Results 1-20 of 414 for speaker:Susan Elan Jones
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: New Clause 15 — Marriages according to usages of approved organisations (21 May 2013)
Susan Elan Jones: Will the right hon. Gentleman tell me what his proposal would mean to a Nigerian couple on Old Kent road who want to get married in their large, African, black majority church? Would they have to have a separate civil wedding?
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: New Clause 15 — Marriages according to usages of approved organisations (21 May 2013)
Susan Elan Jones: I have one fairly fundamental disagreement with the British Humanist Association, which is that I think they are wrong about God, but I fully believe that we need to acknowledge humanist weddings. Two generations ago, the established Church did not allow nonconformist Churches to hold burial rites in their churchyards. This is a dangerous precedent. As an Anglican, I do not feel in any way...
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Agricultural Wages Board: Clwyd (21 May 2013)
Susan Elan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect of the abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board on people in Clwyd South constituency.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: New Clause 1 — Education Act 1996 (20 May 2013)
Susan Elan Jones: Like a number of Opposition Members, I tried to catch the eye of the hon. Member for Enfield, Southgate (Mr Burrowes). I wanted to ask him whether he believed that registrars should have a right not to re-marry divorcees. I believe they should not have such a right, but he did not mention it. Will my hon. Friend allow the hon. Gentleman to respond on that point now?
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Fuel Poverty (20 May 2013)
Susan Elan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent progress he has made on reducing fuel poverty.
- Road Traffic Offences (Sentencing) (16 May 2013)
Susan Elan Jones: Does the hon. Gentleman agree that one idea worth considering is giving greater flexibility for juries on the upper sentences allowed at the moment? It seems to me that there are certain cases where juries ought to be able to give a higher sentence based on the situation in the case, because, as he rightly says, it is ludicrous how low some sentences are.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Living Standards (15 May 2013)
Susan Elan Jones: What assessment he has made of the effects of the Government’s policies on the living standards of people in Wales.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Living Standards (15 May 2013)
Susan Elan Jones: Some 400,000 individuals across Wales will face real-terms cuts in tax credits and benefits at a time when 13,000 millionaires across the UK will get a tax cut. Does the Secretary of State think this is right—yes or no?
- Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Average Earnings: Clwyd (15 May 2013)
Susan Elan Jones: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average salary in Clwyd South constituency was for (a) women and (b) men in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
- Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Employment: Females (14 May 2013)
Susan Elan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of recent trends in female employment in (a) Clwyd South constituency, (b) Wales and (c) the UK.
- Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Livestock: Exports (13 May 2013)
Susan Elan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the potential for harm to those animals exported live.
- Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Unemployment: Clwyd (13 May 2013)
Susan Elan Jones: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) women and (b) men in Clwyd South constituency were unemployed in each of the last five years.
- Home Affairs (9 May 2013)
Susan Elan Jones: I am most grateful to you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak in this important Queen’s Speech debate. It is also a great pleasure to follow the eloquent and thoughtful contribution of my hon. Friend the Member for West Dunbartonshire (Gemma Doyle). I begin by welcoming some things in the Queen’s Speech. First, I welcome the inclusion of Bills for High Speed 2. I fully...
- Written Answers — Justice: Legal Aid Scheme: Wales (25 April 2013)
Susan Elan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many firms in Clwyd South constituency received criminal legal aid payments in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
- Written Answers — Justice: Legal Aid Scheme: Wales (25 April 2013)
Susan Elan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what amount was paid in criminal legal aid costs to solicitors' firms in Clwyd South constituency in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
- Prime Minister: Engagements (24 April 2013)
Susan Elan Jones: I wonder whether the Prime Minister would be kind enough to tell the House how much he will benefit personally from the scrapping of the 50p tax rate?