In Parliament

Much of the content on this website was established while I was a Member of Parliament. As Parliament has been dissolved there are no MPs until after the General Election on 4th July 2024.

You can read Derek's speeches and appearances in Parliament (provided by theyworkforyou):-

Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions | Department for Transport | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that transport infrastructure is adequately prepa

Motor Vehicles: Fraud | Department for Transport | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to help prevent the provision of fraudulent information to the DVLA when

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency | Department for Transport | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the DVLA is taking to help ensure that people without internet access are able to us

Indigenous Peoples: Human Rights | Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to United Nations press release entitled Gen

VAT: Defibrillators | Treasury | Written Answers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the cost to the public purse of waiving VAT on (a) defibrillato

Huntington's Disease: Mental Health Services | Department of Health and Social Care | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure patients with Huntington’s Disease have acces

Natural England | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many members of the board of Natural England held valid appointme

Revenue and Customs: Repayments | Treasury | Written Answers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the average time taken for HMRC to refund VAT to comp

Revenue and Customs: Disability | Treasury | Written Answers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of HMRC's (a) strategy for making and (b) capacity to ma

Lithium: Labelling | Department for Work and Pensions | Written Answers

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the Health and Safety Executive's timeline is for further consideration of the pro