Jonathan Reynolds MP

Putting the people of Stalybridge and Hyde first

In Parliament: Questions and Answers

• Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Feed-in Tariffs (9 Feb 2012)

  Jonathan Reynolds: May I ask the Minister to answer the question put by my right hon. Friend the Member for Don Valley (Caroline Flint), and tell us how many people will lose their jobs if

• Written Answers — Health: Nurses (6 Feb 2012)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the average number of patients is per qualified nurse in NHS hospitals; (2) what his policy is on a mandatory qualified nurse to

• Business of the House (2 Feb 2012)

  Jonathan Reynolds: May we have a debate on what safeguards there are to protect people studying for qualifications when their privately run providers go into liquidation? I met a constituent on Friday who had paid

• Petitions: Green Investment Bank (1 Feb 2012)

  Tony Lloyd: ...West (Julie Hilling), my right hon. Friend the Member for Wythenshawe and Sale East (Paul Goggins), my hon. Friends the Members for Stretford and Urmston (Kate Green) and for Stalybridge and Hyde (Jonathan

• Finance and Services (30 Jan 2012)

  Ordered, That Jonathan Reynolds be discharged from the Finance and Services Committee and Mr George Howarth be added.-(Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, on behalf of the Committee of Selection .)

• Opposition Day — [Un-allotted Day]: Youth Unemployment and Bank Bonuses (23 Jan 2012)

  Jonathan Reynolds: If the future jobs fund was not a success, why have the Government introduced the youth contract, and is it not simply a watered-down future jobs fund?

• Business of the House (19 Jan 2012)

  Jonathan Reynolds: Will the Leader of the House say a little more on whether the Government will support the Metal Theft (Prevention) Bill, which is on the Order Paper for tomorrow in the name of

• Northern Rail Hub — [Mr Jim Hood in the Chair] (18 Jan 2012)

  Jonathan Reynolds: I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. I very much enjoyed his use of the phrase “pan-northern,” of which we should have more in Parliament. I support entirely his position on

• Written Answers — Health: Continuing Care (18 Jan 2012)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress he is making in implementing the recommendations contained in the report of the Dilnot Commission.

• Written Answers — Health: Continuing Care (18 Jan 2012)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the recommendations contained in the report of the Dilnot Commission, if he will consider raising the means-tested threshold above which people are

• Sexual Offences (Amendment): Backbench Business — [Un-allotted Day] — Future of Town Centres and High Streets (17 Jan 2012)

  Jonathan Reynolds: Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak in the debate today. I congratulate the hon. Member for Nuneaton (Mr Jones) on securing the debate. I warmly welcome his speech and

• Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Topical Questions (17 Jan 2012)

  Jonathan Reynolds: What assessment have the Government made of recent calls by the Qatari leadership for Arab states to intervene militarily to stop the bloodshed in Syria, and would the Foreign Secretary support such action?

• Park Homes (Site Owner Licensing): Local Government Finance Bill (10 Jan 2012)

  Helen Jones: ...as did my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts), the Chair of the Communities and Local Government Committee, supported by my hon. Friends the Members for Stalybridge and Hyde

• Oral Answers to Questions — Health: High-speed Rail (10 Jan 2012)

  Jonathan Reynolds: I commend the Secretary of State for her decision. Many of the arguments for High Speed 2 cited reduced journey times, which are obviously important, but I have always thought that the arguments

• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Algeria: Christianity (10 Jan 2012)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Algerian authorities on the religious freedom of Christians in that country.

• Written Answers — Education: Free Schools (10 Jan 2012)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many of the free schools due to open in 2012 are (a) new schools and (b) existing schools transferring to free school status;

• Written Answers — Health: NHS: Redundancy Pay (10 Jan 2012)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total cost of redundancy payments to NHS staff was in 2011.

• Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Syria: Christianity (10 Jan 2012)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations to the Syrian government he has made arising from reports of the persecution of Christians in Syria; what other steps

• Written Answers — Education: Mathematics: Specialist Schools (20 Dec 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much funding was withdrawn from specialist mathematics schools and colleges on the abolition of specialist school status and specialist school networks.

• Written Answers — Education: Education Capital Review (19 Dec 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he plans to publish a full response to the James Review of capital funding.

