Parliamentary Activity - Gareth Thomas MP

Prisons: Weather

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 (a) safety measures and (b) additional support his Department has put in place to ensure the wellbeing of people in prisons during current extreme...

Trade Agreements: Australia and New Zealand

Department for International Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether she received advice from the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum on trade negotiations with (a) Australia and (b) New Zealand; and...

Children: Maintenance

Department for Work and Pensions

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on how many occasions her Department has continued to pay other benefits to people who have had their Child Maintenance Service payments ended...

Passports: Applications

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further support she plans to put in place to provide responses to the large number of constituent enquiries that hon. Members and their...

Passports: Applications

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department have been (a) redeployed and (b) hired since March 2022 to alleviate delays in processing passport...

Passports: Applications

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to (a) recruit more staff, (b) offer more upgrade appointments, (c) increase the responsiveness of the helpline for hon....

Social Security Benefits: Russia

Department for Work and Pensions

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps to prevent benefit payments made to a UK bank account from transfer into a Russian bank account.

Social Security Benefits: Russia

Department for Work and Pensions

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any benefit payments made by her Department into a UK bank account have been transferred into a Russian bank account in the last six...

Social Security Benefits: Russia

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs is taking steps to prevent benefits payments made to a UK bank account from transfer into a Russian bank account.

Social Security Benefits: Russia

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on whether any benefits payments the Government has made in the last 12 months into a UK bank account have then been...

Cammell Laird: Strikes

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, whether his Department holds documents on the 1984 Camell Laird dispute; and whether he will make a statement.

Cammell Laird: Strikes

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department holds documents on the 1984 Camell Laird dispute; and whether she will make a statement.

Visas: Applications

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on processing the visa applications for family members of the constituent of the hon. Member for...

Visas: India

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was for a Standard Visitor visa application to be processed for applicants from Mumbai in the latest period...

Sri Lanka

Commons debates

What the Minister may not know is that Tory MP after Tory MP has taken trips funded by the Rajapaksa Government to this very troubled island. As a result, there has always been a striking lack of...

Cammell Laird: Strikes

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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department holds documents on the 1984 Camell Laird dispute; and whether he will make a statement.

Topical Questions

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Gareth Thomas made a speech in the House of Commons

The Competition and Markets Authority recently concluded that a lack of competition in key parts of the economy was leading to higher mark-ups from already profitable firms. In short, inflation...

Strategy for International Development

Commons debates

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and it will be good to hear the Minister’s response to that. I will certainly make some brief remarks about Afghanistan and the plight of the people...

Strategy for International Development

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for West Worcestershire (Harriett Baldwin), and I will come on to her point about soft power in a moment. I join others in congratulating the Chair of...

Strategy for International Development

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is making a very good speech, and I strongly agree with her point about multilateralism. May I take her back to a debate she initiated in Westminster Hall on the plight of the...