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Gambling Related Harm, Online and Home Electrical Safety, Packaging Manufacturing Industry, Parkrun, Wales in the WorldDebate information
Sparring Partners
Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) (25 debate interactions) View debates with Tobias Ellwood Andrea Leadsom (Conservative) (14 debate interactions) View debates with Andrea Leadsom Rishi Sunak (Conservative) Chancellor of the Exchequer (12 debate interactions) View debates with Rishi Sunak View All MP Sparring PartnersDepartment Debates
Ministry of Defence (46 debate contributions) View Ministry of Defence debatesDepartment for Work and Pensions (23 debate contributions) View Department for Work and Pensions debates
HM Treasury (18 debate contributions) View HM Treasury debates
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Legislation Debates
Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Act 2018 - Government Bill (7,763 words contributed) View Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Act 2018 - Government Bill debatesAgriculture Act 2020 - Government Bill (2,604 words contributed) View Agriculture Act 2020 - Government Bill debates
Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 - Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill) (708 words contributed) View Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 - Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill) debates
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Significant Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Petitions
Highest Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney signature proportion
| Status | Signatures | Title |
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| Open | 91 of 5,371 (1.69%) |
Let there be a referendum for Welsh independence |
| Open | 75 of 5,660 (1.33%) |
Hold Welsh referendum to return power to the UK government. |
| Open | 282 of 61,450 (0.46%) |
Allow Salons and Tattoo parlors to open at same time as hairdressers Gov Responded - 17 Jul 2020 |
| Open | 95 of 24,457 (0.39%) |
Ensure Student Nurses are paid whilst on placement |
| Open | 51 of 17,537 (0.29%) |
Change DfE school guidance to allow overnight educational visits. Gov Responded - 12 Oct 2020 |
Most Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney signatures
| Status | Signatures | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Open | 714 of 1,103,038 (0.07%) |
End child food poverty – no child should be going hungry Gov Responded - 11 Nov 2020 |
| Open | 438 of 614,929 (0.07%) |
Prevent gyms closing due to a spike in Covid 19 cases Gov Responded - 28 Oct 2020 |
| Open | 332 of 141,663 (0.23%) |
Award all Nursing Staff in the NHS a pay rise of 10% backdated to 1 April 2020 Gov Responded - 11 Aug 2020 |
| Open | 305 of 277,806 (0.11%) |
Limit the Sale and Use of Fireworks to Organisers of Licensed Displays Only Gov Responded - 13 Aug 2020 |
| Open | 282 of 61,450 (0.46%) |
Allow Salons and Tattoo parlors to open at same time as hairdressers Gov Responded - 17 Jul 2020 |
| Current Signatures | Final Signatures | Title | Petition Deadline |
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178,820 Petition Closed |
Increase pay for NHS healthcare workers and recognise their work Gov Responded - 4 May 2020 Debated on - 25 Jun 2020 View Gerald Jones's petition debate contributions |
5 Sep 2020 closed 2 months, 2 weeks ago |
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I would like the government to review and increase the pay for healthcare workers to recognise the work that they do. |
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44,982 Petition Closed |
We would like the government to consider social care as equally important to NHS Gov Responded - 20 Apr 2020 Debated on - 25 Jun 2020 View Gerald Jones's petition debate contributions |
24 Sep 2020 closed 2 months ago |
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We would like the government to support and regard social care: financially, publicly and systematically on an equal par as NHS. We would like parliament to debate how to support social care during COVID-19 and beyond so that it automatically has the same access to operational and financial support. |
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16,347 Petition Closed |
Reduce or scrap the immigration health surcharge for overseas NHS Staff. Gov Responded - 29 May 2020 Debated on - 25 Jun 2020 View Gerald Jones's petition debate contributions |
18 Sep 2020 closed 2 months, 1 week ago |
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To revoke the Immigration Health Surcharge increases for overseas NHS staff. The latest budget shows an increase of £220 a year for an overseas worker to live and work in the UK, at a time when the NHS, and UK economy, relies heavily on them. |
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72,624 Petition Closed |
Give non-British citizens who are NHS workers automatic citizenship Gov Responded - 6 May 2020 Debated on - 25 Jun 2020 View Gerald Jones's petition debate contributions |
7 Oct 2020 closed 1 month, 2 weeks ago |
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Give NHS workers who are EU and other Nationals automatic UK citizenship if they stay and risk their own lives looking after the British people during the COVID crisis. |
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108,144 Petition Closed |
NHS supply new lifesaving drugs for Cystic Fibrosis like 11 other EU countries Gov Responded - 7 Dec 2018 Debated on - 10 Jun 2019 View Gerald Jones's petition debate contributions |
16 May 2019 closed 1 year, 6 months ago |
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Children & young adults with CF endure lifelong suffering & early death. They need Orkambi and other precision medicines as they are developed. Sufferers in the EU, US & Australia can access the drugs, but not the UK. Hundreds have died in the 3yrs since these drugs were licensed. |
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112,025 Petition Closed |
Allow Premier League and Championship football clubs to introduce safe standing Gov Responded - 3 May 2018 Debated on - 25 Jun 2018 View Gerald Jones's petition debate contributions |
8 Jun 2018 closed 2 years, 5 months ago |
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Safe Standing offers a much safer alternative to fans who wish to stand, rather than sit at football matches. After the highly successful introduction to rail seating at Celtic Park, as well as numerous Bundesliga clubs, many football fans feel that laws preventing standing areas should be relaxed. |
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149,138 Petition Closed |
Pay Up Now! – Scrap the pay cap and give public servants a meaningful pay rise Gov Responded - 9 Oct 2017 Debated on - 4 Dec 2017 View Gerald Jones's petition debate contributions |
12 Mar 2018 closed 2 years, 8 months ago |
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Every single person who works in public services needs and deserve a pay rise. It’s time for the pay cap to be scrapped, for the government to provide additional funding for public sector pay and for employers to put public sector workers pay up now. |
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Most recent EDMs signed by Gerald Jones
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4 Jun 2020 |
Gerald Jones signed this EDM on Tuesday 7th July 2020Legal Aid and AdviceTabled by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 (S.I., 2020, No. 515), dated 15 May 2020, a copy of which was laid before this House on 18 May 2020, be annulled. |
134 signatures (Most recent: 28 Sep 2020) Signatures by party: Labour: 113 Liberal Democrat: 8 Scottish National Party: 6 Plaid Cymru: 3 Independent: 2 Social Democratic & Labour Party: 2 Green Party: 1 Democratic Unionist Party: 1 |
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16 Mar 2020 |
Gerald Jones signed this EDM on Tuesday 17th March 2020Funding for devolved nationsTabled by: Alex Davies-Jones (Labour - Pontypridd)That this House calls for an urgent review of the implementation of the 42-year-old Barnett Formula for funding devolved nations such as Wales; notes with concern that HM Treasury’s March 2020 budget does not consider an extra funding commitment to cover funds lost through the UK’s withdrawal from the European … |
9 signatures (Most recent: 19 Mar 2020) Signatures by party: Labour: 5 Democratic Unionist Party: 2 Scottish National Party: 2 |
Commons initiatives
Gerald Jones has not been granted any Urgent Questions in the current sitting
Gerald Jones has not been granted any Adjournment Debates in the current sitting
Gerald Jones has not introduced any legislation in the current parliamentary sitting
Gerald Jones has not supported any legislation in the current parliamentary sitting