Parliamentary activity - Paul Blomfield

Travel: Quarantine

Department for Transport

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on negotiations to extend the quarantine-free covid-19 travel rules for double-vaccinated travellers from Amber list...

Food: Standards

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Trade on maintaining British food standards in the trade deal with Australia.

Support for Carers - [Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair]

Backbench Business

Paul Blomfield made a speech in a Westminster Hall debate

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Ed Davey) on securing the debate and on his powerful...

Building Safety Bill

Commons debates

The debate on this Bill is framed by the Prime Minister’s promise that “no leaseholder should have to pay for the unaffordable costs of fixing safety defects that they did not cause...

Travel: Coronavirus

Department of Health and Social Care

Paul Blomfield 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 effectiveness of the processes in place to ensure that providers of covid-19 travel tests meet the...

[2nd Allocated Day]

Nationality and Borders Bill

Paul Blomfield made a speech in the House of Commons

Albeit remotely, may I join colleagues in saying what a pleasure it is to welcome you to the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker? I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak about the Bill, having...

Coronavirus

Department of Health and Social Care

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in each of the last four weeks, what proportion of covid-19 hospitalisations were for people aged (a) over 50, (b) between 40-49, (c)...

Yemen

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Paul Blomfield made a speech in the House of Commons

After seven years of violence, suffering and hardship, there is still no end in sight, as the Minister acknowledges. The UN has warned that Yemen faces the worst famine the world has seen for...

Yemen

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Paul Blomfield made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent assessment he has made of the prospects for a negotiated peace settlement in Yemen.

Coronavirus: Children

Department of Health and Social Care

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of covid-19 reported cases have been in people under 18 years old each week for the last 16 weeks.

Travel: Coronavirus

Department of Health and Social Care

Paul Blomfield 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 value for money of covid-19 tests provided by private companies to the public for international travel.

Economic Recovery from Covid-19: Climate Action

Paul Blomfield made a speech in the House of Commons

The success of the UK presidency requires leadership at home. The Government have pledged to consider the Climate Change Committee’s recommendation for near-zero emission iron ore steel-...

Economic Recovery from Covid-19: Climate Action

Paul Blomfield made a speech in the House of Commons

What steps the Government are taking ahead of COP26 to promote (a) climate action and (b) a green recovery from the covid-19 pandemic.

Migrants: Detainees

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 12 March 2021 to Question 165514 on Migrants: Detainees, on what date she plans to publish the Action Access...

Refugees: Resettlement

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees have come to the UK through the UK Resettlement Scheme in each month since February 2021.

Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill

Commons debates

I have to confess that I have some sympathy with the Universities Minister, recognising that she will soon be winding up this debate. She is a decent Minister who knows the real issues facing our...

Covid-19 Update

Commons debates

It is clearly right to take further steps towards unlocking, but it is not the all-or-nothing choice that the Secretary of State has suggested and vaccines are not the only tool available. The...

Funeral Payments

Department for Work and Pensions

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending the rules governing eligibility for the Funeral Expenses Payment to provide...

Coronavirus: Vaccination

Department of Health and Social Care

Paul Blomfield received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2021 to Question 179661 on Coronavirus: Vaccination, what recent assessment his Department has made of...

Topical Questions

Women and Equalities

Paul Blomfield made a speech in the House of Commons

After I was told by a local school student of her experience of sexual harassment working in a restaurant, and of the power imbalance that made it difficult to raise that harassment with her...