Gareth Thomas

14 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Religious Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data his Department holds on the average time taken by UK Visas and Immigration to respond to emails about applications for temporary work religious worker visas in each of the last 12 months.

14 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Religious Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken to process an application for a temporary work religious worker visa (a) overall and (b) under the priority service scheme was in each of the last three years.

14 Dec 2023 · Home Office

Visas: Religious Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for a temporary work religious worker visa were not approved by his Department in each of the last five years.

13 Dec 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Harrow West of 1 December 2023 on the AlShaikh family.

12 Dec 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Tractors: Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that the proposed three-year extension of the rules of origin for electric vehicles and batteries under the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement will include electri

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Heavy Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what representations she has received from manufacturers of zero-emission tailpipe HGVs on including battery electric vehicle truck tractors in the proposed three-year delay to the introduction of new

11 Dec 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Tractors: Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the rules of origin of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on the production of battery electric vehicle truck tractors if they are not inc

8 Dec 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2023 to Question 4799 on Small Businesses: Exports, how the £200 million of funding to support small and medium-sized enterprises (a) has been spent in each of the

8 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many complaints her Department has received about the conduct of Ofsted inspectors during school inspections in each of the last three years.

8 Dec 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Ofsted inspections have been paused due to headteacher distress in each of the last 3 years.

4 Dec 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: European Patent Convention

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will commission an independent assessment into the compatibility of membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership with membership of the (a) European Pa

1 Dec 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Small Businesses: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State of 30 November 2023, Official Report, column 1043, how the £200 million of funding to support small and medium-sized enterprises (a) has

30 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gaza: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the criteria of Eligible Persons for evacuation from the Gaza strip to non-British nationals with permission to

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Canada

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether negotiations on a UK-Canada trade deal will include an extension to the rules of arguing provision and annual origin quotas for certain agricultural products.

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Canada

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her negotiating objectives for a new trade deal with Canada include access to cheese tariff rate quotas similar for those in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Ca

29 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Agreements: Canada

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether negotiating objectives for a trade deal with Canada include the option of retaining an entry price system which could require certain types of fruit and vegetables to have a pre-determined impo

23 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Fairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish a list of global trade shows which her Department has encouraged businesses to attend in each of the last two years.

23 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish a list of domestic agencies that will be required to certify imports from CPTPP countries once the agreement has been ratified.

23 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Quotas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish a list of products that will receive additional tariff rate quotas once the CPTPP accession has been ratified.

23 Nov 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Exports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish a list of exports that will have tariff free access to CPTPP countries once the UK ratifies the agreement.

21 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Asbestos

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2023 to Question 22 on Schools: Asbestos, what information her Department holds on levels of asbestos in Harrow schools.

21 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many licence applications for (a) plant-based and (b) alcohol-free medicines the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency received in each of the last five years.

21 Nov 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number of NHS staff who have (a) no savings, (b) savings of less than £100 and (c) savings equivalent to less than (i) one and (ii) three month's salary.

15 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Personal Savings

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of staff working for the armed forces who have (a) no savings, (b) savings of less than £100 and (c) savings equivalent to less than (i) one and (ii) three month’s salary

14 Nov 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Harrow West of 20 October 2023 and 31 October 2023 on the the detention of his constituent overseas.

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Asbestos

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have asbestos on their estate; how many schools have an asbestos management plan in place; and what funding her Department has provided to the London Borough of Harrow for the (a) removal and (

23 Oct 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

Department for Business and Trade: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what her Department’s (a) budget and (b) staff headcount is for trade and investment hubs in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland and (iv) Darlington.

23 Oct 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Asbestos

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish data on (a) the number of schools that have discovered asbestos on their estate and (b) the number of schools with an asbestos management plan in place; and what funding her Department has p

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

UK Tradeshow Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2023 to Question 126731 on the UK Tradeshow Programme, how much and what proportion of funding allocated to the Attendee element of the UK Tradeshow Programme pilot

16 Oct 2023 · Department for Business and Trade

UK Tradeshow Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2023 to Question 126730 on the UK Tradeshow Programme, how much and what proportion of the funding allocated to the Exhibit element of the UK Tradeshow Programme pi