Parents: Coronavirus

22 Oct 2020

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Jonathan Reynolds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to provide additional parental pay entitlements for new parents who have recently changed...

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Paternity Leave and Pay: Public Consultation

22 Oct 2020

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Jonathan Reynolds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department is making on its consultation on parental leave and pay which closed on 29 November 2019.

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Paternity Leave: Fathers

22 Oct 2020

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Jonathan Reynolds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress his Department is making on making it easier for fathers to take paternity leave.

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Topical Questions

19 Oct 2020

Work and Pensions

Jonathan Reynolds made a speech in the House of Commons

Secretary of State, this is important, because it is the barrier to additional restrictions being introduced. As the Government know, people who are eligible for the job support scheme and may...

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Topical Questions

19 Oct 2020

Work and Pensions

Jonathan Reynolds made a speech in the House of Commons

As the Government place millions of people across the country under new covid restrictions, they will be asking many people to undergo significant cuts to their income. Last week, the Prime...

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Universal Credit: Coronavirus

08 Oct 2020

Department for Work and Pensions

Jonathan Reynolds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children have parents who have been subject to the five-week wait for universal credit after transitioning from legacy benefits since...

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Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]

07 Oct 2020

Commons debates

I am grateful to be called to speak in this Second Reading debate. Since I became the shadow Secretary of State earlier in the year, I have been carefully following the progress of the Bill in...

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Clause 1 - UP-RATING OF STATE PENSION AND CERTAIN OTHER BENEFITS FOLLOWING REVIEW IN TAX YEAR 2020-21

01 Oct 2020

Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill

Jonathan Reynolds made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the hon. Member for Glasgow South West (Chris Stephens) for tabling these amendments, which I would describe as probing amendments to have a wider conversation—perhaps...

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Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill

01 Oct 2020

Commons debates

Not quite.

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Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill

01 Oct 2020

Commons debates

With the leave of the House, I will briefly respond to the debate on behalf of the Opposition. It is not often that we have more speakers than clauses in the legislation before us, but I very...

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Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill

01 Oct 2020

Commons debates

Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak on Second Reading of the Bill today. I would like to express my thanks to the Secretary of State and to the hon. Member for...

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General Practitioners: Epilepsy

01 Oct 2020

Department of Health and Social Care

Jonathan Reynolds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the GP-to-patient ratio for female patients between 15 and 45 with epilepsy in Stalybridge and Hyde...

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Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

25 Sep 2020

Department of Health and Social Care

Jonathan Reynolds 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 adequacy of the time taken for his Department to investigate the effects of valproate in pregnancy;...

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Pregnancy: Sodium Valproate

25 Sep 2020

Department of Health and Social Care

Jonathan Reynolds 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 patients of child and adult mental health services administered by the NHS have (a) fetal valproate spectrum disorder,...

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Foetal Anticonvulsant Syndrome

24 Sep 2020

Department of Health and Social Care

Jonathan Reynolds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of providing social care for children diagnosed with fetal valproate spectrum...

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Rapid Response Service

22 Sep 2020

Department for Work and Pensions

Jonathan Reynolds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who have been made redundant by companies involved with Rapid Response Service (RSS) projects since the beginning of 2020 have...

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Rapid Response Service

22 Sep 2020

Department for Work and Pensions

Jonathan Reynolds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many projects have been initiated by the Rapid Response Service in each month since January 2020; how many companies have been included in...

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Universal Credit

17 Sep 2020

Department for Work and Pensions

Jonathan Reynolds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of new universal credit claims made since 3 May 2020 were unsuccessful; what proportion of those claims were...

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Universal Credit

17 Sep 2020

Department for Work and Pensions

Jonathan Reynolds received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether claimants for the new version of jobseekers allowance are entitled to universal credit when their claim expires after six months.

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Topical Questions

14 Sep 2020

Work and Pensions

Jonathan Reynolds made a speech in the House of Commons

I find that answer lacking in reason and compassion. There was news this morning that the country’s largest food bank network has warned that UK destitution rates are set to double by...

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