In Parliament
- Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Universal Credit: Reasonable Adjustments (19 Jan 2026)
Ben Coleman: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how reasonable adjustments are assessed and implemented for disabled claimants undergoing migration to Universal Credit.
- Backbench Business: Gambling Harms: Children and Young People — [Emma Lewell in the Chair] (15 Jan 2026)
Ben Coleman: I am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing the debate. Gambling is one of the most pernicious public health issues of our times, as we have said on the Health and Social Care Committee. It has to be seen as a public health issue. Children who are bombarded with gambling ads on social media and who are learning to see betting as a normal part of the environment are just being exploited by...
- Backbench Business: Food Inflation — [Dame Siobhain McDonagh in the Chair] (15 Jan 2026)
Ben Coleman: I am most grateful to my hon. Friend for calling for this important debate. The Health and Social Care Committee are currently doing an inquiry into food, and supermarkets will be coming in shortly to talk to us about how they operate—we will have a lot of questions to ask. Obesity and nutrition are a particular challenge for people on low incomes. It is more than twice as expensive to buy...
- UK-France Relations — [Peter Dowd in the Chair] (14 Jan 2026)
Ben Coleman: I thank my hon. Friend for securing the debate. We talk about smoothing the relationship, so will he join me in welcoming the new entente amicale between the UK and France? Will he also join me in recognising how that is strengthened by the 11 French-English bilingual schools in our country, such as the tremendous Fulham Bilingual in my constituency, which is a partnership between the French...
- Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Access to Work Programme: Musculoskeletal Disorders (14 Jan 2026)
Ben Coleman: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the answer of 1 December to Question 94595, how many current Access to Work applications which have been allocated for an assessment are there for people identified as living with a (a) form of arthritis and (b) a musculoskeletal condition.
- Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: Children (14 Jan 2026)
Ben Coleman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of children living with DIPG each year; and what resources has the Government allocated to research into the causes of and treatment of DIPG.
- Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Gaza: Humanitarian Aid ( 9 Jan 2026)
Ben Coleman: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the impact on aid delivery of Israel's announcement that it will bar 37 humanitarian organisations from delivering aid in Gaza.
- Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Gaza: Humanitarian Aid ( 9 Jan 2026)
Ben Coleman: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to increase the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
- Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Gaza: Humanitarian Aid ( 9 Jan 2026)
Ben Coleman: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what action the Government is taking following Israel's announcement that it will bar 37 humanitarian organisations from delivering aid in Gaza.
- High Street Gambling Reform ( 8 Jan 2026)
Ben Coleman: The hon. Member talks about the amount of money raised in tax from gambling companies. Can he also give us the figures for the amount of money that the NHS has to spend each year on the mental health issues and other problems that arise from gambling addiction?
- High Street Gambling Reform ( 8 Jan 2026)
Ben Coleman: I am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Brent East (Dawn Butler) for securing this important debate. Gambling is a subject that the Health and Social Care Committee has looked at in some detail, and it is clear from what I have heard from witnesses, from talking to the National Gambling Clinic—it is in my constituency—and from walking round our local high streets talking...
- Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Prisoners: Diabetes (29 Dec 2025)
Ben Coleman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of healthcare provision in prisons; and what steps he is taking to ensure that prisoners have timely access to appropriate medical treatment.
- Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Prisoners: Diabetes (29 Dec 2025)
Ben Coleman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of healthcare provision in prisons for inmates with diabetes; and what steps he is taking to ensure that diabetic prisoners have timely access to appropriate medical treatment.
- UK-EU Common Understanding Negotiations (17 Dec 2025)
Ben Coleman: I congratulate the Minister as heartily as everyone else has on bringing the UK back into Erasmus and ensuring that people from all backgrounds, including university students, can once again enjoy the opportunities that the Tory Brexit took away. Part of my Chelsea and Fulham constituency ranks among the 12th most deprived areas in the United Kingdom. I am looking forward, I should tell the...
- Written Answers — Department for Transport: Port of London Authority: Public Appointments (16 Dec 2025)
Ben Coleman: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will set out the process by which appointments of the Chair and non-executive directors of the Port of London Authority are made.
- Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill (15 Dec 2025)
Ben Coleman: I am immensely surprised to hear that intervention—almost as surprised as I was to see Liberal Democrat Members put forward the customs union idea the other day! We struck a deal with the EU in May. We need to implement that deal. We need to see through the deal we are negotiating on food and drink. We need to talk about youth experience and a whole range of other things. Let us do those....
- Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill (15 Dec 2025)
Ben Coleman: I am most grateful to the Minister for his statement. I hugely welcome the Government’s determination to increase trade, especially in the aftermath of Brexit. That is what it is all about: expanding and clarifying the spending limit for UK Export Finance. As we have heard, UK Export Finance has a very proud history of boosting British exports, and supporting thousands of companies and tens...
- Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Jobcentres: Artificial Intelligence (10 Dec 2025)
Ben Coleman: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to use AI-powered job-matching tools developed by the private sector to run the new digital service behind the new Jobs and Careers Service.
- Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Jobcentres: ICT (10 Dec 2025)
Ben Coleman: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the level of spending required to develop and run in-house the replacement digital service for the new Jobs and Careers Service.
- Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Jobcentres: ICT (10 Dec 2025)
Ben Coleman: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the cost of ending the existing Find a Job digital service and transitioning to a new in-house replacement digital service for the new Jobs and Careers Service.