Parliamentary Activity - Gareth Thomas MP

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Income Tax (Charge)

Commons debates

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, who makes an important point about the need to do more to expand credit unions. It is for such businesses, and the communities that would benefit from...

Income Tax (Charge)

Commons debates

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells (Mike Martin). Perhaps because of the time limit, he did not dwell on the dismal economic inheritance that the Government were left...

Community Policing: Government Support

Westminster Hall debates

I congratulate the hon. Member for Chichester (Jess Brown-Fuller) in the usual way on securing this debate. I hope that she will not mind if I focus on the challenges around community policing...

Police Scotland: Correspondence

Scotland Office

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he has had discussions with the Scottish Government regarding the standard response time for Police Scotland to provide a response to an...

Israeli Settlements: Land and Property

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the expected timetable is for bringing into force the announced prohibition on the advertising and promotion...

Solicitors: Fraud

Ministry of Justice

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department provides on reporting alleged document fraud by regulated solicitors, including when both the police and the regulator...

Driving Tests

Department for Transport

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the changes introduced in May 2026 to prevent third parties and automated bots from booking and...

Credit Unions: Local Government

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to support collaboration between credit unions and local authorities to improve household financial resilience.

No-interest Loans Scheme

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of introducing a national no-interest loans scheme to support households facing financial shocks.

Financial Services: Disadvantaged

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with banks on participation in the small sum lending pilot set out in the Financial Inclusion Strategy; and what assessment he...

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department will publish a biennial environmental impact report of the UK’s accession to the...

Community Development Finance Institutions

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, if he would consider extending the remit of the Community Finance Taskforce to include CDFIs providing affordable...

Community Development Finance Institutions

Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what assessment he has made of expanding the remit of the Community Finance Taskforce to support Community Development...

Physical Education and Sports

Department for Education

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of levels of school funding on the provision of (a) physical education, (b)...

Nepal: UK Government Support - [Esther McVey in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s constituent and to her support for his fundraising efforts. The speed with which the British Nepalese community has responded to the disaster—raising...

Nepal: UK Government Support - [Esther McVey in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

I join others in praising my hon. Friend the Member for Reading Central (Matt Rodda) for securing this very helpful debate. Nepal is a country of remarkable people, soaring beauty and...

RAF Northolt

Ministry of Defence

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 19790 on RAF Northolt, what the annual cap is on civil aviation movements at RAF Northolt; when...

Aviation: Air Pollution

Ministry of Defence

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment her Department has made of the public health impacts of aircraft noise and aviation-related air pollution on communities beneath flight...

RAF Northolt

Ministry of Defence

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of civil aviation movements at RAF Northolt on residents of the London Borough of Harrow in respect...

Airports: Business

Department for Transport

Gareth Thomas received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of annual business aviation movements at (a) RAF Northolt, (b) Farnborough Airport, (c) London Luton Airport,...