Written Question
Monday 27th September 2021
Asked by:
Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the level of staffing required to implement the commitments within the Northern Ireland Protocol on checks between Great Britain and Northern Ireland and checks on goods coming to the UK from the EU under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement; whether those staffing levels have been met; and what additional funding has been allocated to support those staffing requirements.
Answered by Michael Ellis
On staffing, I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to PQ31420 on 27 July 2021.
As announced on 14 September, full customs declarations and checks on goods coming to the UK from the EU under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement will be introduced as planned on 1 January 2022, although safety and security declarations will not be required until 1 July 2022. The Northern Ireland Protocol is still under review and therefore providing an accurate estimate of the level of staffing would not be substantive.
Written Question
Friday 10th September 2021
Asked by:
Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
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 committees that will be responsible for the oversight, amendment, and dispute settlement of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
The first meeting of the Partnership Council took place on 9 June. It launched the governance structures of the TCA. It also agreed to facilitate establishing the Civil Society Forum (CSF) so it can meet this year and encouraged the respective Parliaments of the UK and EU to establish the Parliamentary Partnership Assembly.
Three of the eighteen TCA Specialised Committees have now met, including the committee on Social Security Coordination which met on 6 July, the committee on Energy which met on 14 July and the committee on Fisheries which met on 20 July. All the other Specialised Committees are due to meet this autumn.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Sep 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"Q10. 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 this not yet another example of the Conservative party asking those on lower …..."Gareth Thomas - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Jul 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
" What further steps she plans to take to tackle maternity discrimination. ..."Gareth Thomas - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Jul 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
"As a devastating Equality and Human Rights Commission report highlighted some five years ago, and certainly given the experience of too many of my constituents, discrimination against pregnant women and new mothers is still widespread. When will the Government actually get their act together and bring in the legislation they …..."Gareth Thomas - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 May 2021
Oral Answers to Questions
" There are over 4.3 million children—and rising—growing up in poverty, including some 18,000 in Harrow. Will the Prime Minister agree to put right the error of a previous Prime Minister, and commit to publish a strategy to tackle child poverty and ensure that no child is left behind?..."Gareth Thomas - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 May 2021
Covid-19 Update
"Nurseries are a vital part of community infrastructure, helping our youngest to get a better chance of a good start to life and making it easier for parents to go to work. Given that over 300 shut their doors for good in February and March, will the Prime Minister publish …..."Gareth Thomas - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 3rd December 2020
Asked by:
Gareth Thomas (Labour (Co-op) - Harrow West)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to require his Department and its agencies to provide a payroll deduction service to allow staff to save more easily with a credit union; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Julia Lopez
- Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology
The Cabinet Office is continuing to investigate various financial wellbeing options. Announcements will be made in due course.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 Nov 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
" I hope that the Prime Minister and the Chancellor now regret their decision not to extend free school meals to cover half-term and will join the richly deserved praise for all those community groups, councils and, indeed, businesses that stepped up to stop our nation’s children going hungry last …..."Gareth Thomas - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 12 Oct 2020
Covid-19 Update
"Tragically, one of the few certainties about this second wave is that economic hardship will rise, so why will the Prime Minister not review the level of statutory sick pay, which even the Health Secretary said that he could not afford to live on, or, crucially, extend the holiday hunger …..."Gareth Thomas - View Speech
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