Any questions for Chris Grayling?
Chris Grayling is MP for Epsom & Ewell and Shadow Secretary of State for Work & Pensions. Please use the thread below to ask him any questions or email them to us.
You might like to ask about...
- Today's news that 100,000 more children are living in poverty according to Government measures;
- His latest announcements on welfare reform including 'boot camps' for the young jobless; and
- Chris' role alongside Stephen Gilbert coordinating our campaign in Henley.
Where does the government's Flexible New Deal fall short?
Posted by: Ewan Watt | June 10, 2008 at 11:07
How do you intend to move the 1.65 million JSA claimants and the 700,000 expected to move from IB onto JSA into the 665,000 jobs that are available at the better end of the economic cycle? Even if all the vacancies are filled you will still be saddled with over a million jobless. What can you do to help a million people find work?
Posted by: Tony Makara | June 10, 2008 at 11:27
Mr Grayling,
How can I help in Henley? I'm a full-time mother who can't travel to help you.
Posted by: Jennifer Wells | June 10, 2008 at 12:04
Which is more lamentable: a nation which leaves its children behind, or a nation which refuses to repay the debt it owes to its older generation?
Posted by: Daniel Emmett-Gulliver | June 10, 2008 at 13:13
How's it going in Henley? Are you willing to predict the result?
Go on....
:-)
Posted by: Vince | June 10, 2008 at 15:24
Are you against plans to roll of the Additional Cost Allowance into a tax free salary top up?
Do you agree that MPs should in fact pay an additional tax the second home they purchased with the ACD to repay taxpayers?
Posted by: Alex R | June 10, 2008 at 16:02
Are big decisions made in shadow cabinet or in small subgroups of the shadow cabinet? Or where?
Posted by: Dan Beckham | June 10, 2008 at 17:19
I have a question for him. The interview tonight with Krishnan Guru-Murthy on Channel 4 News...
When he (C4 interviewer) asked (wrt Labour 10p tax fiasco after Timms being allowed to pitch Browns line) "You want to cut tax for rich people..."
... and you started to reply with a more focused discussion on the reasons for child poverty, "Well Labour have a 2D approach to..."
"You want to tax the rich less don't you..."
"Well, we just think..."
"You want to tax the rich less don't you..."
Now, you were hounded out of being able to answer the question immediately to avoid the 'wife beater' question (slang for those who don't know for a question you cannot answer directly without going into a mire - and I didn't come up with the name btw).
So here is my own 'wife beater'...
Do you think you were allowed to put the Conservative case in a timely and reasonable manner - OR - do you feel that your presence was more important for forms sake than your contribution to the debate?
My reaction to this line of questioning, I'd confront Krishnan Guru-Murthy with the accusation that he treats guests on the program like a wife, one he enjoys beating. Well maybe not, but until channels who are turkeys who won't vote for a Tory Christmas, we will be the ones getting trussed up....
LAST QUESTION:
How much in public funding did C4 receive last year? (answer below)
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£14 Million for digital switchover
£94 Million in public funding for programming
(awarded by Tessa Jowell - 2007)
Posted by: Oberon Houston | June 10, 2008 at 20:24