Parliamentary Activity - Virendra Sharma

Developing Countries: Coronavirus

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, with reference to the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program, what steps she is taking to help prevent a (a) health and (b)...

Developing Countries: Food

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, whether it remains the Government's policy to maintain the UK's funding for the replenishment of the Global Agriculture and Food...

Hepatitis: Health Services

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 commenced treatment for hepatitis C in the financial year 2019-20, by operational delivery network area.

Hepatitis: Public Health

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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including hepatitis C in the Public Health England Public Health Outcomes...

Visas: Overseas Visitors

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for visitor visas have been received by her Department in each of the last 12 months.

Black Curriculum

Department for Education

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many requests he has received to meet with the The Black Curriculum; and what plans he has to meet with that organisation.

Visas: Overseas Visitors

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of visitor visas that have expired and not been used during the period in which they...

Mental Health Services: Schools

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 ensure the adequate capacity of mental health services in schools for the start of the next academic year.

Education: 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, if his Department will create a standardised home learning framework to help maintain educational standards throughout England during the covid-19...

Developing Countries: Nutrition

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 the Government plans to take to end preventable deaths of mothers, newborns and children under five through investments in...

Children: Nutrition

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 assessment she has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on progress in tackling child (a) wasting and (b) stunting.

Nutrition: Finance

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, for what reason the funding allocated to nutrition-specific investments in 2018 was 20 per cent lower than in 2017.

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Nutrition

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 discussions she has had with the Foreign Secretary on the maintenance of existing levels of support for nutrition programmes...

Education: Standards

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 his Department plans to take to reduce the gap in provision between state and private schools after the covid-19 outbreak.

Schools: Social Distancing

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 his Department plans to split primary and secondary classes into multiple bubbles to minimise the risk of covid-19 transmission.

Schools: Social Distancing

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 estimate he has made of the additional number of pupils that can attend school in the event that social distancing guidelines are lower to one metre.

Home Education and Teaching Aids: Ealing

Department for Education

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding has been allocated to schools in the London Borough of Ealing in relation to (a) online tuition and (b) teaching materials.

Topical Questions

Work and Pensions

Virendra Sharma made a speech in the House of Commons

ExcludedUK estimates that around 3 million taxpayers are ineligible for the furlough and self-employed income support schemes. Among the left behind are thousands of freelancers on short-term...

Iyad Hallaq

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Israeli counterpart on the killing of disabled Palestinian Eyad Hallaq by Israeli...

Support for Small Businesses and the Self-Employed

International Trade

Virendra Sharma made a speech in the House of Commons

Do the Government recognise that, aside from covid-19, one of the biggest threats to small businesses in the UK is reaching the end of the transition period with no trade deal? What assessment...

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