Results 1-20 of 658 for speaker:Jamie Reed

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fire Services: Industrial Health and Safety (10 Nov 2009)

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will introduce a national regime for the enforcement of safe working procedures in the fire service.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fire Services: Finance (5 Nov 2009)

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much is planned to be spent on the fire and rescue service in the next three years.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (4 Nov 2009) has video

Jamie Reed: If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 4 November.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (4 Nov 2009) has video

Jamie Reed: I am sure that everyone in this House will associate themselves with the comments made by my right hon. Friend, for those who have fallen in the line of duty in Afghanistan have done so not only on our behalf, but on behalf of the people of Afghanistan. Many of my constituents have benefited from the Prime Minister's abolition of prescription charges for cancer patients and many more still...

Public Bill Committee: Child Poverty Bill: New Clause 2 (3 Nov 2009)

Jamie Reed: The hon. Gentleman is making a persuasive case. Like the hon. Member for Beverley and Holderness, I have anxieties about this discussion. I have a great deal of sympathy with what the hon. Member for Northavon is saying, but I am concerned about the potential for creating regional ghettos. Parents who have been out of work for a long period are likely to be in areas of profound market...

Public Bill Committee: Child Poverty Bill: New Clause 2 (3 Nov 2009)

Jamie Reed: The hon. Gentleman makes a logical and analytical dissection of a real issue. I am not sure what the answer is, and I am not sure that he is either.

Public Bill Committee: Child Poverty Bill: Clause 21 (3 Nov 2009)

Jamie Reed: That statement is at distinct odds with a recent Westminster Hall debate, when a Conservative Front Bencher said nothing of the sort.

Public Bill Committee: Child Poverty Bill: Clause 20 (3 Nov 2009)

Jamie Reed: In my constituency, I have established an anti-child poverty coalition involving the county council, the district councils, Sure Start, churches, businesses, police and so on. Our ambition is to beat child poverty in my constituency before 2020. I am disappointed that no one at any stage of this debate has mentioned the role of a constituency Member of Parliament in tackling the issue...

Public Bill Committee: Child Poverty Bill: Clause 20 (3 Nov 2009)

Jamie Reed: I share, appreciate and commend the hon. Gentleman’s commitment to localism, which is absolutely right, but I wonder whether he shares my concern. I made the point during the evidence sessions that we have some dreadful local authorities that need a central mechanism and measurement process to ensure that they do what we ask of them.

Public Bill Committee: Child Poverty Bill: Clause 20 (3 Nov 2009)

Jamie Reed: The method that the hon. Gentleman is outlining is helpful to us, and it would be helpful to the local authorities in question. However, I cannot help but think that it would not be helpful to the people and the children whom we are trying to help, and helping them is the purpose of the Bill.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fire Services (2 Nov 2009)

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will require local authorities to ensure that (a) there will be no compulsory redundancies as a result of the FiReControl project and (b) (i) the Fire Brigades Union will be fully recognised within the workplace and (ii) the Fire Service Grey Book pay, terms and conditions will apply to the service after implementation...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fire Services (2 Nov 2009)

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress has been made on the implementation of the FiReControl programme; and what difficulties have been encountered in that implementation.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fire Services: Cumbria (2 Nov 2009)

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent representations he has received from Cumbria County Council on the Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fire Services: Cumbria (2 Nov 2009)

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what effect the implementation of the FiReControl programme will have on frontline fire and rescue services in Copeland.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fire Services: Equipment (2 Nov 2009)

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will introduce national standards for fire service equipment.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fire Services: Finance (2 Nov 2009)

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) originally estimated costs, (b) costs to date and (c) estimated future costs of implementing the FiReControl programme are.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fire Services: Standards (2 Nov 2009)

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will introduce nationwide standardisation of fire service operational procedures.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fire Services: Training (2 Nov 2009)

Jamie Reed: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will introduce national standards for the training provided to firefighters.

Public Bill Committee: Child Poverty Bill: Clause 15 (29 Oct 2009)

Jamie Reed: Does the hon. Gentleman believe that it is a binary equation that to reduce child poverty we must increase public spending?

Public Bill Committee: Child Poverty Bill: Clause 15 (29 Oct 2009)

Jamie Reed: I agree with the hon. Gentleman that it is not a binary equation. Given that we all accept that it is not a binary equation, that we all recognised on Second Reading that it is about priorities and that there is flexibility within any democratically elected Government’s portfolio for choosing priorities, surely there can be no grounds for objecting to this being a statutory obligation?