Gareth Thomas

25 Feb 2021 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter dated 21 February 2021 from the hon Member for Harrow West with case reference number GT44980.

24 Feb 2021 · Department for International Trade

Music Export Growth Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with Treasury Ministers on future funding allocations to the Music Export Growth Scheme (MEGS); and if she will make a statement.

23 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Surveillance: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that (a) CCTV and (b) other measures taken in workplaces to keep workers safe are not used inappropriately to monitor employees; and if he w

23 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Surveillance: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance his Department has issued to employers on the appropriate use of information accumulated from surveillance technology; and if he will make a statement.

22 Feb 2021 · Department for International Trade

Trade Promotion: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 16 February 2021 to Question 150659 on International Trade: Trade Promotion, if she will publish the performance indicators for each contract; and how many trade advisors are

22 Feb 2021 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Ghana

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when tariff free trade with Ghana will resume; and steps her Department has taken to facilitate provisional implementation of the recent interim Ghana-UK Trade Partnership Agreement.

22 Feb 2021 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Ghana

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the reimbursement or the implementation of a tariff rebate scheme for UK Businesses who have suffered losses as a result of tariffs

19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Healthy Start Scheme: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of creating a communications package for local public health teams, food poverty alliances and food partnerships to help increa

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

Visas: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will attempt to negotiate a reduction in the cost of business visas for working in (a) Spain, (b) France and (c) Germany, and if he will make a statement.

19 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to answer Question 137116 tabled by the hon. Member for Harrow West on 13 January 2021.

19 Feb 2021 · Department for International Trade

Agriculture and Fisheries: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what her policy position is on current discussions at the World Trade Organisation on reducing fishing and agriculture subsidies; and if she will make a statement.

19 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Developing Countries: Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding the UK has provided to the World Trade Organisation’s Aid for Trade programme in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

11 Feb 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 the number of EWS1 certificates being required by mortgage lenders for buildings which either do not have cladding or are primarily finished in bri

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

Housing: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many section 20 notices have been issued to leaseholders in each of the last 12 months for remediation works identified as part of the EWS1 process or to address other fire s

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

Surveying: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people have commenced training as building surveyors since November 2020; and if he will make a statement.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Musicians: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of changes in the visa regime for UK nationals seeking to play paid music engagements in the EU from December 2020 to January 2021 w

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Music: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of recent trends in the number of hauliers based in the UK on the UK music event supply sector; and if he will make a statement.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Musicians: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of new carnet requirements for DJs and musicians taking their equipment to the EU on the number of European gigs that will

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Music: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the UK's electronic scene and music venues are able to bring in EU talent at short notice for events and gigs; and if he will make a statement.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Music: UK Trade with EU

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support recorded and live music exports to the EU for DJs and other artists in the future; and if he will make a statement.

8 Feb 2021 · Department for International Trade

Trade Promotion: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2021 to Question 142762 on Department for International Trade: Trade Promotion, which companies are delivering those contracts; how those companies were chosen to

8 Feb 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) his counterparts in the G7 and (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential need for ongoing annual financial support to ensure t

8 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Credit Unions: Corporation Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of amount raised in corporation tax from credit unions in the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

5 Feb 2021 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Ghana

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to her Department's press release, Ghana-UK Joint Statement: Ghana-UK Trade Partnership Agreement, published on 4 February 2021, if she will publish a timetable for the full restoration

5 Feb 2021 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Japan

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the benefit of the data chapter in the UK-Japan free trade agreement to UK GDP; and if she will make a statement.

2 Feb 2021 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department takes to model economically the potential effects of any trade deals under consideration; and what steps her Department takes to consult experts in its preparation of economi

1 Feb 2021 · Treasury

Financial Institutions: Corporation Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of corporation tax paid by (a) credit unions and (b) building societies in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

1 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Medical Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the two recommendations for best practice by the NHSX set out in the report entitled Foundations of Fairness, Where next for NHS

1 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Medical Records

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the six recommendations for best practice set out in the report entitled Foundations of Fairness, Where next for NHS health data

28 Jan 2021 · Department for International Trade

Overseas Trade: Mexico

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions her Department had with UK asparagus producers before resizing the Tariff Rate Quota on fresh asparagus from Mexico; and if she will make a statement.