Emma Hardy

7 Sep 2020 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Small Businesses: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to provide support to businesses in the first quarter of 2021 when deferred payments and initial loan repayments become due.

2 Sep 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will publish data collected on the transmission of covid-19 within hospitals.

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Medicine: Higher Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to require universities that have accepted medical students on a deferred entry to 2021-22 as a result of the 2020 A-level awards to accept the result of the 2020 UCAT and BMAT tests beyond the

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Boarding Schools: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to ensure that all residential educational settings follow PHE guidance on isolating pupils with covid-19 on the premises, with particular regard to international students with no family

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Disinformation: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the effect of (a) covid-19 disinformation and (b) other online harms on newspaper comment forums on public safety; and if he will make a statement.

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Internet: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether racist abuse and disinformation will be within the remit of the Government’s planned online harms regulatory system.

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Newspaper Press: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether comments on newspaper website forums will be considered to be user generated content for the purpose of the Government's legislative strategy for tackling online harms.

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Newspaper Press: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to help tackle (a) disinformation and (b) abuse on the commenting forums of newspaper websites.

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Universities: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to make an assessment of the effect of the (a) covid-19 outbreak and (b) 2020 A-level awards process on university applications from students from disadvantaged backgrounds for the 2020-21 aca

1 Sep 2020 · Department for Education

Postgraduate Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to make provision for postgraduate students whose courses have been extended as a result of covid-19 but are disallowed by Student Finance England from applying for further supporting loans th

21 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries: Iceland

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Icelandic counterpart on access to Icelandic waters for British fisherman as the UK becomes an independent coastal state.

21 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Care Leavers and Special Educational Needs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the £1,000 incentive payment available to any employer taking on an apprentice aged 16-18, or aged 19-24 with an Education Health and Care plan or care leaver, is also available to an employer taking on

15 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Transport: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of wearing face coverings in (a) taxis,(b) buses and (c) trains on the transmission of covid-19.

15 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to make the use of face coverings in taxis compulsory.

14 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Erasmus+ Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 12 June 2020 to Questions 56134 and 56135 on the Erasmus+ Programme, what steps he has taken to consult on the development of a domestic alternative to Erasmus+ scheme; and with whom

14 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Erasmus+ Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answers of 12 June 2020 to Questions 56134 and 56135 on Erasmus+ programme, what progress her Department has made on the development of a domestic alternative to Erasmus+.

13 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

London Metropolitan University

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing London Metropolitan University's student number control limit.

13 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Student Loans Company

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the most recent Ministerial letter from his Department to the Chair of the Student Loans Company sent as part of the Annual Performance and Resource Agreement process.

13 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Student Loans Company

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the most recent Annual Performance and Resource Agreement Letter from the Government to the Student Loans Company.

7 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Overseas Students: USA

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the recent decision of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement that international students offered only online university courses in that country must leave the US, whether he plans to take

7 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Agriculture: Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department has taken to provide bespoke support to agricultural colleges during the covid-19 outbreak.

7 Jul 2020 · Department for Education

Further Education: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of covid-19 outbreak on agricultural colleges.

6 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Surgical Mesh Implants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has taken steps as a result of the disclosure that a 2012 study published in European Urology which concluded that no patients were suffering thigh pain three years after their transobtu

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

Events Industry: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department plans to set up a taskforce on the reopening of live entertainment venues after the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will take steps to ensure that representatives of

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

Events Industry: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has to announce a timeframe for the reopening of live entertainment venues without the need for social distancing.

30 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Events Industry: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to provide financial support to the live entertainment industry and the (i) self-employed and (ii) freelance workers it supports.

30 Jun 2020 · Treasury

Events Industry: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to introduce a VAT exemption on ticket sales for the live entertainment sector when it re-opens to help its recovery from the effects of the covid-19 outbreak.

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

Bowling: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what representations his Department received from representatives from the Ten-pin Bowling Proprietor's Association in advance of the Government's decision to require bowling alleys to r

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

Bowling: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what his timescale is for informing representatives of tenpin bowling operators of (a) the requirements they must meet to be permitted to safely re-open to the public and (b) how those o

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

Bowling: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what consultation his Department undertook with representatives from tenpin bowling (a) operators and (b) organisations on the decision to keep that sector closed when the covid-19 lockd