Gareth Thomas

6 Jun 2016 · Home Office

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied children arrived in the UK and claimed asylum (a) for each country of origin, (b) by each commercial company who provided transport if known, (c) at each port and (d) in total i

6 Jun 2016 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many carrier liability charges were issued to commercial transport firms, airlines, ferry companies and other operators for transporting illegal immigrants into the UK in total by (a) port and (b)

6 Jun 2016 · Home Office

Borders: Personal Records

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has taken steps to make advance passenger information available to Border Force general maritime officers; and if she will make a statement.

6 Jun 2016 · Home Office

UK Border Force: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to improve levels of knowledge within Border Force about the threats and risks associated with maritime and aviation border security; and if she will make a statement.

6 Jun 2016 · Home Office

Shipping: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to improve the ability of Border Force to gather and exploit information to improve its performance in enforcing general maritime security; and if she will make a statement.

24 May 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Leasehold

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his plans are for the reform of leaseholds related to properties with two households in one building where the freehold is held by one owner; and if he will make a statement.

23 May 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Leasehold

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what data the Land Registry holds on the number of leasehold domestic properties in (a) the London Borough of Harrow and (b) England in each of the last 10 years.

18 May 2016 · Department for Transport

Railways: Harrow

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on bringing Crossrail 2 through Harrow and Wealdstone station; and if he will make a statement.

18 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Employee Ownership: Small Businesses

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) meetings he has had with external organisations and (b) steps he has taken to encourage the take up of employee share ownership schemes in small and medium-sized businesses in the last 12 months; and if he w

18 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Employee Ownership

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of employee share ownership schemes on (a) productivity levels and (b) the public purse in the last 12 months.

18 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Employee Ownership: Small Businesses

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will conduct a consultation with small and medium-sized enterprises on potential steps to support and encourage the take up of employee share ownership schemes after the withdrawal of the valuation check servic

18 May 2016 · HM Treasury

Revenue and Customs

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department have had with officials of his Department in which withdrawal of the valuation check service by HM Revenue and Customs was discussed since May 2015; and if he

9 May 2016 · Home Office

Immigration: Kuwait

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 January 2016 to Question 21679, when her Department's investigations into applications for family reunion from Kuwaiti Bidoon people were initiated; when she expects those

9 May 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Yemen: Armed Conflict

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the effect of the use of explosive weapons in populated areas in Yemen.

28 Apr 2016 · Department for International Development

Syria: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the finding of the Syria Relief Network's survey of refugees that only a third of Syrian child refugees currently attend scho

28 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Syria: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received of (a) Syrian refugees being shot whilst attempting to cross Turkish borders and (b) numbers of Syrians being deported by Turkey to Syria; and if he will make

27 Apr 2016 · Department for Education

Persian Language: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will instruct exam boards to offer GCSE and A-Level examinations in Persian after 2018; and if she will make a statement.

27 Apr 2016 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Museums and Galleries: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to encourage (a) the Royal Academy, the National Portrait Gallery and the Tate and (b) other national art galleries to loan works from their collections to art galleries in

14 Apr 2016 · Department for International Development

Burundi: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much the Government has contributed to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees' appeal for the Burundi humanitarian response in 2016; what steps she is taking to encourage international partne

14 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burundi: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of refugees from Burundi on neighbouring countries; what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Uganda, (b) Tanzania, (c) Rwanda and

14 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Burundi: Peace Negotiations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to support a peaceful resolution to violence in Burundi after the African Union's decision not to send in peacekeeping troops to that country; and if h

13 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Taiwan: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he, his Ministers or his officials have had with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank on Taiwan's intention to join that bank; and if he will make a statement.

12 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Afghanistan: Non-governmental Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many meetings the UK Ambassador to Afghanistan has had with non-governmental organisations in that country in the last six months; and if he will make a statement.

12 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Afghanistan: Corruption

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to assist the government of Afghanistan in tackling corruption in that country.

12 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Afghanistan: Islamic State

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the threat posed by Daesh in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

12 Apr 2016 · HM Treasury

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Taiwan

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on Taiwan's proposed application to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; and if he will make a statement.

8 Apr 2016 · Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Sri Lanka: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the recent report by the Sri Lankan Centre for Policy Alternatives that more than 12,500 acres of land in the Northern Province remains occupied by the Sri

15 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Undocumented Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Border Force staff have been assigned to tackle employers of illegal immigrants in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

15 Mar 2016 · Home Office

Undocumented Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employers were successfully (a) prosecuted and (b) fined for employing an illegal immigrant in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

14 Mar 2016 · HM Treasury

Employee Ownership

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on employee ownership schemes of the decision by HM Revenue and Customs to withdraw its valuation check service; and if he will make a statement.