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Division Votes
30 Jun 2025 - Business without Debate - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 19 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 315 Noes - 4
1 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 70 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 149 Noes - 328
1 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 70 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 260
2 Jul 2025 - Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 59 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 321 Noes - 158
2 Jul 2025 - Deferred Division - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 62 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 333 Noes - 168
2 Jul 2025 - Deferred Division - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 62 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 338 Noes - 79
2 Jul 2025 - Competition - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 62 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 338 Noes - 79
2 Jul 2025 - Prisons - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 62 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 333 Noes - 168
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 64 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 167 Noes - 346
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 415 Noes - 98
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 178 Noes - 338
8 Jul 2025 - Football Governance Bill [Lords] - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 62 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 86 Noes - 340
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 65 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 149 Noes - 334
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 65 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 175 Noes - 401
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 335 Noes - 135
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 63 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 105 Noes - 370
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 65 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 336 Noes - 242
9 Jul 2025 - Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 64 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 130 Noes - 443
15 Jul 2025 - Taxes - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 61 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 1 Liberal Democrat No votes Tally: Ayes - 165 Noes - 342
15 Jul 2025 - Welfare Spending - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 64 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 106 Noes - 440
16 Jul 2025 - Competition - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 49 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 333 Noes - 54
16 Jul 2025 - Competition - View Vote Context Ian Sollom voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 49 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 334 Noes - 54

Speeches
Ian Sollom speeches from: Infected Blood Inquiry: Additional Report Ian Sollom contributed 1 speech (65 words) Monday 21st July 2025 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office
Ian Sollom speeches from: Other Correction Ian Sollom contributed 3 speeches (107 words) Thursday 10th July 2025 - Written Corrections
Ian Sollom speeches from: Music Education Ian Sollom contributed 2 speeches (1,333 words) Thursday 3rd July 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Education
Ian Sollom speeches from: Children with Allergies: School Safeguarding Ian Sollom contributed 1 speech (1,138 words) Thursday 3rd July 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Education
Ian Sollom speeches from: Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Ian Sollom contributed 1 speech (587 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 1st July 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions

