To see what Tan has been up to in Parliament, from Parliamentary Questions, Debates and Oral Questions in the House of Commons.

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Parliament Activity

Business of the House

Commons debates

This week marks 36 years since the then Indian Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, ordered her abhorrent attack on the most revered Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar. It eventually...

Public Health England Review: Covid-19 Disparities

Commons debates

Almost three quarters of health and social care staff who were battling this virus on our behalf but who subsequently died as a result of covid-19 were black, Asian and minority ethnic, so I am...

Hong Kong National Security Legislation: UK Response

Speaker’s Statement

Tan Dhesi made a speech in the House of Commons

The Hong Kong people are rightly relying on us to show solidarity at this point, especially when Hong Kong police have used extreme force against pro-democracy protesters, including the use of...

Covid-19: School Reopening

Commons debates

We all, including me and my constituents, want our schools to reopen and our children’s education to continue, but Government guidance around the reopening of schools raises more questions...

India: Coronavirus

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals stranded abroad in India as a result of the covid-19 outbreak who registered with his Department for...

British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what medical criteria his Department is using to prioritise UK nationals overseas for Government commissioned flights for...

British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British nationals stranded abroad as a result of the covid-19 outbreak who (a) are...

British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that British nationals stranded abroad as a result of the covid-19 outbreak not allocated a...

British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British nationals stranded abroad as a result of the covid-19 outbreak who have...

British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British nationals stranded abroad as a result of the covid-19 outbreak have registered with his Department for flights...

Universal Credit: Food Banks

Department for Work and Pensions

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the findings in the report by the Tussell Trust, entitled Five weeks too long, published in September 2019, what assessment...

British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British residents, who do not hold British passports, have registered for charter flights to return to the UK.

India and Pakistan: Coronavirus

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British residents in (a) India and (b) Pakistan who are unable to return to the UK...

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Fraud

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what processes are in place to prevent abuse of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme; and how people can report cases of abuse of that scheme.

Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus

Department for Work and Pensions

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that the benefits system is able to manage the growth in demand due to the covid-19 outbreak.

Social Security Benefits: Coronavirus

Department for Work and Pensions

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make it her policy to (a) lift all sanctions and deductions from people’s awards if they are self-isolating and (b) provide...

British Nationals Abroad: Coronavirus

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of British nationals stranded abroad as a result of the covid-19 outbreak who have...

Universal Credit: Coronavirus

Department for Work and Pensions

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to publish information on the increase in the number of universal credit claimants by local authority area since the...

Schools: Coronavirus

Department for Education

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans his Department has to ensure that young people maintain access to free period products whilst schools are shut as a result of the covid-19...

Coronavirus: Carers

Department of Health and Social Care

Tan Dhesi received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional steps the Government is taking to protect the health of individuals who live with or care for those with weakened immune...