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Royal Assent: Easter Adjournment (2 Apr 2009) has video

Helen Jones: I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Motion, by leave, withdrawn.

Public Bill Committee: Welfare Reform Bill (10 Feb 2009)

Helen Jones: Mr. Nichols, may I take you back to something you said earlier? You said that there could be developmental issues, with children as I understood it, or problems with teenagers, that prevent a parent of young children from preparing for work. Will you elaborate on what those problems might be?

Public Bill Committee: Welfare Reform Bill (10 Feb 2009)

Helen Jones: First, the scientific evidence is far from conclusive, as I think you would agree. Secondly, we are talking about single parents going to work when their children are seven. I have two questions for you that follow from that. First, how are the issues you are raising different in developmental terms for children with single parents as opposed to those who are fortunate enough to have two...

Public Bill Committee: Welfare Reform Bill (10 Feb 2009)

Helen Jones: No, I want Mr. Nichols to answer first if you do not mind. The question was to him.

Public Bill Committee: Welfare Reform Bill (10 Feb 2009)

Helen Jones: But not full-time work.

Public Bill Committee: Welfare Reform Bill (10 Feb 2009)

Helen Jones: Would you then argue that all women—all single parents are not women, but most of them are—should stay at home with young children?

Public Bill Committee: Welfare Reform Bill (10 Feb 2009)

Helen Jones: Why are you arguing that for single parents then?

Public Bill Committee: Welfare Reform Bill (10 Feb 2009)

Helen Jones: Most do not have a choice. Firms that keep in touch with staff who are on maternity or paternity leave, to keep them in touch with the workplace until they are ready to go back to work, are considered to be following good practice, are they not? So why do you feel it is wrong to have a system that keeps single parents who are not working in touch with the world of work until it is time for...

Public Bill Committee: Welfare Reform Bill (10 Feb 2009)

Helen Jones: I do not think you are.

Public Bill Committee: Welfare Reform Bill (10 Feb 2009)

Helen Jones: What would you say to women in my constituency, of whom there are quite a lot, who are holding down one or two jobs to keep their family going, as to why single parents should not take steps to make themselves ready for work at an appropriate time?

Public Bill Committee: Welfare Reform Bill (10 Feb 2009)

Helen Jones: The evidence that we were given earlier suggested that most single parents would like to get back into work, and we all accept that. The difficulty is with those who will not engage with the system. What would be your answer about them? Should we leave them and their children in workless families, with the effect that will have on their children as they grow up?

Public Bill Committee: Welfare Reform Bill (10 Feb 2009)

Helen Jones: Well, the only thing I can say is that you may not have liked it, but it clearly led you to a decent career.

Written Answers — Justice: Mentally Disturbed Offenders (22 Jul 2008)

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to ensure that a person subjected to a hospital order is not moved to a hospital near to his or her victims without there being (a) consultation with and (b) notification to those victims or their families.

Written Answers — Justice: Mentally Disturbed Offenders (22 Jul 2008)

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will review the rights of victims and their families to be consulted prior to a person who has been convicted of an offence and made subject to a hospital order being moved to another institution.

Written Answers — Justice: Mentally Disturbed Offenders (21 Jul 2008)

Helen Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to ensure that the rights of victims and their families are safeguarded when a convicted person is subject to a hospital order rather than given a prison sentence; and if he will make a statement.

Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Members' Allowances (16 Jul 2008) has video

Helen Jones: rose—

Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Members' Allowances (16 Jul 2008) has video

Helen Jones: rose—

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Alcohol-induced Crime (14 Jul 2008) has video

Helen Jones: My hon. Friend will remember that when we debated this matter in Westminster Hall, we touched on the role of the major supermarkets and other retailers in selling discounted alcohol. While the police in Warrington are taking a proactive stance in cracking down on alcohol-related crime, many people are drunk before they go out for the evening on cheap alcohol obtained from supermarkets. Has he...

Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Members: ICT (14 Jul 2008)

Helen Jones: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what steps are being taken to ensure that hon. Members' staff based off the parliamentary estate are offered an equivalent IT service to hon. Members' staff based in the House.

Written Answers — House of Commons Commission: Members: ICT (14 Jul 2008)

Helen Jones: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission if the Commission will undertake a review of (a) the contract with Demon and (b) the service offered to hon. Members by PICT.