Gill Furniss

21 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what standards he has set for those providing quarantine hotel rooms on the timely confirmation of bookings.

21 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure people returning from red list countries who require more than two hotel quarantine rooms are able to book that accommodation smoothly.

21 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people returning from red list countries are receiving confirmation of their hotel quarantine booking by one week prior to arrival.

10 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve healthcare services for those living with dementia.

10 Jun 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made on the effect of covid-19 restrictions on those living with dementia.

10 Jun 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Director of Labour Market Enforcement

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made on the appointment of a new Director of Labour Market Enforcement.

20 May 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Broadband: Low Incomes

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to ensure broadband is affordable to people on low incomes.

20 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to reduce food insecurity.

20 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Poverty: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the finding in the report by the Trussell Trust entitled The State of Hunger, published in 2019, that 62 per cent of food bank users were disabled, what steps she is taking to reduce p

19 May 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she made of the potential merits of suspending the under-occupancy charge during the covid-19 outbreak.

13 May 2021 · Home Office

Biometric Residence Permits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the efficiency of her Department's delivery partners in delivering Biometric Residency Permits.

11 May 2021 · Department for Transport

Travel: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the travel industry on (a) reducing the cost of covid-19 tests for international travel and (b) improving the length of time taken to receive the results of t

11 May 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Overseas Students: Postgraduate Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to take steps to encourage international students to complete their PhD in the UK.

11 May 2021 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of covid-19 travel restrictions in respect of red list countries on a potential applicant's ability to apply for a EU Settlement Scheme family permit within

11 May 2021 · Home Office

Immigration: EU Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether officials in her Department recognise Ahmadiyya marriage certificates which are not registered with the Pakistan Union Council for the purposes of EU Settlement Scheme family permit applicatio

26 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pregnancy: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that pregnant women are offered the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna covid-19 vaccine.

20 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Life Expectancy: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle discrepancies in life expectancy between the North and South of England.

20 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Public Health: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made on the adequacy of public health provision in the most deprived areas of England.

20 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health and Life Expectancy: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve (a) life expectancy and (b) healthy life expectancy in the most deprived areas of England.

13 Apr 2021 · Department for Education

Children: Literacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve literacy levels among primary school children.

13 Apr 2021 · Department for Education

Primary Education: School Libraries

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to improve primary school library facilities.

13 Apr 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UK Research and Innovation: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK Research and Innovation budget.

25 Mar 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to improve guidance on (a) knowledge of and (b) training on whistleblowing for employees.

23 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Domestic Abuse

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the adequacy of funding available to local authorities to fulfil their statutory duties to protect vict

23 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Domestic Abuse: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of polygraph tests in preventing reoffending by people convicted of domestic abuse related crimes.

23 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the UK will (a) become fully compliant with the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence and (b) ratify that treaty.

9 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Kickstart Scheme: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many small businesses have benefited from the Kickstart scheme to date.

5 Mar 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Letting Agents

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group published in July 2019.

22 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support creative workers affected by barriers to work in the EU.

22 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Arts: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on support for the cultural sector after existing support packages end in March 2021.