Gareth Thomas

5 May 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of confidentiality for proposals by US negotiators in relation to a future UK-US trade deal for (a) 5 years and (b) until that trade deal is

5 May 2020 · Department for International Trade

Nissan: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy on the reported plan of the Nissan Motor Company to move its investment away from Europe; an

1 May 2020 · Department for International Trade

Customs: Electronic Signatures

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the potential merits of removing the requirement for physical signatures under the (a) Bills of Exchange Act 1882 and (b) Carria

1 May 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what estimate she has made of the (a) level of decline in the availability of global freight services and (b) the effect of that decline on costs to UK exporters; and if she will make a statement.

24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade

Import Duties: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, when her Department plans to publish a response to its consultation entitled The UK Global Tariff, which ended on 5 March 2020; and if she will make a statement.

24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade

Medical Equipment: Turkey

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions (a) she and (b) other Ministers in her Department have had with their Turkish counterparts on facilitating the departure from that country of the RAF aircraft containing personal prot

24 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Contact Tracing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to include (a) Harrow, (b) Barnet and (c) Brent in any future contact tracing pilot to tackle covid-19; and if he will make a statement.

24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade

Protective Clothing: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Department of Health on the export of personal protective equipment from the UK; and if she will make a statement.

24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade

Medical Equipment: United Arab Emirates

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with her Emirati counterpart to help secure the import of essential medical supplies to the UK; and if she will make a statement.

24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade

Medical Equipment: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions her Department has had with commissioners in the European Commission to secure the import of essential medical supplies to the UK; and if she will make a statement.

24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade

Medical Equipment: Spain

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with her Spanish counterpart on the import of essential medical supplies to the UK from that country; and if she will make a statement.

24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade

Medical Equipment: Germany

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has held with her German counterpart to secure the import of essential medical supplies to the UK; and if she will make a statement.

24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade

Medical Equipment: India

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with her Indian counterpart to help secure the import of essential medical supplies to the UK; and if she will make a statement.

24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade

Medical Equipment: Turkey

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what recent discussions she has had with her Turkish counterpart to secure the import of essential medical supplies to the UK; and if she will make a statement.

24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions ministers in her Department have had with ministers in the Department for Health and Social Care on the two million covid-19 antibody tests ordered from AllTest Biotech and Wondfo Bio

24 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions the Government has had with the Chinese Government on the two million covid-19 antibody tests ordered from AllTest Biotech and Wondfo Biotech (a) before and (b) after those tests were

21 Apr 2020 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Pakistan: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he plans to schedule repatriation flights from Karachi in Pakistan to enable UK residents physically unable to undertake the 752-mile journey to Lahore or the 877-mile journey to

20 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade

Department for International Trade: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, on what date her Department’s COVID international procurement meetings (a) were established and (b) became twice daily events.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Transport

Airports and Ports: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to (a) temperature test people (i) arriving at and (ii) departing from airports and ports for covid-19 and (b) introduce quarantine arrangements for people arriving at those airpor

20 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions (a) she, (b) Ministers and (c) officials of her Department have had with the International Air Transport Association on (i) maintaining existing global airline-based trade routes to a

20 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of the (a) Chinese and (b) Indian companies selling medical (i) surgical gowns, (ii) masks and (iii) other personal protection equipment that her Department has visited to

20 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with the European Commission on (a) keeping global trade routes open and (b) avoiding unnecessary barriers to trade during the covid-19 outbreak; and if she will make a st

20 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) France and (b) Germany on (i) keeping global trade routes open and (ii) avoiding unnecessary barriers to trade during the covid-19 outbreak; a

20 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with G20 Trade Ministers on (a) maintaining trade routes and (b) avoiding unnecessary barriers to trade during the covid-19 outbreak; and if she will make a statement.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade

Medical Equipment: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, on what date the proposed deal with AllTest Biotech and Wondfo Biotech was discussed at the Covid international procurement meeting.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for International Trade

Medical Equipment: Supply Chains

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the attendance of her Department's Covid international procurement meetings.

20 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timeframe is for testing people on their discharge from hospital following treatment for covid-19 to ensure that they are no longer able to transmit covid-19; and if he will make a stateme

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Retail Trade: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to ensure that online retail businesses that are able to remain open during the covid-19 outbreak are implementing social distancing measures that maximise

20 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish figures relating to people that have been discharged from hospital after recovering from covid-19; and if he will make a statement.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Education

Supply Teachers: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on ensuring that supply teachers that are employed through umbrella companies receive 80 per cent of their average wage, rather than 80 per cent