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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 very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
    • Voted for replacing Trident. votes
    • Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. 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 for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
    • Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
    • Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

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

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Broadband, Departmental Consultants, Mobile Phones, S4C: Finance, Business: Government Assistance

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    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Topical Questions (18 Jun 2013)

    “Last week four men were convicted by the Turkish courts of the reckless killing of Cerys Potter. This is a landmark judgment. Does the Minister accept that it will have an impact only if the Turkish authorities insist on basic health and safety standards in such exercises as white water rafting?”

    Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Turkey (18 Jun 2013)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he or officials of his Department have had with the authorities in Turkey on improving safety for white water rafting for British visitors to that country.”

    Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day] — Protecting Children Online (12 Jun 2013)

    “I want to highlight that I am a strong advocate and fan of filters, but I think it is very dangerous to give the impression that they are the whole answer. The solution is far more complicated than that and we must be clear about it.”

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    Register of Members’ Interests

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Received from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, payment of £450 for six surveys in April 2012, July 2012, September 2012, November-December 2012, and January 2013 and February 2013. Hours: 30 mins per survey, 3 hrs in total. (Registered 23 April 2013)
    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: two tickets to Members’ Day at the Chelsea Flower Show; total value £1,188
    Date of receipt of donation: 20 March 2012
    Date of acceptance of donation: 10 April 2012
    Donor status: company, registration number 1501573
    (Registered 8 June 2012)
    Name of donor: ITV Plc
    Address of donor : The London Television Centre, Upper Ground, London SE1 9LT
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: National Television Awards ticket and hospitality – value £890
    Date of receipt of donation: 23 January 2013
    Date of acceptance of donation: 24 January 2013
    Donor status: Company, registration number 4967001
    (Registered 11 February 2013)
    6. Overseas visits
    Name of donor: Nominet UK
    Address of donor: Minerva House, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford OX4 4DQ
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): cost of visit; value £4,500
    Destination of visit: Baku, Azerbaijan
    Date of visit: 5-9 November 2012
    Purpose of visit: parliamentary delegation to Internet Governance Forum
    (Registered 4 December 2012)
    8. Land and Property
    Residential property in Cardiff, from which rental income is received.

    Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register

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