Parliamentary Activity - Virendra Sharma MP

Sustainable Development

Department for International Development

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

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will take steps to ensure her Department's implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 5 and Goal 8 includes (a) targets...

Developing Countries: Crimes of Violence

Department for International Development

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

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of her Department’s spending is currently focused on gender-based violence prevention.

Yemen: Crimes of Violence

Department for International Development

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

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps her Department has taking to help prevent violence against women and girls in Yemen.

Yemen: Overseas Aid

Department for International Development

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

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to help improve the provision of (a) reproductive health and (b) gender-based violence prevention...

UK Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostics Collaborative

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 (a) representations his Department has received on the work of the UK Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Diagnostics Collaborative and...

Overseas Students: Finance

Department for Education

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether EU citizens with confirmed places at university will continue to be funded for the duration of their courses in the event that the UK leaves...

Overseas Students: Finance

Department for Education

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will establish a service for EU citizens in the UK to obtain advice on their (a) educational status and (b) eligibility for funding support.

Overseas Students: Finance

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 criteria EU citizens will have to fulfil to be eligible for postgraduate funding in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

Rough Sleeping - [Mr Virendra Sharma in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Virendra Sharma made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

I will not impose a time limit on speeches at this stage, but I urge hon. Members to keep to seven or eight minutes. I would appreciate that. Otherwise, I might set a time limit later.

Rough Sleeping - [Mr Virendra Sharma in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Virendra Sharma made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

Order. Before I call the next speaker, I say to hon. Members that they may seek to make interventions, but I ask them to try to refrain from making comments while they are sitting down. I suggest...

Rough Sleeping - [Mr Virendra Sharma in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Virendra Sharma made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

Before I call the next speaker, I want to say that this is an important subject and the hon. Gentleman was doing his job, so I could not intervene in that. I am sure that everybody will show...

Nissan: Government Assistance

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether Nissan will be required to pay back any of the £2.6 million allocated to it by the Government to encourage...

Overseas Students: Employment

Department for Education

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to improve the recording of the long-term employment destination of international graduates; and if he will make a statement.

Education: Exports

Department for Education

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of an international graduate and alumni strategy to support international...

Education: Trade Agreements

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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on including education in its strategy for future bilateral...

Education: Exports

Department for Education

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to record data on education as an (a) export and (b) economic value (i) nationally, (ii) regionally and (i) locally.

Health: 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 progress the Government has made on meeting the target set out in the 2015 Comprehensive Spending Review to provide 2 million more...

NHS: Finance

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, how much of the £300 Million funding announced in the 2015 Comprehensive Spending Review been allocated to (a) new diagnostic...

NHS: Drugs

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 estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the charter of air freight to transport medicines into the UK in the event...

Department for International Trade: Brexit

Department for International Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many civil servants in his Department are currently working on planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how many have been...