The Co-operative Party

Several Co-operative MPs, including some elected to Parliament in 2010, have featured prominently in Ed Miliband’s reshuffle of the shadow frontbench team over the weekend. Joining Ed Balls MP and Lord Steve Bassam in Shadow Cabinet will be Stephen Twigg, Labour & Co-operative MP for Liverpool West Derby since 2010 and now Shadow Education Secretary. [...]

Gemma Doyle: West Dunbartonshire is the most difficult local authority area in the whole of the UK in which to find a job, yet the Scottish National party Government have refused us any help and refused to meet me. Have this Government also abandoned West Dunbartonshire or can we expect help to do one thing-to create jobs?

Gemma Doyle: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the Office for Budget Responsibility's most recent forecast of levels of unemployment in 2012.

Gemma Doyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what reports he has received of pieces of armed services equipment being available for purchase on the internet.

Gemma Doyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what reports he has received on equipment for armed forces personnel being available for purchase on the internet; and if he will make a statement.

Gemma Doyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the ability of the Ministry of Defence Police to identify and investigate incidents of (a) respirators and (b) other armed forces equipment being available for purchase on the internet.

Gemma Doyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport when Ofcom will publish the results of its consultation on relay services.

Gemma Doyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what progress has been made on the formation of a video relay sub-group of the e-Accessibility Forum; and when it will hold its first meeting.

Gemma Doyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many incidents of theft of his Department's equipment there were in the fiscal year 2011-12.

Gemma Doyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department is taking to prevent theft of its equipment.

Gemma Doyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport with which telecommunications companies he has held discussions on deaf people’s access to telecommunications; and which companies have responded to his request for cost-effective solutions to meet the needs of deaf people.