The allocation of funding to police forces remains an important consideration and as with previous years, more details on force funding allocations for 2026-27, including decisions on police force funding allocations, will be made via the provisional police funding settlement later in the year. It is the responsibility of Chief Constables and locally elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), including Mayors who exercise PCC or equivalent functions, to take decisions around their resourcing. They are best placed to make decisions with their communities based on their local knowledge and experience. Through our Safer Streets Mission, rural communities will be safeguarded, with tougher measures to clamp down on anti-social behaviour, strengthened neighbourhood policing and stronger measures to prevent farm theft and fly-tipping. The Home Office have worked closely with the National Police Chief’s Council to deliver their updated Rural and Wildlife Crime Strategy for 2025-2029. The strategy will set out operational and organisational policing priorities in respect of tackling crimes that predominantly affect rural communities. |
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Sustainable Farming Incentive
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Monday 20th October 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations her Department has received from farmers on the accessibility of the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme. Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Defra is working closely with farmers and industry stakeholders to design a future Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer that will better target the SFI in an orderly way towards our priorities for food, farming and nature. Information and plans for the next iteration of the scheme will be published in due course. |
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Sustainable Farming Incentive
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Monday 20th October 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what changes she plans to make to the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme in the next financial year. Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Defra is working closely with farmers and industry stakeholders to design a future Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer that will better target the SFI in an orderly way towards our priorities for food, farming and nature. Information and plans for the next iteration of the scheme will be published in due course. |
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Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Friday 17th October 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of inheritance tax on the viability of intergenerational farming businesses. Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) Ministers from several Government departments have met with various representative organisations to discuss the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief. These discussions have involved the National Farmers’ Union, the Tenant Farmers’ Association, the Country Land and Business Association, the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers, the Ulster Farmers’ Union, NFU Cymru, NFU Scotland and the Farmers’ Union of Wales.
The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, and fixing the public finances. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advantages available to owners of agricultural and business assets, but still mean those assets will be taxed at a much lower effective rate than most other assets. Despite a tough fiscal context, the Government will maintain very significant levels of relief from inheritance tax beyond what is available to others and compared to the position before 1992. Where inheritance tax is due, those liable for a charge can pay any liability on the relevant assets over 10 annual instalments, interest-free.
The Government has set out that the reforms are expected to result in up to 520 estates across the UK claiming agricultural property relief, including those also claiming business property relief, paying more inheritance tax in 2026-27. Almost three-quarters of estates claiming agricultural property relief, including those that also claim for business property relief, will not pay any more tax as a result of the changes in 2026-27, based on the latest available data.
The recent report by the independent Centre for the Analysis of Taxation (CenTax) supports the Government’s analysis of these reforms, including the number of estates affected in 2026-27, and concludes that half of these estates will see an increase in their effective inheritance tax rate of less than 5 percentage points, and almost 90 per cent of these estates could pay their entire inheritance tax bill out of non-farm assets.
The Government published a tax information and impact note on 21 July 2025 and this is available at www.gov.uk/government/publications/reforms-to-agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms.
The Government will invest more than £2.7 billion a year in sustainable farming and nature recovery from 2026-27 until 2028-29. This includes the largest financial investment into nature-friendly farming ever. |
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Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Friday 17th October 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to review the (a) scope and (b) application of Agricultural Property Relief in the context of the requirements of modern farming. Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) Ministers from several Government departments have met with various representative organisations to discuss the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief. These discussions have involved the National Farmers’ Union, the Tenant Farmers’ Association, the Country Land and Business Association, the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers, the Ulster Farmers’ Union, NFU Cymru, NFU Scotland and the Farmers’ Union of Wales.
The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, and fixing the public finances. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advantages available to owners of agricultural and business assets, but still mean those assets will be taxed at a much lower effective rate than most other assets. Despite a tough fiscal context, the Government will maintain very significant levels of relief from inheritance tax beyond what is available to others and compared to the position before 1992. Where inheritance tax is due, those liable for a charge can pay any liability on the relevant assets over 10 annual instalments, interest-free.