Written Answers
Social Media: Elections Asked by: Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat - St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire) Friday 18th July 2025 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the increase in the level of (a) misinformation and (b) disinformation from (i) non-state actors on social media platforms (ii) all sources during elections. Answered by Feryal Clark DSIT takes the threat of mis- and disinformation from all actors extremely seriously. The 2024 General Election and 2025 Local Elections ran smoothly and securely, with no serious information incidents affecting their integrity. DSIT, as part of the Defending Democracy Taskforce, worked with partners across government and social media platforms to minimise information risks during the election. Since then, the Online Safety Act’s illegal content duties came into force in March 2025, requiring platforms to address and remove illegal content, including content that incites violence, intends to harm, intimidate, or deceive voters into changing their vote, or constitutes foreign interference.
Universities: Debts Asked by: Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat - St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire) Tuesday 22nd July 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many universities have had debt restructuring packages facilitated by the Office for Students involving (a) the Department for Education, (b) external consultants and (c) commercial lenders since 2018. Answered by Janet Daby The Office for Students (OfS) has not facilitated debt restructuring packages of any university since 2018. Universities are independent from government and as such are responsible for managing their finances. This includes negotiations with commercial lenders. While the OfS has statutory duties in relation to the financial sustainability of the higher education (HE) sector, the government has a clear interest in understanding the sector’s level of risk. As such, the department continues to work closely with the OfS in order to better understand the sector’s changing financial landscape. This government is committed to supporting the sector in moving towards a more stable financial footing. That is why we have made the difficult decision to increase tuition fee limits by 3.1%, in line with inflation, from the 2025/26 academic year. Moreover, we have appointed Professor Edward Peck as OfS Chair, where he will play a key role in strengthening the OfS’s commitment to financial sustainability while also expanding opportunities in HE. We aim to publish our plans for HE reform soon as part of the Post-16 Skills White Paper, and work with the sector and the OfS to deliver the change that the country needs.
Universities: Finance Asked by: Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat - St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire) Tuesday 22nd July 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role her Department has in facilitating agreements between financially distressed universities and their commercial lenders. Answered by Janet Daby The Office for Students (OfS) has not facilitated debt restructuring packages of any university since 2018. Universities are independent from government and as such are responsible for managing their finances. This includes negotiations with commercial lenders. While the OfS has statutory duties in relation to the financial sustainability of the higher education (HE) sector, the government has a clear interest in understanding the sector’s level of risk. As such, the department continues to work closely with the OfS in order to better understand the sector’s changing financial landscape. This government is committed to supporting the sector in moving towards a more stable financial footing. That is why we have made the difficult decision to increase tuition fee limits by 3.1%, in line with inflation, from the 2025/26 academic year. Moreover, we have appointed Professor Edward Peck as OfS Chair, where he will play a key role in strengthening the OfS’s commitment to financial sustainability while also expanding opportunities in HE. We aim to publish our plans for HE reform soon as part of the Post-16 Skills White Paper, and work with the sector and the OfS to deliver the change that the country needs.
AJM Healthcare Asked by: Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat - St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire) Wednesday 23rd July 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department made of the adequacy of services provided to the NHS by AJM healthcare. Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services. It is therefore the responsibility of ICBs to review and assess the quality of the provision of their commissioned National Health Service wheelchair services. As such, we do not currently have any plans to assess the adequacy of the provision of NHS wheelchair services provided by AJM Healthcare. NHS England is taking steps to support ICBs to commission effective, efficient, and personalised wheelchair services. This includes publishing a Wheelchair Quality Framework on 9 April 2025 which sets out quality standards and statutory requirements for ICBs, such as offering personal wheelchair budgets. The framework is available at the following link: https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/wheelchair-quality-framework/
Childcare and Pre-school Education Asked by: Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat - St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire) Thursday 24th July 2025 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the report by the Education Committee on Support for childcare and the early years, published on 26 July 2023. Answered by Stephen Morgan - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury The department recognises the valuable work of the Education Committee through its report on support for childcare and early years. We have considered the report’s findings and recommendations carefully and have since expanded access to childcare. We are further expanding childcare entitlements so that from September 2025, eligible working parents can access 30 hours of early education and childcare a week from the term after their child turns nine months. The government’s Plan for Change set out the department’s commitment to give children the best start in life, breaking the link between background and opportunity. This month, we published our landmark strategy, ‘Giving every child the best start in life’, putting children’s first years at the heart of work to improve life chances. This is a fundamental step change in how government drives up quality in early education, ensuring places are available in every community, and restores crumbling family services for the next generation, as the government places £1.5 billion of cash behind the reforms. Insights from the report, committee members and wider experts, alongside engagement with parents and the early years and families sectors, have been invaluable in informing the contents of our Best Start in Life strategy.
NHS: Contracts Asked by: Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat - St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire) Friday 8th August 2025 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Integrated Care Boards on the potential impact of the outsourcing of soft facilities management staff at hospitals on (a) staff pensions, (b) sick pay and (c) annual leave. Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care) Contract award decisions in the National Health Service which may involve the transfer of staff delivering “soft” facilities management services to other suppliers fall directly to individual NHS bodies, who are responsible for running their own procurement exercises. Ministers at the Department do not have general powers in legislation to direct trusts in relation to the exercise of any of their functions, including in relation to specific contractual decisions. The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) allow for terms and conditions of service to be protected or frozen as they stand on the date of transfer to a new employer. This includes annual leave entitlement and sick pay. Under the Fair Deal for Staff Pensions policy, employees who are members of the NHS Pension Scheme can retain access to their existing pension arrangements, or be offered a comparable scheme by the new employer. The Government expects that any outsourced services are delivered by trusts in a way that improves quality, ensures greater stability and longer-term investment in the workforce, and delivers better value for money, as part of the broader commitments on procurement, as set out in the Make Work Pay programme, with further information available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/make-work-pay NHS staff continue to work incredibly hard on delivering the best possible care for patients, and wherever they work across the health service, we expect the highest standards and good terms and conditions.

Written Answers

Social Media: Elections
Asked by: Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat - St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire)
Friday 18th July 2025

Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of the increase in the level of (a) misinformation and (b) disinformation from (i) non-state actors on social media platforms (ii) all sources during elections.

Answered by Feryal Clark

DSIT takes the threat of mis- and disinformation from all actors extremely seriously. The 2024 General Election and 2025 Local Elections ran smoothly and securely, with no serious information incidents affecting their integrity. DSIT, as part of the Defending Democracy Taskforce, worked with partners across government and social media platforms to minimise information risks during the election.

Since then, the Online Safety Act’s illegal content duties came into force in March 2025, requiring platforms to address and remove illegal content, including content that incites violence, intends to harm, intimidate, or deceive voters into changing their vote, or constitutes foreign interference.

Universities: Debts
Asked by: Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat - St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire)
Tuesday 22nd July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many universities have had debt restructuring packages facilitated by the Office for Students involving (a) the Department for Education, (b) external consultants and (c) commercial lenders since 2018.

