Gareth Thomas

11 May 2021 · Home Office

Visas: Hong Kong

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of visa applications from holders of British National Overseas (Hong Kong) status have been decided within 12 weeks; and if she will make a statement.

11 May 2021 · Treasury

Housing: Fire Prevention

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a VAT exemption for building materials used in remediation works on buildings identified as having fire safety defects; and if he will make a stat

11 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what safeguards are in place to guarantee the quality of work by contractors undertaking remediation works on buildings identified as having fire safety defects; and if he will m

11 May 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of implications for his policies of the proposals published by the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership for a single special purpose vehicle to fund remedi

11 May 2021 · Department for International Trade

UK Export Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of UK Export Finance; and if she will make a statement.

11 May 2021 · Department for International Trade

UK Export Finance: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much funding her Department allocated to UK Export Finance in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

11 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the level of training provided to staff at hotels providing covid-19 quarantine stays to ensure that those quarantining and hotel staff remain safe; and if he will ma

11 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what provisions are in place for people in covid-19 hotel quarantine to obtain prescription medicines; and if he will make a statement.

11 May 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to airports and airlines on ensuring that social distancing measures are implemented while passengers (a) enter and exit aircraft and (b) wait in airport waiting rooms an

11 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Out-patients: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has undertaken an assessment of the potential correlation between the number of (a) failed and cancelled appointment in outpatients with learning disabilities and (b) learning disability

11 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has undertaken an assessment of the potential correlation between the (a) lengths of stay for patients with learning disabilities and (b) number of learning disability nurses in each NHS

11 May 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has undertaken an assessment of the potential correlation between the (a) mortality rates of people with learning disabilities and (b) complaints from patients with those disabilities in

26 Apr 2021 · Treasury

Friendly Societies: Reviews

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will launch a review of the adequacy of legislation on friendly societies; and if he will make a statement.

26 Apr 2021 · Treasury

Building Societies and Mutual Societies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether an assessment was made on the effect of the demutualisation of building societies and financial mutuals on the events leading up to the financial crash in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement.

26 Apr 2021 · Department for International Trade

UK Export Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much funding her Department allocated to UK Export Finance in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

26 Apr 2021 · Department for International Trade

UK Export Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of UK Export Finance; and if she will make a statement.

26 Apr 2021 · Department for International Trade

Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what funding her Department has allocated to (a) the Tradeshow Access Programme, (b) the Music Export Growth Scheme, (c) the Internationalisation fund and (d) the E-exporting programme in each of the

26 Apr 2021 · Department for International Trade

Trade Promotion

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of (a) the Tradeshow Access Programme, (b) the Music Export Growth Scheme, (c) the Internationalisation fund and (d) the E-exporting programme; and if

22 Apr 2021 · Treasury

Liverpool Victoria

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect on demutualisation of regulators refusal to revisit their decision to approve the conversion of Liverpool Victoria to a limited company; and if he will make a statement.

22 Apr 2021 · Treasury

Building Societies

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the decision by regulators not to consider the effect of demutualisation of building societies and friendly societies on the financial crash of 2007-08; and if he will ma

22 Apr 2021 · Treasury

Liverpool Victoria

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of the decision by Liverpool Victoria not to hold an AGM virtually for their owners to attend in 2020; and if he will make a statement.

22 Apr 2021 · Treasury

Liverpool Victoria

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to urge the Board of Liverpool Victoria (LV) to release the information on that company's future business plans which has been passed to regulators to the current owners of LV; and if he will m

22 Apr 2021 · Treasury

Liverpool Victoria

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the proposed demutualisation of Liverpool Victoria on corporate diversity and customer choice in financial services; and if he will make a statement.

19 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Cleaning Services: Additional Restrictions Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of local authorities have included dry cleaning businesses in their Additional Restrictions Grant schemes; and if he will make a statement.

16 Apr 2021 · Treasury

Liverpool Victoria

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the proposed demutualisation of Liverpool Victoria; and if he will make a statement.

15 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Wembley Stadium: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the spread of covid-19 infections of thousands of football fans travelling to the Carabao cup final; and if he will make a statemen

15 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Wembley Stadium: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps his Department is planning to take to prevent the potential for fraudulent negative covid-19 test results being used by travelling football fans seeking to gain access to the

15 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Wembley Stadium: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what additional covid-19 testing capacity will be provided to support the return of fans to Wembley Stadium; and if he will make a statement.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Youth Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department made of the effectiveness of the (a) National Citizen Service, (b) Scout Association and (c) cadets prior to deciding on funding allocations for those orga

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Local Restrictions Support Grant: Complementary Medicine

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether providers of complementary medicine teaching who have been unable to deliver practical training in close contact services since 5 January 2021 are eligible to apply for Lo