Dame Chi Onwurah

16 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what protections are in place to ensure that all furloughed workers are guaranteed to receive the equivalent of the national minimum wage.

16 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Future Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many businesses have received support from the Future Fund, by region.

16 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when the social care White Paper will be published; and if it will include policies related to the covid-19 outbreak.

16 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the role that temperature screening cameras in public places could play in helping the safe lifting of the covid-19 lockdown.

16 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Vaccination: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what criteria were used in the the decision making process which led to the award of £126 million to experimental vaccines at Oxford University and Imperial College London and the

16 Jun 2020 · Home Office

Demonstrations: Alcoholic Drinks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what powers the police have to limit the drinking of alcohol at protests and demonstrations.

16 Jun 2020 · Cabinet Office

Economic Situation: North East

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to his oral response to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central on 16 June 2020, if he will publish the economic modelling on the effect on the North East economy in the event that a free trade

11 Jun 2020 · Department for Transport

Railways: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to train passengers that are required to wear face coverings during journeys on what they should do when eating and drinking.

11 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Local Broadcasting: Radio

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) jobs in the creative industries and (b) representation of northern voices on radio in the North East of Bauer medias takeover of local ra

11 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Theatre Royal Newcastle upon Tyne: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what additional financial support he plans to allocate to Newcastle’s Theatre Royal in the event that the theatre is not able to hold public events for the remainder of 2020.

11 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what support he will provide to full fibre broadband operators to encourage urban deployment over the next 12 months.

11 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what support is offered to gigabit capable broadband operators when a landlord charges excessive wayleave fees to discourage deployment.

11 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Museums and Galleries: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what support he is providing to (a) Newcastle’s Discovery Centre and (b) other regional museums to help ensure that they are able to survive the covid-19 lockdown.

11 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Contact Tracing: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the population that will need to download the covid-19 test and trace app in order for it to prove effective.

11 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Further Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he will take to ensure that students have full access to online learning while college and university campuses are closed as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

9 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Universities: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Ministerial University Research and Knowledge Exchange Sustainability Taskforce on their immediate priority issues.

9 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Universities: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how often his Department plans to (a) meet and (b) receive updates from the Ministerial University Research and Knowledge Exchange Sustainability Taskforce; whether he plans to pu

9 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

EU Intellectual Property Office: Brexit

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to limit rights of representation at the UK Intellectual Property Office to those persons with a UK or Channel Island address if there are no reciprocal righ

9 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Engineering: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to utilise advice from the engineering sector as part of the Government's response to the covid-19 outbreak.

9 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of exemptions and payment relief support through the 2019 Voluntary Scheme for Branded Medicines Pricing and Access was invested in innovative new medicines in the latest period for

9 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Vaccination: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans the Government has to support long-term domestic vaccine manufacturing capability.

8 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2020 to Question 49689, whether positive covid-19 results of NHS hospital patients are shared with local authorities.

8 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Businesses: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2020 to Question 51958, on Bounce Back Loan Scheme, how businesses using the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) that later decide that they need more

4 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Data Protection: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to his oral contribution of 4 June 2020, Official Report, what the maximum time period is consistent with the age appropriate design code being laid imminently.

4 Jun 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of debts energy companies owe to their customers arising from direct debit payments (a) before and (b) during the covid-1

4 Jun 2020 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance his Department has provided to SEND schools on transportation for pupils during the covid-19 outbreak that complies with social distancing guidelines; and what additional support is available to t

4 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Contact Tracing: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2020 to Question 48415 on NHS: Computer Software, what the criteria are under which the NHS will decide to delete that data.

4 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patents: Data Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) NHS England and (b) NHSX is liaising with the the Intellectual Property Office on the publication of patent applications resulting from access to the covid-19 datastore under the Re-use

4 Jun 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Contact Tracing: Software

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government retains ownership of intellectual property related to the development and operation of the contact tracing app piloted in the Isle of Wight.

3 Jun 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Voucher Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the gigabit broadband voucher scheme in each region of the UK.