The Government has set out that the reforms are expected to result in up to 520 estates across the UK claiming agricultural property relief, including those also claiming business property relief, paying more inheritance tax in 2026-27. Almost three-quarters of estates claiming agricultural property relief, including those that also claim for business property relief, will not pay any more tax as a result of the changes in 2026-27, based on the latest available data.
The recent report by the independent Centre for the Analysis of Taxation (CenTax) supports the Government’s analysis of these reforms, including the number of estates affected in 2026-27, and concludes that half of these estates will see an increase in their effective inheritance tax rate of less than 5 percentage points, and almost 90 per cent of these estates could pay their entire inheritance tax bill out of non-farm assets.
The Government published a tax information and impact note on 21 July 2025 and this is available at www.gov.uk/government/publications/reforms-to-agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms.
The Government will invest more than £2.7 billion a year in sustainable farming and nature recovery from 2026-27 until 2028-29. This includes the largest financial investment into nature-friendly farming ever. |
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Agriculture: Inheritance Tax
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Friday 17th October 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions her Department has had with farmers on the impact of (a) Agricultural Property Relief and (b) inheritance tax on succession planning for family farms. Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) Ministers from several Government departments have met with various representative organisations to discuss the reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief. These discussions have involved the National Farmers’ Union, the Tenant Farmers’ Association, the Country Land and Business Association, the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers, the Ulster Farmers’ Union, NFU Cymru, NFU Scotland and the Farmers’ Union of Wales.
The Government believes its reforms to agricultural property relief and business property relief from 6 April 2026 get the balance right between supporting farms and businesses, and fixing the public finances. The reforms reduce the inheritance tax advantages available to owners of agricultural and business assets, but still mean those assets will be taxed at a much lower effective rate than most other assets. Despite a tough fiscal context, the Government will maintain very significant levels of relief from inheritance tax beyond what is available to others and compared to the position before 1992. Where inheritance tax is due, those liable for a charge can pay any liability on the relevant assets over 10 annual instalments, interest-free.
The Government has set out that the reforms are expected to result in up to 520 estates across the UK claiming agricultural property relief, including those also claiming business property relief, paying more inheritance tax in 2026-27. Almost three-quarters of estates claiming agricultural property relief, including those that also claim for business property relief, will not pay any more tax as a result of the changes in 2026-27, based on the latest available data.
The recent report by the independent Centre for the Analysis of Taxation (CenTax) supports the Government’s analysis of these reforms, including the number of estates affected in 2026-27, and concludes that half of these estates will see an increase in their effective inheritance tax rate of less than 5 percentage points, and almost 90 per cent of these estates could pay their entire inheritance tax bill out of non-farm assets.
The Government published a tax information and impact note on 21 July 2025 and this is available at www.gov.uk/government/publications/reforms-to-agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief/agricultural-property-relief-and-business-property-relief-reforms.
The Government will invest more than £2.7 billion a year in sustainable farming and nature recovery from 2026-27 until 2028-29. This includes the largest financial investment into nature-friendly farming ever. |
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Food Supply
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Monday 20th October 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the UK’s food security. Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The UK has a resilient food supply chain and is equipped to deal with situations with the potential to cause disruption.
Food security is built on supply from diverse sources, strong domestic production as well as imports through stable trade routes. UK consumers have access through international trade to food products that cannot be produced here, or at least not on a year-round basis. This supplements domestic production and also ensures that any disruption from risks such as adverse weather or disease does not affect the UK's overall security of supply.
The Food Sector is one of the UK's 13 Critical National Infrastructure sectors. Defra and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) are joint Lead Government Departments (LGDs), with Defra leading on supply and the FSA on food safety. We work closely with the Cabinet Office and other LGDs ensuring food supply is fully incorporated as part of emergency preparedness, including consideration of dependencies on other sectors. |
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Food Supply
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Monday 20th October 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to (a) support domestic food production and (b) reduce reliance on imports. Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) To ensure a consistent supply of food, the UK relies upon a combination of strong domestic production from the UK’s agricultural and food manufacturing sectors, and a diverse range of overseas supply sources. Trade supports UK food supply resilience. This is due to the UK having diverse trade routes, strong international supply and purchasing power.
