On this page, you can see Damian's latest activity in Parliament, including speeches and written questions to Ministerial departments.
Oral or Written Questions
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Adjournment Debate
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Petitions
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Damian's activity in parliament
Damian is currently a member of the Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport, is co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Down Syndrome and is a member of a number of All Party Parliamentary Groups including heritage railways, rural services, children's online safety, hospitality and tourism, haemophilia and contaminated blood, AI and youth employment. He also recently sat on Bill Committees for the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill and the IfATE Bill (now Act).
This month, Damian has asked the following written questions (click the links below to see the answers from the Government):
Written Answer - Department for Health and Social Care (25 June 2025)
Damian Hinds: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of awarding Dental Schools status to the University of Portsmouth Dental Academy.
Written Answers - HM Treasury (23 June 2025)
Damian Hinds: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of merging the Valuation Office Agency and HMRC when dealing with businesses, in the context of changes to Agricultural Property Relief.
Written Answers - Home Office (4 June 2025)
Damian Hinds: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with Police and Crime Commissioners on tackling vehicle nuisance in residential areas.
Written Answers - Home Office (4 June 2025)
Damian Hinds: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to give powers to the police to tackle illegally modified exhausts for (a) cars and (b) motorcycles.
Written Answers - Department for Transport (4 June 2025)
Damian Hinds: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May to Question HL6929 on Roads: Cameras, if she will issue guidance to (a) police and (b) local authorities on how roadside noise cameras may be used to tackle noise-related anti-social behaviour.
Written Answers - Department for Education (3 June 2025)
Damian Hinds: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) set up, (b) other one-off, (c) food, (d) staffing and (e) other operating cost funding has been allocated to schools for school breakfast pilots in total; and what estimate she has made of the (i) number of eligible children and (ii) average number of breakfasts to be taken per eligible child over the period.
Written Answers - Department for Health and Social Care (3 June 2025)
Damian Hinds: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Statement of 22 May 2025 on Childhood Obesity, HCWS652, whether the output of TV channels not viewed as live broadcast TV will count as (a) TV and (b) online.
For a full list of the questions Damian has asked in Parliament recently, click here.
