Rosie Cooper MP in Parliament

Please see below updates from my activity in Parliament including in Prime Minister’s and Parliamentary Questions, Westminster Hall Debate Interventions and Health & Social Care Select Committee sittings

Talk Money Week

Rosie Cooper received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to support Talk Money Week which takes place from 12 to 18 November as part of the Financial Capability Strategy for the UK.

Sixth Form Education: Finance

Department for Education

Rosie Cooper received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the national funding rate for sixth form students.

Topical Questions

Oral Answers to Questions - Justice

Rosie Cooper made a speech in the House of Commons

In the light of yet another stabbing at the weekend in Skelmersdale, and having heard the Secretary of State’s response to my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull East (Karl...

Education Funding

Oral Answers to Questions - Education

Rosie Cooper made a speech in the House of Commons

The Secretary of State makes reference to all sorts of streams except revenue funding, so will he confirm that the Budget offered no additional revenue funding for schools and that means that, in...

Education Funding

Oral Answers to Questions - Education

Rosie Cooper made a speech in the House of Commons

What assessment he has made of the effect of the additional funding for education announced in Budget 2018 on education funding in real terms.

Nature Conservation: Planning Permission

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rosie Cooper received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of planning laws to protect wildlife habitats.

Nature Conservation

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rosie Cooper received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government's 25 Year Environment Plan, what provision there is for short-term protection of (a) bats...

Biodiversity

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rosie Cooper received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Government's 25 Year Environment Plan, what steps he plans to take to ensure that development sites...

Recreation Spaces

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rosie Cooper received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if the Government will set up a dedicated fund to support community groups that seek to challenge appeals by...

Shale Gas Development

Westminster Hall debates

Is the hon. Gentleman confident that more consultation will produce anything? When the consultation took place in Lancashire, local people, communities and elected representatives were ignored...

Shale Gas Development

Westminster Hall debates

As a Lancashire MP I was horrified by the Government’s decision to overturn Lancashire County Council’s decision to refuse permission for fracking. It flies in the face of the...

British Irish Intergovernmental Conference

Northern Ireland Office

Rosie Cooper received a response to a question they put to the government

When the next meeting of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference will take place.

Local Authority Budget Reductions

Petition - Business Rates Reform

Rosie Cooper made a speech in the House of Commons

If funding continues in the same way, local authorities may not even be able to fulfill their statutory duties. Britain’s adult social care system is deteriorating; the reduction in funding...

Jamal Khashoggi

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Rosie Cooper received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the accuracy of the statements made by the Saudi Government that (a) the murder of Mr Jamal...

Post Offices: Opening Hours

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Rosie Cooper received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) safeguards and (b) terms and conditions are in place to ensure that there is no reduction in operating hours...

Lung Diseases: Rehabilitation

Department of Health and Social Care

Rosie Cooper received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the NHS long-term plan includes an expansion of pulmonary rehabilitation services.

Lung Diseases: Rehabilitation

Department of Health and Social Care

Rosie Cooper received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to increase patient access to pulmonary rehabilitation.

Surgery: Waiting Lists

Department of Health and Social Care

Rosie Cooper received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that the forthcoming long-term plan for the NHS tackles the backlog of appointments for elective...

RBS Branch Closures

Oral Answers to Questions - Scotland

Rosie Cooper made a speech in the House of Commons

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Sorry for the confusion. Given that RBS is 63%-owned by the taxpayer and the majority of branch closures are in Scotland or the north-west of England, could the Minister...

RBS Branch Closures

Oral Answers to Questions - Scotland

Rosie Cooper made a speech in the House of Commons

No. 11, Mr Speaker.