Work in Westminster - Gill Furniss MP

Below is a list of the speeches, questions and contributions I have made in Parliament. This list only represents the officially recorded work I undertake and does not show the meetings, events or correspondence that happens outside the Commons Chamber.

Remote Education: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

Department for Education

Gill Furniss received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what contracts his Department has in place for the provision laptops or other digital equipment to schools and local authorities during the covid-19...

Remote Education: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

Department for Education

Gill Furniss received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the minimum specifications are for laptops provided to schools and local authorities during the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown.

Remote Education: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough

Department for Education

Gill Furniss received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many laptops have been requested by schools in Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough constituency during the January 2021 covid-19 lockdown to...

Coronavirus: Vaccination

Department of Health and Social Care

Gill Furniss received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many covid-19 vaccines have been discarded as a result of logistical or storage issues.

Prisons: Remote Education

Ministry of Justice

Gill Furniss received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that prison teachers and other staff with desk-based roles within prisons are only undertaking essential duties and...

Remote Education

Department for Education

Gill Furniss received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has of the adequacy of support for parents delivering home learning.

Children: Day Care

Department for Education

Gill Furniss received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of childcare arrangements for key workers during the covid-19 outbreak.

Yemen: Humanitarian Aid

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gill Furniss received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to protect British NGO’s importing life-saving goods into Yemen from potential legal...

Remote Education and Free School Meals

Commons debates

Throughout this pandemic, a light has been shone on the poverty and inequality in our country like never before. The free school meals fiasco is another example of the Government’s complete...

Carbon Emissions: Sheffield City Region

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Gill Furniss received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of carbon dioxide was emitted in the Sheffield City Region in (a)...

Fuel Poverty

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Gill Furniss received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what fiscal steps he is taking to prevent fuel poverty during winter 2020-21.

Children: Computers

Department for Education

Gill Furniss received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress he has made on the provision of laptops to children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Social Services: Conditions of Employment and Pay

Department of Health and Social Care

Gill Furniss 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 improve pay and working conditions for social care workers.

Employment Schemes: Local Government

Department for Work and Pensions

Gill Furniss received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of devolving (a) the Kickstart scheme and (b) other employment schemes and resources to...

National Curriculum Tests: Coronavirus

Department for Education

Gill Furniss received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to modify Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 tests in 2021 to account for the adverse impact of covid-19 on pupils’ learning.

GCE A-level and GCSE: Assessments

Department for Education

Gill Furniss received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish his Department's contingency plans relating to Summer 2021 GCSE and A Level exams.

Theatre: Coronavirus

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Gill Furniss received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support theatres in tier three local covid alert level areas.

Yemen: Humanitarian Aid

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gill Furniss received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction of overseas aid spending from 0.7% to 0.5% of gross...

Mortgages

Gill Furniss 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 mortgage prisoners.

Public Transport: Dementia

Department for Transport

Gill Furniss received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to extend the eligibility for the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme to people under the age of 65 diagnosed with...