Answered by Janet Daby

The Office for Students (OfS) has not facilitated debt restructuring packages of any university since 2018.

Universities are independent from government and as such are responsible for managing their finances. This includes negotiations with commercial lenders.

While the OfS has statutory duties in relation to the financial sustainability of the higher education (HE) sector, the government has a clear interest in understanding the sector’s level of risk. As such, the department continues to work closely with the OfS in order to better understand the sector’s changing financial landscape.

This government is committed to supporting the sector in moving towards a more stable financial footing. That is why we have made the difficult decision to increase tuition fee limits by 3.1%, in line with inflation, from the 2025/26 academic year.

Moreover, we have appointed Professor Edward Peck as OfS Chair, where he will play a key role in strengthening the OfS’s commitment to financial sustainability while also expanding opportunities in HE.

We aim to publish our plans for HE reform soon as part of the Post-16 Skills White Paper, and work with the sector and the OfS to deliver the change that the country needs.

Universities: Finance
Asked by: Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat - St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire)
Tuesday 22nd July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what role her Department has in facilitating agreements between financially distressed universities and their commercial lenders.

Answered by Janet Daby

The Office for Students (OfS) has not facilitated debt restructuring packages of any university since 2018.

Universities are independent from government and as such are responsible for managing their finances. This includes negotiations with commercial lenders.

We aim to publish our plans for HE reform soon as part of the Post-16 Skills White Paper, and work with the sector and the OfS to deliver the change that the country needs.

AJM Healthcare
Asked by: Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat - St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire)
Wednesday 23rd July 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department made of the adequacy of services provided to the NHS by AJM healthcare.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Integrated care boards (ICBs) are responsible for the provision and commissioning of local wheelchair services. It is therefore the responsibility of ICBs to review and assess the quality of the provision of their commissioned National Health Service wheelchair services.

As such, we do not currently have any plans to assess the adequacy of the provision of NHS wheelchair services provided by AJM Healthcare. NHS England is taking steps to support ICBs to commission effective, efficient, and personalised wheelchair services. This includes publishing a Wheelchair Quality Framework on 9 April 2025 which sets out quality standards and statutory requirements for ICBs, such as offering personal wheelchair budgets. The framework is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/wheelchair-quality-framework/

Childcare and Pre-school Education
Asked by: Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat - St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire)
Thursday 24th July 2025

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the report by the Education Committee on Support for childcare and the early years, published on 26 July 2023.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

The department recognises the valuable work of the Education Committee through its report on support for childcare and early years. We have considered the report’s findings and recommendations carefully and have since expanded access to childcare. We are further expanding childcare entitlements so that from September 2025, eligible working parents can access 30 hours of early education and childcare a week from the term after their child turns nine months.

The government’s Plan for Change set out the department’s commitment to give children the best start in life, breaking the link between background and opportunity. This month, we published our landmark strategy, ‘Giving every child the best start in life’, putting children’s first years at the heart of work to improve life chances. This is a fundamental step change in how government drives up quality in early education, ensuring places are available in every community, and restores crumbling family services for the next generation, as the government places £1.5 billion of cash behind the reforms.

Insights from the report, committee members and wider experts, alongside engagement with parents and the early years and families sectors, have been invaluable in informing the contents of our Best Start in Life strategy.

NHS: Contracts
Asked by: Ian Sollom (Liberal Democrat - St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire)
Friday 8th August 2025

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Integrated Care Boards on the potential impact of the outsourcing of soft facilities management staff at hospitals on (a) staff pensions, (b) sick pay and (c) annual leave.

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

Contract award decisions in the National Health Service which may involve the transfer of staff delivering “soft” facilities management services to other suppliers fall directly to individual NHS bodies, who are responsible for running their own procurement exercises. Ministers at the Department do not have general powers in legislation to direct trusts in relation to the exercise of any of their functions, including in relation to specific contractual decisions.

The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) allow for terms and conditions of service to be protected or frozen as they stand on the date of transfer to a new employer. This includes annual leave entitlement and sick pay. Under the Fair Deal for Staff Pensions policy, employees who are members of the NHS Pension Scheme can retain access to their existing pension arrangements, or be offered a comparable scheme by the new employer. The Government expects that any outsourced services are delivered by trusts in a way that improves quality, ensures greater stability and longer-term investment in the workforce, and delivers better value for money, as part of the broader commitments on procurement, as set out in the Make Work Pay programme, with further information available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/make-work-pay

NHS staff continue to work incredibly hard on delivering the best possible care for patients, and wherever they work across the health service, we expect the highest standards and good terms and conditions.

