"Earlier this month I contacted approximately 6,000 people in my constituency who may have been eligible for pension credit, and about 200 people attended a local action day organised with my local citizens advice bureaux. Citizens Advice informs me that as of last week at least £200,000 has been accessed …..." Gerald Jones - View Speech
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. I congratulate the hon. Member for Glasgow North East (Anne McLaughlin) on securing this important debate.
We have already heard about the considerable benefits of pension credit and the support it can provide to pensioners in need. I am …..." Gerald Jones - View Speech
"14. If she will reverse her Department’s planned removal of the £20 uplift to the standard allowance of universal credit. ..." Gerald Jones - View Speech
"Last month, I wrote to the Prime Minister with three local food banks, three housing providers and my local citizens advice bureau to highlight the considerable damage that the removal of the £20 uplift would cause. Those organisations and many others in Wales and across the UK are at the …..." Gerald Jones - View Speech
"I wish to speak, albeit briefly due to the time available, in favour of the motion tabled by my right hon. and learned Friend the Leader of the Opposition, the shadow Work and Pensions Secretary and other hon. Friends.
"For testing and tracing to work effectively, people need the reassurance that they will be able to feed their families. Statutory sick pay is not adequate to support people who need to self-isolate, so will the Minister give us hope that the Government will provide the necessary support to allow …..." Gerald Jones - View Speech
"What financial support her Department plans to make available to shielding people affected by covid-19 local lockdowns. ..." Gerald Jones - View Speech
"Clearly local lockdowns will present local challenges, and we would expect most employers to be responsible, but will the Government offer support to employees to hold their employers to account where they are not following the guidelines and making their workplaces covid-secure?..." Gerald Jones - View Speech