The comments made by Chris Bryant, the Labour MP for Rhondda, on Twitter on 22 November 2022.
I don’t know of a single MP who asked for this or intends to use it. It is totally inappropriate and I shall certainly not be taking it up.
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Chris Bryant – 2022 Parliamentary Question on Sanctioning of Carrie Lam
The parliamentary question asked by Chris Bryant, the Labour MP for the Rhondda, in the House of Commons on 17 November 2022.
Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab)
Putin’s aggression was allowed to prosper for too long—ever since 2008, one could argue—so I completely support what the Prime Minister has said and done in support of Ukraine against the barbarism of the Russian Federation. On China, I understand the realpolitik of the past week, but the concentration camps in the Xinjiang province continue, as does the genocide, and the suppression of human rights in Hong Kong continues. May I ask the Prime Minister to do one thing, which the United States of America has already done: sanction Carrie Lam?
The Prime Minister
I am pleased that the United Kingdom has led efforts to hold China to account, including by imposing sanctions on senior Chinese officials and mobilising international support to hold China to account at the United Nations. As hon. Members have heard, we will use dialogue as an opportunity to raise the concerns that we have on Xinjiang and other human rights abuses as we see them.
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Chris Bryant – 2022 Comments on Budget Being Leaked in Advance
The comments made by Chris Bryant, the Labour MP for the Rhondda, on Twitter on 17 November 2022.
This seems a breach of the important purdah rules. Chancellors have had to resign for far lesser breaches.
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Chris Bryant – 2022 Comments on Bullying and Intimidation
The comments made by Chris Bryant, the Labour MP for the Rhondda, on Twitter on 3 November 2022.
Wow the bots, trolls and bullies are really out in force at the moment. As I said yesterday, nobody is going to bully me into silence. You can hurl all the abuse, homophobic and otherwise, and it won’t make the blindest difference. I will always call out intimidation.
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Chris Bryant – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Bryant on 2014-06-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many councils in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland funded discretionary housing payments beyond the funds allocated to them by his Department in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
Steve Webb
In 2013/14, a) 85 (out of 326) English authorities, b) 15 (out of 27) Welsh authorities and c) 27 (out of 32) Scottish authorities spent more than the contribution provided by DWP towards Discretionary Housing Payments.
Figures for 2014/15 will not be available until after 30 April 2015 – the deadline for local authority DHP returns for the year in question.
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Chris Bryant – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Scotland Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Bryant on 2014-06-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to free school meals to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out in Scotland.
David Mundell
The Scottish Government is responsible for defining the entitlement criteria for these passported benefits. They will need to consider the current eligibility criteria and make arrangements to ensure that they can continue to deliver these benefits as Universal Credit is introduced.
There is ongoing engagement between the Scottish Government and the Department for Work and Pensions to ensure that any solution is simple, fair, easy to understand and affordable.
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Chris Bryant – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Bryant on 2014-06-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to school clothing grants via (a) vouchers and (b) cash or cheque to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
Mr David Laws
There is no national school clothing grant operating currently in England.
Individual local authorities and academies may choose to provide school clothing grants or to help with the cost of school clothing in cases of financial hardship. In such cases, it is for the local authority or academy concerned to decide the criteria upon which pupils are entitled to this support. Local authorities and academies which choose to run such schemes must do so from within their existing delegated budgets.
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Chris Bryant – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Scotland Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Bryant on 2014-06-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to legal aid to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out in Scotland.
David Mundell
The Scottish Government is responsible for defining the entitlement criteria for these passported benefits. They will need to consider the current eligibility criteria and make arrangements to ensure that they can continue to deliver these benefits as Universal Credit is introduced.
There is ongoing engagement between the Scottish Government and the Department for Work and Pensions to ensure that any solution is simple, fair, easy to understand and affordable.
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Chris Bryant – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Bryant on 2014-06-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to free (a) swimming and (b) other leisure services to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
Mrs Helen Grant
No costing has been estimated.
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Chris Bryant – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Bryant on 2014-06-26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to a jobcentre plus discount travel card to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
Esther McVey
The Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Card is a discretionary travel discount scheme operated in conjunction with the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC).
There is no evidence to suggest that ATOC have plans to change their approach of targeting support at specific benefit recipients based on specific eligibility criteria.
However, If ATOC were to allow access to all Universal Credit Claimants the cost to DWP would be in the region of £100,000, but the impact on ATOC members would be around £20 million (roughly estimated)
Currently the following UC claimants are entitled to the JCP Travel Discount Card:
· Universal Credit claimants in the All Work Related Requirements group from 13 weeks to point of Work Programme referral
· Universal Credit claimants not in the All Work Related Requirements group who are actively engaged with a Work Services Coach in returning to employment