Parliamentary Activity - Virendra Sharma

Coronavirus: Screening

Department of Health and Social Care

Virendra Sharma received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of covid-19 test results have been returned within (a) 24 hours, (b) 48 hours, (c) 72 hours, (d) 96 and (e) after 96...

Schools: Coronavirus

Department for Education

Virendra Sharma received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what advice he has received on reducing the risk of increasing covid-19 infection rates when schools reopen; and what the key recommendations of that...

Schools: Coronavirus

Department for Education

Virendra Sharma received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) delaying schools reopening and (b) blended learning in areas with the highest rates of covid-19.

Schools: Coronavirus

Department for Education

Virendra Sharma received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what advice has been made available to schools in areas with a high covid-19 infection rate on reopening.

BAME Voting

Electoral Commission Committee

Virendra Sharma made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank my hon. Friend for that response. How important is the Electoral Commission in preventing malign influence on elections in this country and ensuring that volunteers and ideas lead the...

BAME Voting

Electoral Commission Committee

Virendra Sharma made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps the Electoral Commission is taking to improve voting levels among Black, Asian and minority ethnic people.

Developing Countries: Females

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Virendra Sharma received a response to a question they put to the government

What assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed reduction in the Official Development Assistance budget on (a) universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights...

Russia: LGBT People

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Virendra Sharma received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Russian counterpart on (a) the recent abduction of two gay Chechen men in...

Democratic Inclusion

Virendra Sharma made a speech in the House of Commons

More than 2 million people in the UK have sight loss, and a recent RNIB report found that less than half of blind and partially sighted people are satisfied with their experience of voting. When...

Democratic Inclusion

Virendra Sharma made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps his Department is taking to improve democratic inclusion throughout society.

Soil and Groundwater Technology Association

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Virendra Sharma received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2021 to Question 145762 on the Soil and Groundwater Technology Association, if he will...

Soil and Groundwater Technology Association

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Virendra Sharma received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the independence of the Soil and Groundwater Technical Association.

Land: Contamination

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Virendra Sharma received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the Category 4 screening levels (C4SL) Phase 2 Project Steering Group last met; and what the names are of the members...

Pollution Control: Standards

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Virendra Sharma received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which (a) environmental consultants and (b) advisors his Department has consulted in the last year on pollution standards...

Pupils: Hearing Impairment

Department for Education

Virendra Sharma received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he has taken to (a) distribute clear face masks to schools and colleges, and (b) help schools make reasonable adjustments for those...

Evictions and Bailiff Enforcement Activity: Covid-19

Virendra Sharma made a speech in the House of Commons

I am glad that the Minister has touched on this, but I am sure he will agree that, in the middle of a deadly pandemic, there could be no worse time for hard-up families to receive a knock at the...

Evictions and Bailiff Enforcement Activity: Covid-19

Virendra Sharma made a speech in the House of Commons

What assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of (a) evictions and (b) other enforcement activity conducted by bailiff organisations during the covid-19 outbreak.

New Clause 8 - Waste Hierarchy

Environment Bill

Virendra Sharma made a speech in the House of Commons

The Government do not seem to appreciate the dire position we are in, for although our air is far cleaner today than at any point in our lives, some communities have not seen the benefits. My...

Topical Questions

Virendra Sharma made a speech in the House of Commons

Some small businesses in my constituency cannot access the support they need to continue to employ staff and survive. The Government’s incomplete guidance to local authorities has left that...

Disabled People: Support for Shielding

Work and Pensions

Virendra Sharma made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the Minister for his response, but it was not very satisfactory, so I will give him another opportunity to give a more concrete answer. When will he end the discrimination against...

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