Letters to Ministers

As part of her work in Parliament, Ellie can write to Ministers of State to request opinion, action and response. It’s one of the means available to Ellie to scrutinise and hold the government to account. Starting in November 2024, here is a record of the recent correspondence between Ellie and several ministerial departments. This is not an exhaustive list and we are not including all correspondence due to confidentiality. The Departments of State are listed below in alphabetical order.

Defence
250225 to John Healy re Defence Spending

Education
241024 to Catherine McKinnell MP re School Rebuilding Programme
250226 to Bridget Philippson re Equal Protection – jointly with Jess Asato MP
250304 to Stephen Morgan re Cross-border childcare funding

Energy Security and Net Zero
241014 to Miatta Fahnbulleh re Home Upgrade Grant
250709 EC to Michael Shanks MP re National Grid
250828 to Michael Shanks re EV charging network

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
240930 to Baroness Hayman of Ullock re Snares
241017 to Emma Hardy re Flooding
241031 to Rachel Reeves re DEFRA Budget
241101 to Mary Creagh re Funding for Food Waste Collection Services
241127 to Steve Reed re Flood Recovery Framework
250313 to Daniel Zeichner re SFI cancellation
250627 to Daniel Zeichner re Traditional orchard preservation
250901 to Daniel Zeichner re Fruit and Vegetable Aid Scheme
250904 to Daniel Zeichner re Wyescapes project

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development
240913 to David Lammy re F-35 parts Cross Party letter
241001 to David Lammy re Jagtar Singh Johal
250213 to Stephen Doughty re UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons
250314 to David Lammy re UN Independent Intl Commission of Inquiry Occupied Palestinian Territory
250403 to Hamish Falconer re Importation of Goods from Israeli Settlements
250509 Foreign Secretary re Human rights abuses of women in Saudi Arabia

Health and Social Care
250225 to Wes Streeting re NHS Outsourcing
250709 to Ashley Dalton re national screening programme for prostate cancer

Home Office
250117 to Jess Phillips re implementing IICSA

Housing, Communities and Local Government
241014 to Matthew Pennycook re Community Led Housing
241106 to Jim McMahon re The Future of the Community Ownership Fund
250206 to Response to Alex Norris re Flood Recovery Framework
250217 to EC to Rushanara Ali re youth homelessness
250509 Angela Rayner re Planning and Infrastructure Bill and Nature Protection

Justice
240813 to Shabana Mahmood re Whole Truth Five

Prime Minister
Open Letter to PM re Provision of Essential Humanitarian Supplies in Gaza
250523 Prime Minister re Winter Fuel Payments
250709 Prime Minister re Lobular Cancer

Science, Innovation and Technology
241220 to Chris Bryant re funding Cuts to the WNO

Transport
240827 to Louise Haigh re Ledbury Step Free Access
240902 to Louise Haigh re Herefordshire Local Transport Fund £102m allocation
241014 to Louise Haigh re Disabled People’s Mobility
241119 to Louise Haigh re free bus travel for children and young people
250130 to Lilian Greenwood MP re Pavement Parking