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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Thursday 5th February 2026

Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent Central of 24 November 2025 with case reference GS06761.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office responded to the hon. Member on 3 December 2025. This reply has been resent on 3 February 2026.

Written Question
Home Office: Catering
Tuesday 28th October 2025

Asked by: Gareth Snell (Labour (Co-op) - Stoke-on-Trent Central)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of (a) tableware and (b) crockery used in her Department is made by a British manufacturer.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office does not collect data at this level of granularity and the information would only be available at disproportionate cost.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 04 Sep 2019
Policing: Staffordshire

"My hon. Friend has touched on an interesting point. Does she agree that one of the most disappointing things, not just in Staffordshire but across the country, is that although the Government claim to have protected neighbourhood policing, they have actually made neighbourhood policing areas much larger? Although some places …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 04 Sep 2019
Policing: Staffordshire

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher, and to follow two excellent speeches from my neighbours, my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (Ruth Smeeth) and the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Jack Brereton). I do not intend to repeat much of what has been …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 04 Sep 2019
Policing: Staffordshire

"As my hon. Friend points out, we have lost 571 police officers across the county. We have also lost a number of auxiliary support staff in forensics, criminal investigation and the detective arenas.

In fact, the figures provided by my friends in the Unison branch at Staffordshire police show that …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 04 Sep 2019
Policing: Staffordshire

"I accept the Minister’s point that bricks and mortar do not make a police force, but how many publicly accessible police stations does he have in his constituency? I have zero in mine. Would he be happy to have zero in his?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 04 Sep 2019
Policing: Staffordshire

"For clarity, the figure I quoted was from before Commissioner Ellis took on fire responsibility. I understand that, since he has taken on that responsibility, that figure has grown, but I do not have the up-to-date figure...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 09 Jul 2019
Immigration Detention: Trafficking and Modern Slavery

"As always, my hon. Friend is making an impassioned speech. Does she agree about one of the other disconnects that exists in the system? She has read out details of some traumatic cases of the long-term detention of individuals who need help, yet perversely some of us in this place …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 11 Apr 2019
Retail Crime

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Member for Delyn (David Hanson) on securing this debate. He has worked on this area of public policy for many years. As a member of the USDAW group and of the Co-op …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 27 Mar 2019
Modern Slavery and Victim Support

"I congratulate the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr Duncan Smith)—I nearly said “north London”, to be quite honest—on securing this debate. I also thank the Minister, as I know she takes this issue very seriously.

I will echo some of the points made by my hon. …..."
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