Gill Furniss

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

Sports: 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 sporting venues operating at reduced capacity once reopened as covid-19 restrictions are eased.

10 Feb 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Young Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to specifically support the home-learning of young carers during covid-19 related school closures.

10 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Young Carers: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the mental wellbeing of young carers during the covid-19 outbreak.

28 Jan 2021 · Treasury

Mortgages: Interest Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to cap standard variable mortgage rates for inactive lenders to protect people who cannot move their mortgages.

25 Jan 2021 · Cabinet Office

Voting Methods: Visual Impairment

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what incentives will be provided to encourage local authorities to take part in the pilot schemes of audio voting devices for blind and partially sighted people planned f

25 Jan 2021 · Cabinet Office

Voting Methods: Visual Impairment

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he will take to evaluate the effectiveness of audio voting devices for blind and partially sighted people in pilot programmes planned for the next election.

22 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing payments to student nurses conducting shifts on covid-19 hospital wards.

22 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Pupils: Lipreading

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to introduce guidance to schools and colleges on the use of transparent face coverings when teaching pupils and students who rely on lip-reading.

21 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward a third round of the Infection Control Fund to help social care providers protect residents during the covid-19 outbreak.

19 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Media: Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect on public health of misinformation and conspiracy theories on covid-19 on social media platforms.

19 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Media: Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to limit or stop the spreading of extremist materials on social media.

19 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Media: Disinformation and Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with social media companies on the prevalence of misinformation, conspiracy theories and extremist material on their platforms.

19 Jan 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has for social media reform.

15 Jan 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 vaccines have been discarded as a result of logistical or storage issues.

15 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contracts his Department has in place for the provision laptops or other digital equipment to schools and local authorities during the covid-19 outbreak; and what proportion of those contracts have been fu

15 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Computers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the minimum specifications are for laptops provided to schools and local authorities during the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown.

15 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many laptops have been requested by schools in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency during the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown to date; and how many laptops have been allocated to those schools

14 Jan 2021 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Remote Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that prison teachers and other staff with desk-based roles within prisons are only undertaking essential duties and that they are working remotely wherever possible to help conta

14 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Remote Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has of the adequacy of support for parents delivering home learning.

14 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of childcare arrangements for key workers during the covid-19 outbreak.

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

Carbon Emissions: Sheffield City Region

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of carbon dioxide was emitted in the Sheffield City Region in (a) April and (b) December 2020.

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

Fuel Poverty

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what fiscal steps he is taking to prevent fuel poverty during winter 2020-21.

13 Jan 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Yemen: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect British NGO’s importing life-saving goods into Yemen from potential legal repercussions following the US Administration’s designation of th

8 Jan 2021 · Department for Education

Children: Computers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made on the provision of laptops to children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

15 Dec 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment Schemes: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of devolving (a) the Kickstart scheme and (b) other employment schemes and resources to local authorities.

15 Dec 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Care Workers: Conditions of Employment and Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve pay and working conditions for social care workers.

14 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

National Curriculum Tests: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to modify Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 tests in 2021 to account for the adverse impact of covid-19 on pupils’ learning.

14 Dec 2020 · Department for Education

GCE A-level and GCSE: Assessments

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish his Department's contingency plans relating to Summer 2021 GCSE and A Level exams.

2 Dec 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Theatre: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support theatres in tier three local covid alert level areas.

25 Nov 2020 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Yemen: Humanitarian Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction of overseas aid spending from 0.7% to 0.5% of gross national income on the UK’s humanitarian work in Yemen.