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Written Question
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Hungary
Thursday 26th June 2025

Asked by: Alicia Kearns (Conservative - Rutland and Stamford)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports of the deployment of Hungarian paramilitary police to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK remains steadfast in our commitment to the stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Any security sector support to BiH should focus on upholding peace, stability and the rule of law across the whole of BiH. We engage with all regional partners, including Hungary, to work constructively to strengthen domestic institutions, to use their influence positively with BiH's leaders, and to uphold the constitutional framework in BiH. We urge all partners to refrain from any actions that could undermine sovereignty and territorial integrity of BiH.

Written Question
Doctors: Migrant Workers
Wednesday 25th June 2025

Asked by: Alicia Kearns (Conservative - Rutland and Stamford)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing restrictions on recruitment to enable NHS Trusts to recruit more British doctors trained abroad.

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

No assessment has been made. British doctors who obtained their medical degree abroad need to meet the requirements of the General Medical Council, the independent professional regulator of the medical profession, to practise medicine in the United Kingdom.

British doctors who have obtained a medical degree abroad are then able to apply for jobs in the National Health Service on the same basis as UK medical graduates.

Division Vote (Commons)
20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Alicia Kearns (Con) voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 20 Conservative Aye votes vs 92 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 314 Noes - 291
Division Vote (Commons)
20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Alicia Kearns (Con) voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 13 Conservative Aye votes vs 66 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 274 Noes - 224
Division Vote (Commons)
20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Alicia Kearns (Con) voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 14 Conservative Aye votes vs 67 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 275 Noes - 209
Division Vote (Commons)
20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Alicia Kearns (Con) voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 15 Conservative No votes vs 63 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 208 Noes - 261
Division Vote (Commons)
20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Alicia Kearns (Con) voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 14 Conservative No votes vs 68 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 223 Noes - 269
Division Vote (Commons)
20 Jun 2025 - Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - View Vote Context
Alicia Kearns (Con) voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 15 Conservative No votes vs 60 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 266
Division Vote (Commons)
18 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context
Alicia Kearns (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 96 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 178 Noes - 313
Division Vote (Commons)
18 Jun 2025 - Crime and Policing Bill - View Vote Context
Alicia Kearns (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 82 Conservative No votes vs 1 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 312 Noes - 95