Parliamentary Activity - Gareth Thomas MP

Healthy Start Scheme: Migrants

Department of Health and Social Care

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many families with no recourse to public funds his Department is supporting through the Healthy Start scheme as a result of the...

Demutualisation of Liverpool Victoria

Commons debates

I have two interlinked questions, if I may. First, the Financial Conduct Authority, in its letter to the all-party group of 5 August, made it clear that it had already decided it would not...

Demutualisation of Liverpool Victoria

Commons debates

My hon. Friend will know that when we saw the last wave of building society demutualisations, there were large numbers of job losses. I gently warn those who work for Liverpool Victoria to be...

Demutualisation of Liverpool Victoria

Commons debates

My hon. Friend and Benenden are right to be concerned about whether there are wider implications and we will see other businesses demutualising. The current vice-chair of Yorkshire Building...

Demutualisation of Liverpool Victoria

Commons debates

The proposed demutualisation of Liverpool Victoria is the first proposed demutualisation of a major financial services business since the financial crash. If the demutualisation goes ahead, it...

UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on the formal set up of governance structure, including the 23 specialised...

Human Trafficking: Organised Crime

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people-smuggling gangs operating to smuggle people into UK in each of the last five years; and...

Export Health Certificates

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with her counterparts in the EU to ensure that there is uniform acceptance of valid Export...

Lugano Convention

Ministry of Justice

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government plans to take as a result of the European Commission's rejection of the UK's application to join the Lugano Convention; and if...

Professions: Qualifications

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the financial impact to UK businesses of the loss of mutual recognition of professional...

Qualifications: EU Countries

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress has been made through the available pathways included in the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement to...

Qualifications: EU Countries

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the agreements reached for the recognition of UK professional qualifications in the EU by equivalent...

Certification Quality Marks

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress he has made on extending the UK grace periods for products labelled with the CE mark, but not the new...

Post Offices: ICT

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many subpostmasters were (a) dismissed, (b) prosecuted, (c) convicted and (d) received a prison sentence in each...

Infrastructure for Businesses: Weymouth

Gareth Thomas made a speech in the House of Commons

A working graduate who earns the average wage or under, such as a newly qualified nurse, will face a marginal tax rate of almost 50% under the plans the Prime Minister is bringing in today. Is...

Insurance: Business

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to Answer of 7 July to Question 25717 on Insurance: Business and the response of 3 August from the Prudential Regulation Authority, which of the...

Financial Services: EU Action

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, following the conclusion of technical negotiations for a UK and EU Memorandum of Understanding on financial services in March 2021, what timescale has been...

Postal Services: Fraud

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the Royal Mail's Printed Postage Impressions IT system; and whether the...

Postal Services: Fraud

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the scale of fraud that Royal Mail alleges was committed by firms under declaring mail...

UK Exports to the EU

International Trade

Gareth Thomas made a speech in the House of Commons

Three weeks ago, Lord Frost rejected the EU’s offer of a veterinary agreement, saying: “We are very ambitious about CPTPP membership… That is the problem.” Since we cannot...