Early Day Motions Signed
Tuesday 17th June Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Friday 12th September 2025 Farmers, growers and the supermarket supply chain 59 signatures (Most recent: 12 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Andrew George (Liberal Democrat - St Ives) That this House recognises that farmers and growers, in the UK and overseas, require fair dealing in the grocery supply chain in order to survive and thrive; welcomes the 2008 Competition Commission Inquiry which found that larger retailers and supermarkets often abused their power by transferring excessive risk and unexpected …
Wednesday 18th June Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Wednesday 10th September 2025 UK trade with illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 36 signatures (Most recent: 10 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Will Forster (Liberal Democrat - Woking) That this House notes with grave concern the recent announcement of 22 new Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, in clear violation of international law; further notes that trade with illegal settlements contributes to their entrenchment and expansion, undermining the prospects for a just and lasting peace; believes that …
Monday 1st September Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Wednesday 3rd September 2025 Plastic in chewing gum 38 signatures (Most recent: 11 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath) That this House notes with concern that the overwhelming majority of commercially available chewing gum in the UK contains plastic-based synthetic polymers hidden within the ingredients under the term gum base, meaning most consumers are unaware they are chewing and ingesting plastic; further notes that chewing gum is a significant …
Monday 1st September Ian Sollom signed this EDM as a sponsor on Tuesday 2nd September 2025 Incisionless ultrasound surgery provision 10 signatures (Most recent: 4 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Charlotte Cane (Liberal Democrat - Ely and East Cambridgeshire) That this House understands patients at Addenbrooke’s Hospital will be the first in the UK and Europe to benefit from incisionless ultrasound surgery using a histotripsy machine to support their cancer treatment; further understands that histotripsy uses pulsed sound waves to form bubble clouds which create mechanical forces that can …
Monday 1st September Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Tuesday 2nd September 2025 Humanitarian situation in Gaza 51 signatures (Most recent: 10 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat - Kingston and Surbiton) That, given the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe taking place in Gaza, the ongoing captivity of hostages by Hamas, and the planned expansion of the Israeli military's operations into Gaza City, an humble Address be presented to His Majesty that he will be graciously pleased to give directions that there be laid …
Wednesday 9th July Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Monday 1st September 2025 Government policy on the Hillsborough Law 84 signatures (Most recent: 4 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool West Derby) That this House notes the Prime Minister’s promise to introduce the Hillsborough Law to Parliament before the 36th anniversary of the disaster on 15 April 2025; deeply regrets that this commitment was not met and that the Government has yet to table the legislation; expresses grave concern at reports that …
Friday 4th October Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Monday 1st September 2025 Scientific hearing on animal experiments 55 signatures (Most recent: 9 Sep 2025) Tabled by: John McDonnell (Independent - Hayes and Harlington) That this House applauds the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022, enshrining in law the ability of animals to experience joy and feel suffering and pain; notes the science-based campaign For Life On Earth, with its Beagle Ambassador, rescued laboratory dog Betsy; is shocked to see the continuing harrowing exposés that …
Monday 9th December Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Monday 1st September 2025 Review into breast cancer screening 65 signatures (Most recent: 1 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Wera Hobhouse (Liberal Democrat - Bath) That this House recognises the worrying rise in breast cancer cases in younger women; notes with concern that breast cancer accounts for 43% of all cancers diagnosed in women aged 25-49, yet women wait until they are 50 or older to begin routine screening; urges everyone to work together to …
Wednesday 5th March Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Monday 1st September 2025 Rail fare increase 42 signatures (Most recent: 4 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Paul Kohler (Liberal Democrat - Wimbledon) That this House regrets the Government’s decision to increase rail fares by 4.6%; notes that this decision comes while cancellations, delays and overcrowding remain endemic; further notes that the hike will cost many commuters hundreds of pounds a year; further regrets that this decision follows years of rising transport costs …
Wednesday 23rd April Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Monday 1st September 2025 Immigration application fees for young adults and children 36 signatures (Most recent: 1 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale) That this House expresses deep concern over the current cost of visa application fees, particularly the lack of a fee waiver for indefinite leave to remain (ILR); notes that in June 2022, the previous Government changed the immigration rules for young adults and children to shorten the settlement route for …
Friday 16th May Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Monday 1st September 2025 Digital-only immigration status 37 signatures (Most recent: 8 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party - Perth and Kinross-shire) That this House expresses serious concern about the implementation of the digital-only immigration status, which was first rolled out in 2018 for those with status under the EU Settlement Scheme and by the end of 2024 had been extended to all migrants with an immigration status in the UK; notes …
Monday 19th May Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Monday 1st September 2025 Fairtrade tea campaign 72 signatures (Most recent: 11 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Martin Rhodes (Labour - Glasgow North) That this House condemns the grave working conditions that many tea growing communities face across the world; notes with concern that many tea farmers and workers do not earn enough to afford a decent standard of living; acknowledges that the challenges in the tea industry are deeply complex; supports multi-stakeholder …
Friday 13th June Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Monday 1st September 2025 Support for farmers 53 signatures (Most recent: 4 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale) That this House recognises with deep concern the Chancellor’s Spending Review decision to cut the DEFRA budget in real terms by 2.3% annually, with a real terms cut to the farming budget of around £100m; understands budget cuts will have potentially devastating consequences for the environment, the rural economy, farming …
Monday 16th June Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Monday 1st September 2025 UK-US Trade Deal and animal welfare and farming 27 signatures (Most recent: 1 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Pippa Heylings (Liberal Democrat - South Cambridgeshire) That this House notes with concern the announcement on 8 May 2025 of the UK-US Trade Deal which significantly expands tariff-free access for US beef exports from 1,000 to 13,000 tonnes annually; further notes that while the Government has stated that sanitary and phytosanitary standards must be maintained, the deal …
