Sir Mark Tami

22 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a separate strategy for supporting families and carers of people with rare diseases, including support for their (a) mental health, (b) relationships, and (c) professional career

22 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Rare Diseases: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of covid-19 on the timely (a) assessment and (b) diagnosis of people with rare diseases; and what steps his Department plans to take to tackle the backlog

16 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Maternity Pay: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she intends to bring forward legislative proposals to protect the entitlement to Statutory Maternity Pay of people who received Statutory Sick Pay during their qualifying period where (a) they

15 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the signposting of claimants to local food banks is in the form of (a) pieces of paper, (b) other written communication, or (c) verbal communication; and whether any written communication provid

15 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether each instance of Jobcentre Plus staff signposting claimants to local food banks is recorded on a claimant's case record.

13 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Marriage: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to extend the period of validity for notices of marriage for weddings unable to take place as a result of the covid-19 lockdown restrictions.

13 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to relax the qualifying conditions for Statutory Sick Pay to enable people contracted for 16 hours per week on the minimum wage to claim that benefit after they have been

13 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants of Carers' Allowance also receive (a) one and (b) more than one means-tested benefit.

13 Jul 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Dstl: Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the principle of replacement, reduction and refinement of the use of animals in research, what plans there are to reduce the size of the breeding colony of marmosets at the Defence Science and T

13 Jul 2020 · Home Office

Coronavirus: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) aerospace and (b) cybersecurity workers are exempt from quarantining when arriving in the UK if they carry out that work in another country and are returning to the UK.

13 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Carer's Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claims of carers' allowance have been closed due to the death of the person being cared for in each of the last five years; for how many of those claims was the recipient also in receipt of hou

25 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Stem Cells: Transplant Surgery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of stem cell transplant patients on the Shielded Patients List.

25 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) people who have been advised by their healthcare teams to shield beyond 1 August 2020 and (b) other people on the Shielded Patients List are able to acces

25 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance he plans to issue to employers on their responsibilities to support individuals who are advised to continue shielding by their healthcare teams beyond 1 August 2020.

24 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Non-molestation Orders: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to help ensure the safety of alleged victims in cases where a non-molestation order has been breached during the covid-19 outbreak and the alleged perpatrator of th

24 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Non-molestation Orders: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to help ensure the safety of alleged victims in cases where a non-molestation order has been breached during the covid-19 outbreak and the alleged perpetrator of th

24 Jun 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Non-molestation Orders: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that court hearings for breaches of non-molestation orders take place promptly during the covid-19 outbreak.

22 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Asylum: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the rate of asylum support during the covid-19 outbreak commensurate with the increase in the universal credit standard allowance.

3 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Electronic Training Aids

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the use of (a) remote controlled hand-held and (b) bark-activated electronic training collars for dogs.

2 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Means-tested Benefits: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people self-isolating due to possible covid-19 infection will be exempted from conditionality requirements for means-tested benefits.

2 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has made to ensure that potential staff shortages due to covid-19 do not delay processing of benefits applications; and if she will make it her policy to backdate benefits for

27 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the maximum appropriate rate of (a) income tax and (b) national insurance for workers when calculated together in each income tax band affected by the changes to IR35.

27 Feb 2020 · Treasury

Off-payroll Working

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential (a) short-term and (b) long-term effect on seasonal workers in the offshore wind industry of the changes to IR35.

24 Feb 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fireworks: Noise

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to impose a maximum noise level of 90 decibels on fireworks sold for private use.

29 Oct 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Directors: Prosecutions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the letter of 23 September 2019 from the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility to the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside, for what re

25 Oct 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Companies: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of checks on company registrations in England and Wales.

25 Oct 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Company liquidations

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of incentives for directors to apply for voluntary strike-off to dispose of unwanted companies.

17 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is her Department's policy for Jobcentre staff proactively to inform universal credit claimants that they should make a claim to new-style ESA or new-style JSA if they are likely to be eligib

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance and Jobseekers' Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether Jobcentre staff receive training to identify when a new claimant would be entitled to (a) new-style employment and support allowance and (b) new-style jobseeker's allowance.

15 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason universal credit is paid pro-rata when a claimant becomes eligible part way through an assessment period for state pension credit but not when a claimant becomes eligible for the state