Gareth Thomas

15 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many British children under the age of four from families with no recourse to public funds are receiving support from the Healthy Start scheme as a result of the extension announced on 2 June 2

15 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide Healthy Start vouchers to eligible families waiting to receive their new digital payment cards.

15 Dec 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to remove the call charges for users activating their new digital payment card for the Healthy Start scheme.

24 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Customs: Ports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many physical inspections to check for contraband goods took place at each port between Bristol and Worthing inclusive (a) by each port and (b) in total in each year since 2015; and if she will ma

24 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Revenue and Customs: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many HMRC staff have been based at each coastal port between Bristol and Worthing, inclusive, (a) by each port and (b) in total in each year since 2015; and if she will make a statement.

23 Nov 2021 · Treasury

EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 2 March 2021 to Question 157278, on EU Grants and Loans, what progress has been made on ensuring that UK entities are able to (a) participate in and (b) bid for EU funds for EU progra

19 Nov 2021 · Treasury

BCC Blake Bidco

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the (a) Financial Conduct Authority and (b) Prudential Regulation Authority on who the beneficial owners of BCC Blake Bidco Limited are; and if he will make a statement.

19 Nov 2021 · Treasury

BCC Blake Bidco

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with representatives of Companies House on who the beneficial owners of BCC Blake Bidco Limited are; and if he will make a statement.

18 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Financial Services: Takeovers

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will require all firms taking over a financial services business to disclose advisers fees regardless of the corporate structure governing the business; and if he will make

18 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Liverpool Victoria

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will write to Fenchurch Advisory Partners urging them to publish the fees they have or expect to receive from the takeover of Liverpool Victoria by Bain Capital; and if he will make a statement.

18 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Takeovers: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will review the effectiveness of the rules on the disclosure of fees for providing lobbying or media advice during takeovers of companies limited by guarantee; and if he wil

18 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Liverpool Victoria

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will write to FTI Consulting urging them to publish in full how much they have received for providing media and lobbying advice during the proposed demutualisation of Liverpool Victoria; and if he will make a

18 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Takeovers: Legal Opinion

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will review the effectiveness of the rules on disclosure of legal advisers’ fees during the takeover of a company limited by guarantee; and if she will make a statement.

18 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Liverpool Victoria

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will write to the law firm Clifford Chance urging them to publish how much they have been paid by Liverpool Victoria to advise them on their proposed demutualisation and sale to Bain Capital.

18 Nov 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when Post Office Horizon IT inquiry 2020 plans to interview the former Managing Director of the Post office; and if he will make a statement.

18 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Liverpool Victoria

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with representatives of the Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England on requiring Liverpool Victoria and Bain Capital to publish the fees that their advisers in respect of the

18 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Liverpool Victoria

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the FCA and PRA has made of a potential conflict of interest in the retention of FTI Consulting by LV, to promote their plans for demutualisation, in the context of the employment by FTI Consulting o

18 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Liverpool Victoria

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many letters of complaint have (a) his Department, (b) the Financial Conduct Authority and (c) the Prudential Regulation Authority received about the proposed demutualisation of Liverpool Victoria and the sale t

18 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Liverpool Victoria

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority approved the tender documents issued by Fenchurch Advisory Partners on behalf of the LV Board which invited bids to purchase Liverpool Vict

18 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Liverpool Victoria

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether representatives of the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority have held discussions on the immediate future of the Chairman of Liverpool Victoria; and if he will make a statement.

12 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Plastics: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he or his Cabinet colleagues at COP26 had with their international counterparts on the impact of deposit return schemes on tackling plastic pollution.

12 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his timetable is for the Government’s planned Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) to begin operation; whether that DRS will be an all-in scheme; and if he will make a statement.

8 Nov 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Export Health Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many complaints his Department has received on lost or delayed Export Health Certificates since 1 January 2021; and if he will make a statement.

4 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Liverpool Victoria: Takeovers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the names of the future board of Liverpool Victoria (LV) in the event that the proposed demutualisation and sale to Bain Capital is successfully completed; and if he will make a statement.

4 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Liverpool Victoria

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with the Financial Conduct Authority to help ensure that no-one who is entitled to vote in the ballot to decide whether Liverpool Victoria (LV) should be demutualised or not is inadverten

4 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Liverpool Victoria

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with the Financial Conduct Authority and the Bank of England on the monitoring of the voting process in the proposed demutualisation of Liverpool Victoria to ensure that that voting proce

4 Nov 2021 · Home Office

British Nationality: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to introduce a fee waiver scheme for children born in the UK who are applying to register their British citizenship; and if she will make a statement.

27 Oct 2021 · Treasury

Treasury: Protective Clothing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the number of occurrences civil servants in his Department raised concerns regarding the price paid for personal protective equipment from February 2020 to August 2020; and i

27 Oct 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the number of occurrences civil servants in his Department raised concerns regarding the price paid for personal protective equipment from February 2020 to August 2020;

27 Oct 2021 · Cabinet Office

Protective Clothing: Civil Servants

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information he holds on the number of occurrences civil servants in his Department raised concerns regarding the price paid for personal protective equipment from Fe