Parliamentary Activity - Virendra Sharma MP

The Parliamentary Labour Party

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Commons debates

The hon. Gentleman jumps to a point that I will cover later in my remarks. Most of the vapes being sold to our children are already illegal. While enforcement remains feeble, the disposable ban...

Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Commons debates

I support the Bill in principle, and will vote for its Second Reading later, because it is an anti-smoking measure. Smoking is the forgotten killer of our society, and the Bill contains...

Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments

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 her Department is taking to tackle disparities in access to medical treatment for heart valve disease.

Heart Diseases

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 she plans to include additional material on heart valve disease in the Major Conditions Strategy.

Heart Diseases: 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, whether she has made an estimate of the number of heart valve disease patients treated in non-elective settings in the last 12 months;...

Marine Protected Areas: Territorial Waters

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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of classifying all territorial waters as Marine Protected Areas.

Marine Protected Areas: Fishing Vessels

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 recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of bottom trawling on Marine Protected Areas.

Fishing Vessels: Regulation

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, if he will take steps to prohibit bottom trawling.

Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023

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 his Department's timescale is for publishing a public consultation on potential proscribed activities in relation to...

Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023

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 progress his Department has made on producing a draft list of proscribed activities for application under the Animals...

Tobacco: Smuggling

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2024, to Question 13272 on Tobacco: Smuggling, how many referrals have been made by Trading Standards to HMRC in the...

Infectious Diseases: Babies

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 she has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) active and (b) passive surveillance measures in informing prevention...

Private Sector: Ukraine

Department for Business and Trade

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has had discussions with her counterpart in Ukraine on the role of Ukraine's private sector in the country's economic resilience...

Animals (Low-welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023

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 recent progress he has made on implementing the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023.

Streptococcus: Babies

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 her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of reporting the incidence of Group B streptococcal infections in...

Streptococcus: Babies

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 her Department has made an estimate of the annual economic costs to the NHS of Group B streptococcus infections in newborns.

Cost of Living: Food Bank Use

Work and Pensions

Virendra Sharma made a speech in the House of Commons

Nearly 50,000 people needed help from Ealing Foodbank last year. Some 38% of them were children under 16. It is amazing that the food bank and its volunteers are there to help, but it is a...

Cost of Living: Food Bank Use

Work and Pensions

Virendra Sharma made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes in the cost of living on levels of food bank use.

Department for Work and Pensions: Forms

Department for Work and Pensions

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the forms it issues are accessible to people with limited ability to complete a form by hand.

Heart Diseases: Medical Treatments

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 she has made an assessment with NHS England of the potential merits of left ventricular assist devices as long-term therapy for...

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