My work in Parliament - Nick Smith MP

Obesity: Children

Department of Health and Social Care

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress the Government has made on implementing the recommendations set out in Chapter 2 of its Childhood Obesity Plan since the...

Culture Recovery Fund

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Nick Smith 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 has taken to ensure that funding from the Culture Recovery Fund reaches self-employed workers in the arts sector.

Arts: Self-employed

Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what support will be offered to self-employed people in the arts after the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme closes.

Self-employed: Coronavirus

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he plans to take to support self-employed people whose industries have not re-started during the covid-19 outbreak after the Self-Employed...

Hydrogen: Air Pollution

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of hydrogen technology on improving air quality.

Covid-19 Update

Commons debates

Looking to the long term, obesity is a leading risk factor for contracting covid-19, and problems with obesity usually start in childhood. By this year, the Government were aiming to reduce sugar...

Motor Vehicles: Hydrogen

Department for Transport

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the role of hydrogen passenger vehicles in de-carbonising transport.

Hydrogen: Wales

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps he is taking to support the Welsh hydrogen economy.

Kickstart Scheme

Commons debates

Cyber College Cymru in Blaenau Gwent gives opportunities for young people in the digital security sector, where there is strong employer demand. That industry will be vital to our future economy....

UK Trade with EU

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Minister for the Cabinet Office's 12 July 2020 news story entitled Government accelerates border planning for the end of the Transition...

UK Trade with EU

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Minister for the Cabinet Office's 12 July 2020 news story entitled Government accelerates border planning for the end of the Transition...

UK Trade with EU

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Minister for the Cabinet Office's oral statement of 13 July 2020, Official Report, column 1268, on EU Exit: End of Transition Period,...

EU Exit: End of Transition Period

Commons debates

It was only yesterday that the Government announced £100 million to develop HMRC systems to reduce the burden on traders. Why have these systems not already been developed?

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 61710 on Agriculture: Seasonal Workers, if his Department will publish...

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 61707 on Agriculture: Seasonal Workers, if his Department will publish...

Agriculture: Seasonal Workers

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 61707 on Agriculture: Seasonal Workers, what form the evaluation of Pick...

The Economy

Commons debates

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

The Economy

Commons debates

This pandemic is hitting Blaenau Gwent hard. Its shockwaves are shaking our south Wales valleys now. An entire shopping centre is under threat. A logistics centre that supplies the drinks...

Economic Update

Commons debates

To boost employment in Blaenau Gwent, we need to help more people get on the Ebbw Vale train to Cardiff, but the line needs to be redoubled, with improved signalling and bridging works. A...

Armed Forces: Overall Size

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

The Army’s strength, though, is still woefully short of the Government’s target. Those wanting to join our Army were faced with Capita’s bureaucratic processes, which could take...