Gareth Thomas

25 May 2022 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: TRIPS Agreement

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the (a) objectives her Department has prioritised for the text-based negotiations on the latest TRIPS waiver text; and what constructive engagement her Department has committed to

25 May 2022 · Department for International Trade

TRIPS Agreement

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many times (a) she and (b) officials in her Department have met members of the pharmaceutical industry to discuss the TRIPS waiver proposal before the WTO; on what dates those meetings occurred; a

25 May 2022 · Department for International Trade

TRIPS Agreement

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of (a) introducing a comprehensive temporary waiver on the provisions of the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights Agreeme

24 May 2022 · Department for Transport

UK Trade with EU: Large Goods Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of unladen lorries (a) entering the EU from the UK and (b) entering the UK from the EU in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

23 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish (a) the minutes of the last meeting of the Trade Specialist Committee, (b) a full list of Ministers who attended the last meeting of the Trade Specialist Committee,

23 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Veterinary Services: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking towards a veterinary agreement between the UK and the EU to help reduce trade barriers on both imports and exports between the UK and the EU; and if

23 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UK Trade with EU: Perishable Goods

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of facilitating a fast-track route for exports of perishable goods from the UK to the EU; and if he will make a statement.

19 May 2022 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many of her Departmental staff are based in each region of (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland and can advise businesses on exporting to new and existing markets; and if

19 May 2022 · Department for International Trade

Exports: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will provide details of her Department’s export support programmes providing financial assistance that are available to British businesses; and what the cost of each of those programmes is in t

19 May 2022 · Department for International Trade

Chambers of Commerce: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much funding his Department has allocated to each Chamber of Commerce for the provision of independent trade advice via Local partnership funding or other similar schemes in (a) each of the last f

19 May 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of trade agreements (a) signed since January 2019 and (b) targeted for agreement in the next five years on (i) the economy, (ii) each em

19 May 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of trade agreements signed since January 2019 on (a) the economy, (b) each employment sector and (c) each of the UK regions in the next

19 May 2022 · Department for International Trade

Chambers of Commerce: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much funding her Department has allocated to each chamber of commerce for the provision of independent trade advice in (a) each of the last five years and (b) for 2022-23; and if she will make a s

19 May 2022 · Department for International Trade

Tradeshow Access Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many businesses were awarded a grant of between £500 and £999 through the Tradeshow Access Programme in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

19 May 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Barriers

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many trade barriers, to UK importers, by region of the UK were (a) identified on the Digital Market Access Service database and (b) resolved in each year since 2019; and if she will make a stateme

19 May 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Barriers

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many trade barriers to UK exporters have been recorded on the Digital Market Access Service (DMAS) database (a) in total and (b) by each region of the UK in each year since its launch; and if she

18 May 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Barriers: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many trade barriers to UK importers were (a) identified on the Digital Market Access Service database and (b) resolved in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.

18 May 2022 · Department for International Trade

Trade Barriers: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many trade barriers to UK exporters were (a) identified on the Digital Market Access Service database and (b) resolved in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.

18 May 2022 · Home Office

Naturalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) number of recorded incidents there have been of errors on naturalisation certificates and (b) the average time for a corrected certificate to be issued was in each of the last six months; wha

18 May 2022 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) number of enquiries were received in her Department's dedicated inbox for hon. Members and (b) proportion of those were responded to within 20 working days in each of the last three months; a

16 May 2022 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many employees of her Department have been based in each African nation, in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

12 May 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport applications processed by her Department missed the 10-week processing target since 1 January 2022; and if she will make a statement.

12 May 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of appointments available for people applying for a passport using the (a) online premium service and (b) one week fast track service; and if

10 May 2022 · Department for International Trade

Exports: Arts

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2022 to Question 153700 on Exports: Arts, which of the international creative sector events listed in that Answer Ministers attended; what their itinerary was

25 Apr 2022 · Department for Transport

Travel: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to (a) provide covid-related advice for travellers and (b) regulate pricing for travel-related PCR testing; and if he will make a statement.

22 Apr 2022 · Home Office

Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people scammed by fraudulent (a) texts, (b) emails and (c) calls in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.

22 Apr 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Prices: Emergencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prevent price gouging by exploitative vendors at times of national eme

22 Apr 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Tidal Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the (a) viability and (b) efficacy of increasing the proportion of tidal ene

22 Apr 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy and Fossil Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment he has made of the financial cost of developing and producing (a) tidal energy, (b) onshore wind, (c) solar, (d) nuclear energy and (e) fossil fuel ext

22 Apr 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Tidal Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of the UK's energy is targeted to be tidal energy by (a) 2025, (b) 2030, (c) 2040 and (d) 2050; and if he will make a statement.