Parliamentary Activity - Virendra Sharma

Care Homes: Visits

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 assessment he has made of potential merits of introducing a safe visiting scheme in care homes.

Diabetes: Coronavirus

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 steps his Department is taking to increase the number of people with diabetes meeting the NICE recommended HbA1c treatment target...

Bowel Cancer: 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 steps his Department is taking to tackle the backlog in people waiting for (a) colonoscopy, (b) flexi sigmoidoscopy and (c) other...

Coronavirus: Disease Control

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations her Department has received on the suitability of powers granted to local authorities in order to enforce covid-19...

Coronavirus: Disease Control

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has received on the suitability of powers granted to local authorities in order to...

Topical Questions

Women and Equalities

Virendra Sharma made a speech in the House of Commons

I will be hosting a national group of experts on decolonising the British curriculum in January 2021. Will the Secretary of State attend that event to listen to the expert testimonies from the...

Heart Diseases: Coronavirus

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 steps he is taking to accommodate a potential increase in cases of heart failure arising from delayed presentation and treatment for...

Heart Diseases: Coronavirus

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 representations his Department has received from the British Society for Heart Failure on changes in the level of patients who are...

Bowel Cancer: 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, how many people who have received a faecal immunochemical positive test result through bowel cancer screening are awaiting a diagnostic...

Health Services: Ethnic Groups

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 assessment he has made of the ability of the (a) NHS and (b) CQC to ensure that BAME populations in deprived areas with (a) heart...

Heart Diseases: Coronavirus

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 research his Department is undertaking to identify the most vulnerable people to heart failure as a result of covid-19; and what...

Topical Questions

Housing, Communities and Local Government

Virendra Sharma made a speech in the House of Commons

Ealing Council is facing a funding shortfall of around £30 million even after efficiency savings and delaying investment. That is despite a promise from the Secretary of State that it would...

Employment: Coronavirus

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what financial support the Government plans to provide in addition to statutory sick pay to ensure that (a) people...

Dismiss and Re-engage Tactics

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Virendra Sharma made a speech in the House of Commons

I hope that the Minister will give a more open and clear response to my question. Heathrow airport is pushing staff to strike—a measure that garnered support in a ballot ending last week....

Dismiss and Re-engage Tactics

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Virendra Sharma made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps his Department is taking to reduce the use of dismiss and re-engage tactics by employers.

Health Services: Coronavirus

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, if the Government will take steps to support the realisation of guaranteed access for frontline health workers...

Nutrition: Children

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 steps he has taken to end the marketing of high-sugar and high-fat foods to infants and children.

Obesity: Children

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 steps his Department has taken to tackle childhood obesity by making it mandatory to label the nutritional value of food in a way...

Saudi Arabia: Detainees

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, if he will make UK attendance at the upcoming G20 in Riyadh contingent on the release of (a) Loujain al-Hathloul,...

Mohammed bin Salman

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, with reference to the CIA's assessment that Mohammad bin Salman ordered the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, what...

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