Thursday 13th February Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Wednesday 16th July 2025 Refusal of Citizenship to refugees who have made irregular crossings 90 signatures (Most recent: 1 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Nadia Whittome (Labour - Nottingham East) That this House expresses deep concern over the refusal of citizenship to refugees who have made irregular crossings to the UK; notes that this policy further punishes individuals whose claims of fleeing war, persecution, and danger have been upheld by the asylum system; further notes that, due to a lack …
Tuesday 6th May Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Monday 14th July 2025 Safe sleep standards in early years settings 43 signatures (Most recent: 11 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Tom Morrison (Liberal Democrat - Cheadle) That this House expresses its heartfelt condolences to the family of nine-month-old Genevieve (Gigi) Meehan, who tragically died in May 2022 while in the care of a nursery in Cheadle, Greater Manchester; pays tribute to her mother Katie Wheeler and father John Meehan for their courage and determination in campaigning …
Friday 20th June Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Monday 14th July 2025 Press ownership by foreign states 62 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat - Cheltenham) That this House recognises that a free press is the cornerstone of our democracy; understands that holding power to account relies on journalistic independence and editorial freedom; notes with concern that foreign state ownership of national newspapers risks allowing foreign states to undermine the independence and integrity of British journalism; …
Thursday 1st May Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Monday 14th July 2025 Climate and Nature Bill 100 signatures (Most recent: 1 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South) That this House declared an environment and climate change emergency on 1 May 2019, recognising the urgent need for action; notes that the Second Reading debate of the Climate and Nature Bill was adjourned, but not concluded, on 24 January 2025; further notes that the Secretary of State for Environment, …
Friday 11th July Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Monday 14th July 2025 Reform of the special educational needs and disabilities system 55 signatures (Most recent: 12 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham) That this House notes with deep concern the persistent crisis in the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system, following years of neglect; welcomes the Government’s acknowledgement of the urgent need for reform; further notes the widespread anxiety among parents, carers and professionals that forthcoming changes may undermine the rights …
Friday 20th June Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Thursday 10th July 2025 Local authority funding 40 signatures (Most recent: 10 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Vikki Slade (Liberal Democrat - Mid Dorset and North Poole) That this House is deeply concerned by the crisis in local government funding and the findings of the Thirty-First Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2024–25 on Local Government Financial Sustainability, published on 18 June 2025, and the estimate that local authority deficits will reach between £2.9bn …
Wednesday 9th July Ian Sollom signed this EDM as a sponsor on Thursday 10th July 2025 Support for people with dyscalculia 23 signatures (Most recent: 17 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Adam Dance (Liberal Democrat - Yeovil) That this House recognises that approximately six percent of the population has dyscalculia; notes that while there is no single profile of dyscalculia, it is a learning difference that affects the ability to acquire mathematical skills, primarily arithmetic; acknowledges that research into dyscalculia has lagged behind research into other learning …
Monday 3rd March Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Wednesday 9th July 2025 Shortages of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy 46 signatures (Most recent: 2 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat - Chichester) That this House expresses deep concern over the ongoing shortage of pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT), a vital medication relied upon by 61,000 people across the UK, including those with pancreatic cancer and pancreatic exocrine insufficiency; notes with alarm that PERT shortages are predicted to continue until 2026, with no …
Monday 7th July Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Wednesday 9th July 2025 Equitable national prostate cancer screening 53 signatures (Most recent: 1 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrat - Newton Abbot) That this House welcomes the #ProactiveForYourProstate campaign led by Prostate Cancer Research (PCR); congratulates campaigners, such as Teignmouth campaigner Jason Yeo, for their work advocating for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing for all men at age 50, and earlier for those in high-risk categories; calls for the Government to back this …
Tuesday 8th July Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Wednesday 9th July 2025 Post Offices in rural areas 35 signatures (Most recent: 22 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Caroline Voaden (Liberal Democrat - South Devon) That this House recognises the importance of Post Office branches to rural communities; notes with concern the closure of Post Offices in South Devon constituency including those in Churchstow, Aveton Gifford and Dittisham; further notes that rural communities and small rural businesses are disproportionately affected by centralisation of Post Office …
Monday 28th April Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Wednesday 9th July 2025 Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week 38 signatures (Most recent: 9 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Liz Jarvis (Liberal Democrat - Eastleigh) That this House marks Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Awareness Week from 26 April to 4 May 2025; recognises the unpredictability and variable presentation of the disease in the 150,000 living with MS in the UK; notes the need to provide individualised support to manage the unique symptoms and needs of each …
Monday 2nd June Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Wednesday 9th July 2025 Access to Work backlogs 27 signatures (Most recent: 21 Jul 2025) Tabled by: Charlotte Cane (Liberal Democrat - Ely and East Cambridgeshire) That this House notes with concern the chronic delays in the Department for Work and Pensions’ administration of the Access to Work (AtW) scheme, which is vital in supporting disabled people to enter and remain in employment; further notes that new claims for employed applicants are currently taking around nine …
Tuesday 1st July Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Thursday 3rd July 2025 Loan Charge and settlement terms offered to large companies and individuals 78 signatures (Most recent: 8 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Angus MacDonald (Liberal Democrat - Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire) That this House is deeply concerned at the treatment of those facing the Loan Charge; notes that instead of commissioning a truly independent review of the Loan Charge, Ministers announced a highly restricted review, conducted by a former Assistant Director of HMRC, Ray McCann, only looking at settlement terms; expresses …
Tuesday 7th January Ian Sollom signed this EDM on Monday 30th June 2025 Postural Tachycardia Syndrome 81 signatures (Most recent: 1 Sep 2025) Tabled by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre) That this House notes that Postural Tachycardia Syndrome (PoTS) is an autonomic nervous system abnormality which causes chronic illness and significant disability, often in young people, in some cases leaving people bed ridden; further notes that the average time from first presentation of symptoms to diagnosis is seven years; also …

