Gareth Thomas

20 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether people employed by umbrella companies that are furloughed during the covid-19 outbreak will receive a sum based on 80 per cent of their average take home pay, rather than 80 per cent of the average of their

20 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ventilators: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Ministers of the Department of International Trade to help secure imports of medical ventilators during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.

20 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Key Workers: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Ministers of the Department of International Trade to help secure imports of (a) surgical gowns, (b) masks and (c) other essential personal protection equipment for

20 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Ventilators: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help secure the import of medical ventilators during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.

20 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Protective Clothing: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help secure the import of personal protection equipment during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.

20 Apr 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Northwick Park Hospital: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 April 2020 to Question 30666 on Northwick Park Hospital: coronavirus, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of supply of FFP3 masks at Northwick Park hospit

20 Apr 2020 · Treasury

Credit Unions: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with representatives of the credit union sector on the challenges for the sector during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.

20 Apr 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that health and social care workers are able to access childcare through schools when required; and if he will make a statement.

25 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Law Centres: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to provide additional funding from the public purse to law centres to help them respond to increases in the number of legal enquiries during the covid-19 pandemic; and if he wi

23 Mar 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether it is her Department's policy to exclude contracts for the delivery of (a) NHS and (b) other public services from future trade negotiations with the US; and if she will make it her policy to (

23 Mar 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: Trade Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what plans she has to enable UK trades unions to (a) have sight of and (b) comment on the text of negotiations on a trade agreement with the UK; and if she will make a statement.

23 Mar 2020 · Department for International Trade

Trade Agreements: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure the maintenance of International Labour Organization conventions ratified by the UK in any future trade agreement with the US; and if she will make a statement.

19 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to requisition (a) private hospitals and (b) testing centres to support efforts to control and respond to the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.

19 Mar 2020 · Treasury

Credit: Interest Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to prevent high interest being charged on loans to people in financial difficulties as a result of the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.

19 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Business: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will provide direct payroll subsidies to ensure that no businesses will need to terminate the contracts of (a) directly and (b) indirectly employed staff; and if he will mak

19 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Small Businesses: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, n what his timescale is for issuing guidance to local authorities on their role in (a) allocating and (B) disbursing the grants to small business during the covid-19 outbreak.

19 Mar 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Voluntary Work: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if the Government will provide funding to local councils to coordinate community volunteering efforts during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement,.

19 Mar 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Employment: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to ensure that employees are not placed under pressure to continue working to complete contracts for their employers when they should self-isolate or f

18 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Protective Clothing

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to issue guidance to the Chief Executives of all NHS Trusts on the provision of personal protective equipment to all front line staff; and if he will make a statement.

18 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will increase funding to all local authorities to provide financial support for people who struggle to meet increased food costs as a result of the effect of Covid-19; and

17 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure local authorities have adequate resources to support their most vulnerable residents.

17 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that landlords cannot evict tenants who are self-isolating as a result of covid-19.

17 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Job Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure the security of people's jobs in the aviation sector.

17 Mar 2020 · Department for Transport

Railways: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the risk of covid-19 infection on the Southern Rail, West Midland Trains and Chiltern Railway services that operate in Harrow West constituency.

17 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans her Department has to shorten or bypass the universal credit assessment period for people who (a) need to self-isolate or (b) are out of work due to the covid-19 outbreak.

17 Mar 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department is providing to universal credit claimants infected by covid-19.

17 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Northwick Park Hospital: Ventilators

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ventilators Northwick Park Hospital has; and if he will make a statement.

17 Mar 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Northwick Park Hospital: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Northwick Park Hospital is receiving the support it needs to tackle to covid-19 outbreak.

11 Mar 2020 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of UK veterans who have served for more than four years and are originally from commonwealth countries and who no longer have the right to remain in the UK; and if he will

11 Mar 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agricultural Products: Dumping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is planning to take to prevent the dumping of agricultural products onto the UK market after the transition period; and if he will make a statement.