• Business of the House (15 Dec 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: May we have a debate on the behaviour of the energy companies? My constituent, Mrs Larkin, from Hyde, has seen her monthly tariff rise from £65 to £79-an increase of more than a

• Business of the House (1 Dec 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: May we have a statement from the Government on the protections given to whistleblowers? This is a particularly emotive subject in my constituency, as a result of the legacy of the Harold Shipman

• Written Answers — Defence: Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations (1 Dec 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost of UK operations in Afghanistan was on the most recent date for which figures are available.

• Working Tax Credits (30 Nov 2011)

  Chloe Smith: First, may I congratulate the hon. Member for Stalybridge and Hyde (Jonathan Reynolds) on securing this debate, and thank him for his kind words about my role at the beginning of his comments?

• Opposition Day — [Un-allotted Day]: Living Standards (30 Nov 2011)

  Liam Byrne: ...a great deal of extra squeeze that will hit working families, but I want to flag up one cut in particular. It is the subject of a Westminster Hall debate secured by my

• Written Answers — Treasury: Working Tax Credit (28 Nov 2011)

  David Gauke: I refer the right hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Stalybridge and Hyde (Jonathan Reynolds) on 4 July 2011, Official Report, column 1090W.

• Written Answers — Transport: Bus Services: Greater Manchester (24 Nov 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what her policy is on greater bus regulation in Greater Manchester.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Education: Northern Rock (21 Nov 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: Like my fellow Co-operative party MPs, I strongly wanted to see a mutual solution for Northern Rock. The Government’s reasons for not going down that route seem to change every time the issue

• Oral Answers to Questions — Education: English Baccalaureate (21 Nov 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: Does the Minister recognise that the E-bac will be inappropriate for some of the pupils represented in the figures he has just read out, but that schools will have to push their pupils

• Written Answers — Education: Academies: Standards (15 Nov 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what intervention mechanisms are available to him should (a) an academy and (b) a free school be found by the regulator to be offering a

• Written Answers — Defence: Eads (14 Nov 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what support his Department is providing to EADS to win the combat jet tender for the Indian air force.

• Oral Answers to Questions — Transport: Railway Stations (10 Nov 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: What plans she has for funding of local railway stations up to 2015.

• Written Answers — Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits: Eligibility (8 Nov 2011)

  David Gauke: I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Stalybridge and Hyde (Jonathan Reynolds) on 13 October 2010, Official Report, column 481W.

• Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Tenants (2 Nov 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what consideration he has given to housing tenure reform as part of the big society initiative.

• Public Bill Committee: Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill: Clause 107 - Conditional cautions: involvement of prosecutors (13 Oct 2011)

  ...Crockart, Jonathan Djanogly, Ben Gummer, Damian Hinds, Jessica Lee, Anna Soubry, Elizabeth Truss, Jeremy Wright Voting no: Alex Cunningham, Yvonne Fovargue, Helen Goodman, Kate Green, Elfyn Llwyd, Jonathan Reynolds, Andy Slaughter, Karl Turner, Dave Watts

• Public Bill Committee: Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill: Clause 112 - Youth conditional cautions: involvement of prosecutors (13 Oct 2011)

  ...Crockart, Jonathan Djanogly, Ben Gummer, Damian Hinds, Jessica Lee, Anna Soubry, Elizabeth Truss, Jeremy Wright Voting no: Alex Cunningham, Yvonne Fovargue, Helen Goodman, Kate Green, Elfyn Llwyd, Jonathan Reynolds, Andy Slaughter, Karl Turner, Dave Watts

• Written Answers — Treasury: Working Tax Credit (13 Oct 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) transitional arrangements and (b) additional services will be put in place for couples with children who work between 16 and 24 hours a week

• Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Carer’s Allowance (13 Oct 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary for Work and Pensions what (a) transitional arrangements and (b) additional services will be put in place for couples with children including one partner who claims (i) carer's allowance

• Written Answers — Treasury: Working Tax Credit (13 Oct 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) transitional arrangements and (b) additional services will be put in place for couples with children who work between 16 and 24 hours a week

• Public Bill Committee: Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill: Clause 112 - Youth conditional cautions: involvement of prosecutors (13 Oct 2011)

  ...Crockart, Jonathan Djanogly, Ben Gummer, Damian Hinds, Jessica Lee, Anna Soubry, Elizabeth Truss, Jeremy Wright Voting no: Alex Cunningham, Yvonne Fovargue, Helen Goodman, Kate Green, Elfyn Llwyd, Jonathan Reynolds, Andy Slaughter, Karl Turner, Dave Watts

• Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Carer’s Allowance (13 Oct 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary for Work and Pensions what (a) transitional arrangements and (b) additional services will be put in place for couples with children including one partner who claims (i) carer's allowance

• Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Carer’s Allowance (13 Oct 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary for Work and Pensions what (a) transitional arrangements and (b) additional services will be put in place for couples with children including one partner who claims (i) carer's allowance

• Public Bill Committee: Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill: Schedule 14 - Penalty notices for disorderly behaviour (13 Oct 2011)

  Division number 45 - 9 yes, 11 no Voting yes: Alex Cunningham, Yvonne Fovargue, Helen Goodman, Kate Green, Elfyn Llwyd, Jonathan Reynolds, Andy Slaughter, Karl Turner, Dave Watts Voting no: Crispin Blunt, Tom Brake, Robert

• Written Answers — Transport: Railways: Fares (12 Oct 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will review the decision to allow the inflation linked cap on rail fares to rise from RPI plus 1 per cent. to RPI

• Co-operative Housing Tenure Bill (11 Oct 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: ...I have received a great many messages of support and interest from all parts of the country. The time for co-operative housing is now, and I commend the Bill to the House. Question

• Co-operative Housing Tenure Bill (11 Oct 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: ...I have received a great many messages of support and interest from all parts of the country. The time for co-operative housing is now, and I commend the Bill to the House. Question

• Public Bill Committee: Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill: Clause 98 - Miscellaneous amendments relating to release and recall (11 Oct 2011)

  Division number 43 - 9 yes, 11 no Voting yes: Alex Cunningham, Yvonne Fovargue, Helen Goodman, Kate Green, Elfyn Llwyd, Jonathan Reynolds, Andy Slaughter, Karl Turner, Dave Watts Voting no: Crispin Blunt, Tom Brake, Robert

• Public Bill Committee: Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill: Clause 98 - Miscellaneous amendments relating to release and recall (11 Oct 2011)

  Division number 43 - 9 yes, 11 no Voting yes: Alex Cunningham, Yvonne Fovargue, Helen Goodman, Kate Green, Elfyn Llwyd, Jonathan Reynolds, Andy Slaughter, Karl Turner, Dave Watts Voting no: Crispin Blunt, Tom Brake, Robert

• Public Bill Committee: Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishmentof Offenders bill: Clause 72 - Custody plus orders and intermittent custody orders (11 Oct 2011)

  ...Buckland, Michael Crockart, Jonathan Djanogly, Ben Gummer, Damian Hinds, Jessica Lee, Anna Soubry, Ben Wallace, Jeremy Wright Voting no: Alex Cunningham, Helen Goodman, Kate Green, Elfyn Llwyd, Jonathan Reynolds, Andy Slaughter, Dave Watts

• Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Delegation of Powers (10 Oct 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what consideration his Department is giving to further delegation of powers to city regions.

• Public Bill Committee: Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill: Clause 53 - Court’s duty to consider compensation order (15 Sep 2011)

  Division number 29 - 8 yes, 9 no Voting yes: Alex Cunningham, Helen Goodman, Kate Green, Elfyn Llwyd, Jonathan Reynolds, Andy Slaughter, Karl Turner, Dave Watts Voting no: Crispin Blunt, Robert Buckland, Michael Crockart, Jonathan

• Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Business: Urban Areas (15 Sep 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to enhance the long-term viability of town centres.

• Public Bill Committee: Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill: Clause 41 - Conditional fee agreements: success fees (13 Sep 2011)

  Division number 28 - 8 yes, 11 no Voting yes: Alex Cunningham, Yvonne Fovargue, Helen Goodman, Kate Green, Elfyn Llwyd, Jonathan Reynolds, Andy Slaughter, Karl Turner Voting no: Crispin Blunt, Tom Brake, Robert Buckland, Michael

• Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Working Tax Credit: Parents (13 Sep 2011)

  Jonathan Reynolds: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many couples with children who claim working tax credit and who work between 16 and 24 hours a week include at least

• Public Bill Committee: Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishmentof Offenders bill: Clause 41 - Conditional fee agreements: success fees (13 Sep 2011)

  Division number 27 - 8 yes, 11 no Voting yes: Alex Cunningham, Yvonne Fovargue, Helen Goodman, Kate Green, Elfyn Llwyd, Jonathan Reynolds, Andy Slaughter, Karl Turner Voting no: Crispin Blunt, Tom Brake, Robert Buckland, Michael