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Thursday 11th September 2025 9:30 a.m. Department for Transport Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Transport (including Topical Questions) Ben Obese-Jecty: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Charlotte Nichols: What steps she is taking to improve passenger rail performance. Andrew Snowden: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Tom Collins: What steps she is taking to help improve local bus services. Helena Dollimore: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Chris Webb: What steps she is taking to ensure that the transport system supports economic growth. Baggy Shanker: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Natasha Irons: What steps she is taking to ensure that the transport system supports economic growth. Emma Lewell: What steps she is taking to help improve local bus services. Ian Sollom: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Joe Robertson: What steps she is taking to include ferry services in the Integrated Public Transport Strategy. Markus Campbell-Savours: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Henry Tufnell: What steps she is taking to ensure that the transport system supports economic growth. Bradley Thomas: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Euan Stainbank: What steps she is taking to support the bus sector. Matt Rodda: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Lewis Atkinson: What steps she is taking to increase the availability of driving tests. Christine Jardine: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Alex Mayer: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Alan Gemmell: What steps she is taking to support the aviation sector. Callum Anderson: What steps she is taking to help ensure that the transport system supports economic growth in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency. John Milne: What recent progress she has made on the development of policy on pavement parking. Paul Davies: What steps her Department is taking to support local authorities to implement major transport schemes. Perran Moon: What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support people to use electric vehicles. Mohammad Yasin: What steps she is taking to ensure that the transport system supports economic growth. Daniel Francis: What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to update regulations on the use of micromobility vehicles. Richard Foord: What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of passenger rail infrastructure. Alison Hume: What steps she is taking to ensure that the transport system supports economic growth. David Davis: What steps she is taking to support the sustainable aviation fuel industry. Jonathan Brash: What steps her Department is taking to improve the connectivity of public transport in Teesside. Brian Mathew: What steps she is taking to improve rail services in rural areas of the South West. Tom Rutland: What steps she is taking to promote walking and cycling. Mary Kelly Foy: What steps she is taking to improve rail services on the East Coast Main Line. Lauren Sullivan: What steps she is taking to ensure that the transport system supports economic growth. Jessica Toale: What steps she is taking to help improve local bus services. View calendar - Add to calendar