At home, the Government’s recently published Food Strategy identifies priority outcomes for resilient domestic production for a secure supply of healthier food, and also to create conditions for the food sector to thrive and grow sustainably, including investment in innovation and productivity, and fairer more transparent supply chains. We have allocated £11.8 billion to sustainable farming and food production over this parliament. |
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Hare Coursing
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Monday 20th October 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of (a) trends in the level of illegal hare coursing and (b) the potential impact of illegal hare coursing on rural communities. Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Wildlife crimes such as hare coursing are not ‘notifiable’ so there are no official Home Office statistics or identifiable trends to judge robustly whether such crimes are increasing or decreasing across the country. Decisions on whether to make wildlife crimes notifiable sit with the Home Office. It is reasonable to assume that measures introduced in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, along with improved police tactics, intelligence and information sharing as well as the use of community protection notices (CPN) and criminal behaviour orders (CBO), has had an effect in terms of reducing levels of hare coursing. |
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Agriculture
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Monday 20th October 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) reduce input costs and (b) increase labour levels in the agricultural sector. Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Investment in agricultural R&D and innovative practices through the Farming Innovation Programme is helping farmers and growers increase productivity, reduce input costs, and adopt more sustainable practices. In the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy, we announced at least £200 million to the programme up to 2030 so underlining our continued commitment to supporting innovation in agriculture, including reducing inputs.
Defra is also working closely with The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture (TIAH) which is encouraging young people and new entrants into farming in its capacity as an industry led professional body for the farming industry. This includes leading a cross-industry initiative to address common negative misconceptions about the sector and providing free TIAH membership for students. |
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Groceries Code Adjudicator
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Friday 24th October 2025 Question to the Department for Business and Trade: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has considered extending the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator to cover (a) farmers and (b) other indirect suppliers. Answered by Kate Dearden - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) The government is currently undertaking the fourth statutory review of the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA). The review considers the GCA’s effectiveness in enforcing the Groceries Code between 31 March 2022 and 1 April 2025. The public consultation to the review additionally asked if there are unfair contractual practices in parts of the supply chain not covered by either the GCA or the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator (ASCA). The ASCA enforces the Fair Dealing Regulations under the Agriculture Act 2020 which the government introduced to deal with the production end of the supply chain in specific sectors. |
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Pharmacy: Finance
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Wednesday 22nd October 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to introduce an updated long-term funding model for community pharmacies. Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) The Government recognises that pharmacies are an integral part of the fabric of our communities. They provide an easily accessible ‘front door’ to the National Health Service, staffed by highly trained and skilled healthcare professionals. For 2025/26, funding for the core community pharmacy contractual framework was increased to £3.1 billion, in agreement with Community Pharmacy England. This represented the largest uplift in funding of any part of the NHS at the time, at over 19% across 2024/25 and 2025/26. Any future funding arrangements will be subject to Spending Review allocations to the Department and, as customary, consultation with Community Pharmacy England. |
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Pharmacy: Staff
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Wednesday 22nd October 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of workforce levels on the ability of community pharmacies to meet service demands. Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) For 2025/26, funding for the core community pharmacy contractual framework was increased to £3.1 billion, in agreement with Community Pharmacy England, which represents all pharmacy contactors including independent pharmacies. This represented the largest uplift in funding of any part of the National Health Service at the time, namely over 19% across 2024/25 and 2025/26. The resilience of United Kingdom supply chains is a key priority, and we are continually learning and seeking to improve the way we work to both manage and help prevent supply issues and avoid shortages. On 15 August 2025, the Government published a policy paper, Managing a robust and resilient supply of medicines. We will continue to engage with industry, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, and other stakeholders across the supply chain as we progress work to co-design and deliver these actions.
