Parliamentary Activity - Gareth Thomas MP

Violence and Abuse towards the Retail Workforce

Westminster Hall debates

I am afraid to say that there are violent incidents towards shop workers in Harrow town centre, which I am privileged to represent, and also too many antisocial behaviour incidents. A couple of...

Sri Lankan Tamils and Human Rights - [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

The experiences that the hon. Gentleman describes are very well known to many of the Tamil constituents I am lucky enough to represent. Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act is still in...

Winter Pressure on NHS Services

Health and Social Care

Gareth Thomas made a speech in the House of Commons

One way the Minister could help Harrow’s health services be better prepared for this winter and future winters would be to invest in new intensive care beds at Northwick Park Hospital,...

Trade Agreements: Canada

Department for Business and Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether negotiating objectives for a trade deal with Canada include the option of retaining an entry price system which could require certain...

Trade Agreements: Canada

Department for Business and Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether negotiations on a UK-Canada trade deal will include an extension to the rules of arguing provision and annual origin quotas for...

Trade Agreements: Canada

Department for Business and Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her negotiating objectives for a new trade deal with Canada include access to cheese tariff rate quotas similar for those in the...

Business of the House

Commons debates

This Friday is Romania’s national day, a chance to celebrate the contribution of Romania to European efforts to support Ukraine and to acknowledge the huge contribution that the British...

Exports: Small and Medium-sized Businesses

Business and Trade

Gareth Thomas made a speech in the House of Commons

I welcome the Minister back to the Department for Business and Trade, and I look forward to helping him hopefully to do better this time around. According to the International Monetary Fund, over...

Trade Fairs

Department for Business and Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish a list of global trade shows which her Department has encouraged businesses to attend in each of the last two years.

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Exports

Department for Business and Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish a list of products that will receive additional tariff rate quotas once the CPTPP accession has been ratified.

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Exports

Department for Business and Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish a list of exports that will have tariff free access to CPTPP countries once the UK ratifies the agreement.

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership: Imports

Department for Business and Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will publish a list of domestic agencies that will be required to certify imports from CPTPP countries once the agreement has been...

NHS: Staff

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, if she will make an estimate of the number of NHS staff who have (a) no savings, (b) savings of less than £100 and (c) savings...

Drugs: Licensing

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 licence applications for (a) plant-based and (b) alcohol-free medicines the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency...

Schools: Asbestos

Department for Education

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2023 to Question 22 on Schools: Asbestos, what information her Department holds on levels of asbestos in Harrow...

Business and Trade Committee

Westminster Hall debates

I commend the Select Committee for its work, and my right hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Hodge Hill (Liam Byrne) for the way in which he introduced the Committee’s report. One...

Engagements

Gareth Thomas made a speech in the House of Commons

On Monday, the Government’s chief scientific adviser, Sir Patrick Vallance, told the covid inquiry that the now Prime Minister had not asked for advice regarding eat out to help out....

Armed Forces: Personal Savings

Ministry of Defence

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of staff working for the armed forces who have (a) no savings, (b) savings of less than £100 and (c)...

Members: Correspondence

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when he plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Harrow West of 20 October 2023 and 31 October...

Schools: Asbestos

Department for Education

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools have asbestos on their estate; how many schools have an asbestos management plan in place; and what funding her Department has...