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Alun Cairns
Conservative MP for Vale of Glamorgan

    • Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Alun Cairns voted on key issues:

    • Voted for replacing Trident. votes
    • Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
    • Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
    • Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
    • Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
    • Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
    • Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Culture Media and Sport, Treasury, Energy and Climate Change, Work and Pensions

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Consultants, S4C: Finance, Business: Government Assistance, Special Educational Needs, Mobile Phones: Radio Frequencies

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    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Privilege (22 May 2012)

    “I pay tribute to my hon. Friend, the Committee and its Chair for the way they have conducted their inquiry and today’s debate. Will he reassure me that, as this ever-changing situation evolves, if any other witnesses are found to have misled or lied to the Committee, it will take the same action and call for them to be referred to the Standards and Privileges Committee?”

    Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)

    “rose —”

    Business of the House (17 May 2012)

    “Earlier this week, the Minister of State, Department for Education, the hon. Member for Brent Central (Sarah Teather), who has responsibility for children and families, responded to the Green Paper on special educational needs, which is an area of policy that has been ignored for far too long. Parents must battle for their children’s rights to receive the education they need. May we...”

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    Register of Members’ Interests

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Payments from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for participating in opinion surveys:
    £75 for January 2011 survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 6 January 2012)
    £75 for March 2011 survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 10 June 2011)
    £75 for April 2011 survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 10 June 2011)
    May 2011, £50 for survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 6 January 2012)
    £75 for May 2011 survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 6 January 2012)
    £75 for June 2011 survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 6 January 2012)
    £75 for July 2011 survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 6 January 2012)
    £50 for September 2011 survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 6 January 2012)
    £75 for October 2011 survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 6 January 2012)
    £75 for November 2011 survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 6 January 2012)
    £50 for December 2011 survey. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 31 January 2012)
    5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
    Name of donor: JTIJapan Tobacco International
    Address of donor : Members Hill, Brooklands Road, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0QU
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: my wife and I were guests of JTI at the Chelsea Flower Show. Total value £1,132.80
    Date of receipt of donation: 24 May 2011
    Date of acceptance of donation: 24 May 2011
    Donor status: company, registration number 01501573
    (Registered 10 June 2011)
    Name of donor: BVCA (British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association)
    Address of donor : 1st Floor North, Brettenham House, Lancaster Place, London WC2E 7EN
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: complimentary place, 2 day BVCA briefing; value £995
    Date of receipt of donation: 27 and 28 September 2011
    Date of acceptance of donation: 27 and 28 September 2011
    Donor status: company, registration number 01697461
    (Registered 14 October 2011)
    8. Land and Property
    Residential property in Cardiff, from which rental income is received.
    11. Miscellaneous
    Elected Member of the National Assembly for Wales. Address: Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, CF99 1NA. No salary taken. This has now ceased, May 2011. A resettlement grant has been paid.

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