Regarding the pharmacy workforce, as private businesses pharmacy employers have a clear role to ensure staff levels are adequate to deliver commissioned NHS services. The annual community pharmacy workforce survey provides data on current workforce levels. The survey is an important tool to help inform workforce planning for employers and NHS integrated care boards. The Community Pharmacy Workforce Survey data is available at the following link: We will publish the 10 Year Workforce Plan by the end of 2025. This will look at how healthcare professionals can work at the top of their skills, and ask what workforce we need, what they should do, where they should be deployed and what skills they should have. To support pharmacy employers develop their staff and deliver quality NHS services, NHS England provides several fully funded national training opportunities for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. This includes independent prescriber training, clinical examination skills, and training the next generation of education supervisors. |
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Pharmacy
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Wednesday 22nd October 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with independent pharmacies on (a) funding, (b) supply chain reform and (c) workforce levels. Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) For 2025/26, funding for the core community pharmacy contractual framework was increased to £3.1 billion, in agreement with Community Pharmacy England, which represents all pharmacy contactors including independent pharmacies. This represented the largest uplift in funding of any part of the National Health Service at the time, namely over 19% across 2024/25 and 2025/26. The resilience of United Kingdom supply chains is a key priority, and we are continually learning and seeking to improve the way we work to both manage and help prevent supply issues and avoid shortages. On 15 August 2025, the Government published a policy paper, Managing a robust and resilient supply of medicines. We will continue to engage with industry, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, and other stakeholders across the supply chain as we progress work to co-design and deliver these actions.
Regarding the pharmacy workforce, as private businesses pharmacy employers have a clear role to ensure staff levels are adequate to deliver commissioned NHS services. The annual community pharmacy workforce survey provides data on current workforce levels. The survey is an important tool to help inform workforce planning for employers and NHS integrated care boards. The Community Pharmacy Workforce Survey data is available at the following link: We will publish the 10 Year Workforce Plan by the end of 2025. This will look at how healthcare professionals can work at the top of their skills, and ask what workforce we need, what they should do, where they should be deployed and what skills they should have. To support pharmacy employers develop their staff and deliver quality NHS services, NHS England provides several fully funded national training opportunities for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. This includes independent prescriber training, clinical examination skills, and training the next generation of education supervisors. |
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Pharmacy: Finance
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Wednesday 22nd October 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding levels for community pharmacies. Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) The Government recognises that pharmacies are an integral part of the fabric of our communities. They provide an easily accessible ‘front door’ to the National Health Service, staffed by highly trained and skilled healthcare professionals. For 2025/26, funding for the core community pharmacy contractual framework was increased to £3.1 billion, in agreement with Community Pharmacy England. This represented the largest uplift in funding of any part of the NHS at the time, at over 19% across 2024/25 and 2025/26. Any future funding arrangements will be subject to Spending Review allocations to the Department and, as customary, consultation with Community Pharmacy England. |
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Unmanned Air Systems
Asked by: Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) Wednesday 22nd October 2025 Question to the Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of low-cost drone swarms on (a) military and (b) civilian infrastructure. Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans) The Department is aware of the threat posed by low-cost drones to military and civilian infrastructure. the Ministry of Defence supports the Home Office in its national response to this. The Strategic Defence Review announced an investment of £1 billion to enhance our homeland air and missile defence.
This investment will be prioritised appropriately as part of the future Integrated Force. Work to deliver the Strategic Defence Review recommendations, including on all aspects of the Integrated Air and Missile Defence, will be set out in the Defence Investment Plan to be published this year. |
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20th October 2025
Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) 1.1. Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments Payment received on 25 September 2025 - £1,500.00 Source |
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20th October 2025
Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) 3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources Thorburns Communications Ltd - £514.00 Source |
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20th October 2025
Suella Braverman (Conservative - Fareham and Waterlooville) 1.1. Employment and earnings - Ad hoc payments Payment received on 30 September 2025 - £2,250.00 Source |
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Sentencing Bill
189 speeches (44,020 words) Committee of the whole House Tuesday 21st October 2025 - Commons Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: John Hayes (Con - South Holland and The Deepings) , Alex Chalk—with my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Fareham and Waterlooville (Suella Braverman - Link to Speech 2: Ben Maguire (LD - North Cornwall) Friend the Member for Fareham and Waterlooville (Suella Braverman) that the Conservative Government’s - Link to Speech 3: John Hayes (Con - South Holland and The Deepings) Friends the Members for Tatton and for Fareham and Waterlooville (Suella Braverman), but let us put that - Link to Speech |
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Friday 24th October 2025
Written Evidence - Defence On The Brink ADBRS0018 - Afghan Data Breach and Resettlement Schemes Afghan Data Breach and Resettlement Schemes - Defence Committee Found: Members of Parliament, former Minister for Immigration Robert Jenrick and then-Home Secretary Suella Braverman |