Tag: Chris Bryant
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Chris Bryant – 2022 Comments on IPSA Guidelines Allowing MPs to Claim for Christmas Parties
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 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
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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 benefits from the pupil premium to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
Mr David Laws
Universal credit will be fully rolled out in the next Parliament from 2017/18, and no pupil premium spending decisions for that period have yet been taken. For example, the per-pupil funding rates have not been decided beyond 2014/15. This means that it is not possible to estimate the potential cost of extending entitlement on the pupil premium budget.
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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 cold weather payments to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
Steve Webb
Under existing Universal Credit eligibility criteria, it is estimated that Cold Weather Payments will cost an additional £8 million per annum once Universal Credit has been fully rolled out.
Were entitlement to Cold Weather Payments extended to all claimants of Universal Credit once Universal Credit has been fully rolled out the additional cost would be around £320 million per annum. It is not our intention to provide this level of support to everyone on Universal Credit. This would not be affordable and would divert resources from areas that most need it.
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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 free early education to all claimants of universal credit once universal credit has been fully rolled out.
Elizabeth Truss
Government-funded early education for three- and four-year-olds is already a universal entitlement, so there would be no cost of extending the entitlement. Universal Credit will be fully rolled out in the next Parliament, and spending decisions for that period have not been taken. This means it is, therefore not possible to estimate the potential cost on early learning for two-year-olds.