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Thursday 11th September 2025 9:30 a.m.
Department for Transport

Oral questions - Main Chamber
Subject: Transport (including Topical Questions)
Ben Obese-Jecty: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Charlotte Nichols: What steps she is taking to improve passenger rail performance. Andrew Snowden: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Tom Collins: What steps she is taking to help improve local bus services. Helena Dollimore: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Chris Webb: What steps she is taking to ensure that the transport system supports economic growth. Baggy Shanker: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Natasha Irons: What steps she is taking to ensure that the transport system supports economic growth. Emma Lewell: What steps she is taking to help improve local bus services. Ian Sollom: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Joe Robertson: What steps she is taking to include ferry services in the Integrated Public Transport Strategy. Markus Campbell-Savours: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Henry Tufnell: What steps she is taking to ensure that the transport system supports economic growth. Bradley Thomas: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Euan Stainbank: What steps she is taking to support the bus sector. Matt Rodda: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Lewis Atkinson: What steps she is taking to increase the availability of driving tests. Christine Jardine: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Alex Mayer: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities. Alan Gemmell: What steps she is taking to support the aviation sector. Callum Anderson: What steps she is taking to help ensure that the transport system supports economic growth in Buckingham and Bletchley constituency. John Milne: What recent progress she has made on the development of policy on pavement parking. Paul Davies: What steps her Department is taking to support local authorities to implement major transport schemes. Perran Moon: What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help support people to use electric vehicles. Mohammad Yasin: What steps she is taking to ensure that the transport system supports economic growth. Daniel Francis: What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to update regulations on the use of micromobility vehicles. Richard Foord: What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of passenger rail infrastructure. Alison Hume: What steps she is taking to ensure that the transport system supports economic growth. David Davis: What steps she is taking to support the sustainable aviation fuel industry. Jonathan Brash: What steps her Department is taking to improve the connectivity of public transport in Teesside. Brian Mathew: What steps she is taking to improve rail services in rural areas of the South West. Tom Rutland: What steps she is taking to promote walking and cycling. Mary Kelly Foy: What steps she is taking to improve rail services on the East Coast Main Line. Lauren Sullivan: What steps she is taking to ensure that the transport system supports economic growth. Jessica Toale: What steps she is taking to help improve local bus services. View calendar - Add to calendar

Parliamentary Debates
Other Correction 3 speeches (107 words) Thursday 10th July 2025 - Written Corrections
Children with Allergies: School Safeguarding 23 speeches (10,355 words) Thursday 3rd July 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Education Mentions: 1: Chris Bloore (Lab - Redditch) Member for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire (Ian Sollom), for his contribution. - Link to Speech
Music Education 36 speeches (13,368 words) Thursday 3rd July 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Education Mentions: 1: Neil O'Brien (Con - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston) Member for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire (Ian Sollom) is also into the Floyd—we must take that offline - Link to Speech 2: Catherine McKinnell (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne North) Members for St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire (Ian Sollom) and for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston (Neil - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 15th July 2025 Oral Evidence - 2025-07-15 16:15:00+01:00 Proposals for backbench debates - Backbench Business Committee Found: Ian Sollom made representations.

Parliamentary Research
Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-25: progress of the bill - CBP-10317 Aug. 01 2025 Found: Amendment 20 (tabled by Ian Sollom, Lib Dem) would require ICBs to establish and maintain crisis accommodation

