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James Purnell is a former MP for Stalybridge and Hyde.

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Proffil

Cyn Llafur MP am Stalybridge and Hyde

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 7 Mehefin 2001 — Etholiad cyffredinol

Gadawodd y Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 12 Ebrill 2010 — heb sefyll i gael ei hailethol

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @jimpurnell

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Themau o ddiddordeb

• Education and Skills
• Work and Pensions
• Treasury
• Trade and Industry
• Culture Media and Sport
• Education (Stalybridge and Hyde)
• Departmental Policies
• School Sports Facilities
• Bangladesh
• Foster Carers

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (24 Ion 2008 to 10 Meh 2009)
• Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media & Sport (28 Meh 2007 to 24 Ion 2008)
• Minister of State (Pensions Reform), Department for Work and Pensions ( 6 Meh 2006 to 28 Meh 2007)
• Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions ( 8 Mai 2006 to 6 Meh 2006)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Media and Tourism), Department for Culture, Media & Sport (23 Mai 2005 to 8 Mai 2006)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Culture, Media & Sport (11 Mai 2005 to 23 Mai 2005)
• PPS (Rt Hon Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State), Cabinet Office (10 Ebr 2005 to 11 Ebr 2005)
• Assistant Whip (17 Rha 2004 to 11 Mai 2005)
• PPS (Rt Hon Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State), Department for Education and Skills (16 Rha 2004 to 10 Ebr 2005)
• PPS (Ms Ruth Kelly, Minister of State), Cabinet Office ( 2 Tach 2004 to 16 Rha 2004)
• PPS (Ms Ruth Kelly, Financial Secretary), HM Treasury (13 Mai 2004 to 2 Tach 2004)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Tom Pendry
• Fred Blackburn
• Gordon Lang
• Horace Cox
• Philip Dunne
• Sydney Hope
• Hugh Lawrie
• Edmund Wood
• John Tattersall
• John Rhodes
• John Wood

Future MPs in this constituency

• Jonathan Reynolds

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Pensions Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Finance Bill Committee (18 out of 21)
• Child Trust Funds Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
• Higher Education Bill Committee (13 out of 15)
• High Hedges (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• State Pension Credit Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
• Electoral Fraud (Northern Ireland) Committee (4 out of 4)
• Education Bill Committee (12 out of 20)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Members: Correspondence 20 May 2009

  A reply was sent to my right hon. Friend on 17 May 2009.

• Written Ministerial Statements — Work and Pensions: Agency Targets and Business Plans 12 May 2009

  I am today able to announce the annual performance targets for 2009-10 for the two executive agencies of the Department for Work and Pensions. The targets I have agreed are set out. Further information on the plans of Jobcentre Plus and the Pension, Disability and Carers Service in 2009-10 is contained in their individual "Business Plans" which have been published today. Copies have been...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Incapacity Benefit Claimants 11 May 2009

  We are increasing the help available to incapacity benefit claimants, all of whom have access to back-to-work support through pathways to work. We are also taking forward the Gregg review vision that everyone should be expected to take active steps towards work in return for their benefits, except for those in the support group, who are most disabled. In the first instance, we will trial that...

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar James Purnell