My work in Parliament - Nick Smith MP

Topical Questions

Home Department

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

The school holidays in Wales and England start on 22 July. There are nearly 30 million visits abroad by air in quarter 3, which includes those school holidays. To help families get away, will...

HM Passport Office Backlog

Commons debates

The Government are letting down thousands of families across our country. The Passport Office is in chaos because record applications are not being processed in good time. The Home Office was...

HM Passport Office Backlog

Commons debates

Could you give some advice, Madam Deputy Speaker, on whether there is a difficulty with sightlines to this corner of the Chamber, as the Minister seems unable to see requests to give way from...

HM Passport Office Backlog

Commons debates

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.

HM Passport Office Backlog

Commons debates

Will the Minister give way?

HM Passport Office Backlog

Commons debates

I thank the Minister for giving way. Will he please tell us how big the backlog at the Passport Office is at the moment?

HM Passport Office Backlog

Commons debates

Will the Minister give way?

HM Passport Office: Agency Workers

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to her Department was by bringing agency staff in to clear backlogs at HM Passport Office.

Passports: Applications

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of (a) fast-track passport applications were being processed within seven days and (b) premium passport applications were...

Passports: Applications

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applicants have used the fast-track service for applications in each of the last six months.

Point of Order

Commons debates

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. You will remember that I recently challenged the relevant Minister with an urgent question about the poor performance of the Passport Office. A constituent who...

Health and Social Care Leadership Review

Commons debates

I agree with the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) on NHS reorganisations. I once met a very senior and very able NHS manager who said they had been through 14 restructures of the NHS...

Engagements

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

On a point of order, Mr Speaker.

HM Passport Office: Income

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much income has been received by HM Passport Office in the last three months from (a) premium passport and (b) fast-track passport...

Passports: Applications

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the size of the backlog of passport applications was within HM Passport Office for each of the four-week periods where data has been...

Protective Clothing: Contracts

Department of Health and Social Care

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to his Department has been of legal advice given to resolve contractual disputes in regard to personal protective equipment...

Passports: Applications

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of passport applications, where no additional information was needed to be requested from the applicant after receipt, were...

Sue Gray Report

Commons debates

The Prime Minister’s credibility is like a tyre with a slow puncture. He reinflates it occasionally, but is it not the truth that his party needs a new front wheel?

HM Passport Office: Standards

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what metrics are currently being used by HM Passport Office as key performance indicators; and how did that Office perform against those...

Passports: Applications

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average unit cost of processing a passport was in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022.