Parliamentary Activity - Gareth Thomas MP

Voluntary Work: Coronavirus

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if the Government will provide funding to local councils to coordinate community volunteering efforts during the covid-19...

Trade Agreements: USA

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 it is her Department's policy to exclude contracts for the delivery of (a) NHS and (b) other public services from future trade...

Trade Agreements: USA

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, what steps she is taking to ensure the maintenance of International Labour Organization conventions ratified by the UK in any future trade...

Business: Government Assistance

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 provide direct payroll subsidies to ensure that no businesses will need to terminate the contracts of (a)...

Small Businesses: Coronavirus

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, n what his timescale is for issuing guidance to local authorities on their role in (a) allocating and (B) disbursing...

Local Government Finance: Coronavirus

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will increase funding to all local authorities to provide financial support for people who struggle to meet...

Coronavirus: Disease Control

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, whether he plans to requisition (a) private hospitals and (b) testing centres to support efforts to control and respond to the covid-19...

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff

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 steps he plans to take to ensure that employees are not placed under pressure to continue working to complete...

Trade Agreements: Trade Unions

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, what plans she has to enable UK trades unions to (a) have sight of and (b) comment on the text of negotiations on a trade agreement with the...

Credit: Interest Rates

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to prevent high interest being charged on loans to people in financial difficulties as a result of the covid-19 outbreak; and...

Universal Credit: Coronavirus

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, what plans her Department has to shorten or bypass the universal credit assessment period for people who (a) need to self-isolate or (b) are...

Universal Credit: Coronavirus

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, what support her Department is providing to universal credit claimants infected by covid-19.

Local Government Finance

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure local authorities have adequate resources to support their most...

Private Rented Housing: Coronavirus

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that landlords cannot evict tenants who are self-isolating as a result...

Financial and Social Emergency Support Package

Commons debates

On a much more granular point, a care home owner has been in touch with me to say that he is increasingly short-staffed because of infection among staff, yet he is aware of staff from overseas...

Business of the House

Commons debates

I share the concerns of others in the House about the inability to table questions over the recess, and more generally the reservations expressed by my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford North...

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust: Finance

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, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2020 to Question 1157, for what purpose the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust has identified a...

Engagements

Gareth Thomas made a speech in the House of Commons

The Prime Minister will understand that there is considerable concern about the situation at Northwick Park Hospital, which serves my constituents and many others, given the critical incident...

Railways: Coronavirus

Department for Transport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the risk of covid-19 infection on the Southern Rail, West Midland Trains and Chiltern Railway services...

Aviation: Job Security

Department for Transport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure the security of people's jobs in the aviation sector.