Bill Documents
Sep. 01 2025 Notices of Amendments as at 1 September 2025 - large print Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: REPORT STAGE Monday 1 September 2025 50 _24 Ian Sollom .
Sep. 01 2025 Notices of Amendments as at 1 September 2025 Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _24 Ian Sollom .
Sep. 01 2025 Notices of Amendments as at 1 September 2025 - large print Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Dr Roz Savage Zöe Franklin Mr Paul Kohler Martin Wrigley Edward Morello Tom Gordon Chris Coghlan Ian Sollom
Sep. 01 2025 Notices of Amendments as at 1 September 2025 Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: Dr Roz Savage Zöe Franklin Mr Paul Kohler Martin Wrigley Edward Morello Tom Gordon Chris Coghlan Ian Sollom
Jul. 23 2025 Notices of Amendments as at 23 July 2025 - large print Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: REPORT STAGE Wednesday 23 July 2025 46 _24 Ian Sollom .
Jul. 23 2025 Notices of Amendments as at 23 July 2025 Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _24 Ian Sollom .
Jul. 15 2025 Notices of Amendments as at 15 July 2025 - large print Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _24 Ian Sollom .
Jul. 15 2025 Notices of Amendments as at 15 July 2025 Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _24 Ian Sollom .
Jul. 09 2025 Committee of the whole House Amendments as at 9 July 2025 - large print Universal Credit Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: Mr Will Forster Cameron Thomas Kim Johnson Graham Leadbitter Adrian Ramsay Wera Hobhouse Ian Sollom
Jul. 09 2025 Committee of the whole House Proceedings as at 9 July 2025 Universal Credit Act 2025 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Mr Will Forster Cameron Thomas Kim Johnson Graham Leadbitter Adrian Ramsay Wera Hobhouse Ian Sollom
Jul. 09 2025 Committee of the whole House Amendments as at as at 9 July 2025 Universal Credit Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: Mr Will Forster Cameron Thomas Kim Johnson Graham Leadbitter Adrian Ramsay Wera Hobhouse Ian Sollom
Jul. 08 2025 Notices of Amendments as at 8 July 2025 Universal Credit Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: Murray Vikki Slade Mr Will Forster Cameron Thomas Kim Johnson Adrian Ramsay Wera Hobhouse Ian Sollom
Jul. 08 2025 Notices of Amendments as at 8 July 2025 - large print Universal Credit Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: Murray Vikki Slade Mr Will Forster Cameron Thomas Kim Johnson Adrian Ramsay Wera Hobhouse Ian Sollom
Jul. 07 2025 Notices of Amendments as at 7 July 2025 Mental Health Bill [HL] 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: _24 Ian Sollom ★.
Jul. 07 2025 Notices of Amendments as at 7 July 2025 - large print Universal Credit Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: Danny Chambers Martin Wrigley Manuela Perteghella Susan Murray Adrian Ramsay Wera Hobhouse Ian Sollom
Jul. 07 2025 Notices of Amendments as at 7 July 2025 Universal Credit Act 2025 Amendment Paper Found: Danny Chambers Martin Wrigley Manuela Perteghella Susan Murray Adrian Ramsay Wera Hobhouse Ian Sollom
Jun. 18 2025 All proceedings up to 18 June 2025 at Report Stage Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Bill proceedings: Commons Found: Aldridge Alison Bennett Lee Barron Dave Robertson Jacob Collier Josh Newbury Mike Martin Ian Sollom

Deposited Papers
Monday 14th July 2025 Source Page: Letter dated 02/07/2025 from Ian Bauckham, Chief Regulator at Ofqual, to Ian Sallom MP regarding a question concerning potential errors in GCSE and A-Level braille examinations and the lack of past braille exam papers available for studying students. 3p. Document: PQ_59498_Ian_Sollom_MP.pdf (PDF) Found: processes robust enough to identify and correct any errors that may be introduced during the Ian Sollom
Thursday 10th July 2025 Source Page: Letter dated 02/07/2025 from Sir Ian Bauckham, Chief Regulator, Ofqual, to Ian Sollom MP regarding the impact of errors in GCSE and A-level braille exam papers from examination boards and the availability of past papers to pupils studying for those exams. 3p. Document: PQ_59498_Ian_Sollom_MP.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 02/07/2025 from Sir Ian Bauckham, Chief Regulator, Ofqual, to Ian Sollom MP regarding the

Deposited Papers

Monday 14th July 2025

Source Page: Letter dated 02/07/2025 from Ian Bauckham, Chief Regulator at Ofqual, to Ian Sallom MP regarding a question concerning potential errors in GCSE and A-Level braille examinations and the lack of past braille exam papers available for studying students. 3p.
Document: PQ_59498_Ian_Sollom_MP.pdf (PDF)

Found: processes robust enough to identify and correct any errors that may be introduced during the Ian Sollom

Thursday 10th July 2025

Source Page: Letter dated 02/07/2025 from Sir Ian Bauckham, Chief Regulator, Ofqual, to Ian Sollom MP regarding the impact of errors in GCSE and A-level braille exam papers from examination boards and the availability of past papers to pupils studying for those exams. 3p.
Document: PQ_59498_Ian_Sollom_MP.pdf (PDF)

Found: Letter dated 02/07/2025 from Sir Ian Bauckham, Chief Regulator, Ofqual, to Ian Sollom MP regarding the