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Bob Blackman
Conservative MP for Harrow East

    • Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Bob Blackman voted on key issues:

    • Voted strongly for more EU integration. 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 Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
    • Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
    • Voted for replacing Trident. votes
    • Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
    • Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. 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

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: International Development, Communities and Local Government, Health, Work and Pensions, Treasury

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Bangladesh, Palestinians, Homelessness, Disability Living Allowance, Electrical Safety: Inspections

    (based on written questions asked by Bob Blackman and answered by departments)

    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Written Answers — Treasury: Bank Cards: Fees and Charges (21 May 2013)

    “To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment his Department has made of the potential effects on the UK economy of the EU Commission's proposals to harmonise interchange rates across the EU; (2) what response his Department has made to the EU Commission's proposals to harmonise interchange fees across the EU.”

    Business of the House (18 Apr 2013)

    “Very graciously, you, Mr Speaker, came to my constituency last week to open the first London office of the Silver Star Appeal diabetes trust, and later that week I handed over a Ladbrokes cheque to St Luke’s hospice as a result of a grand national bet I had placed. To my horror, I discovered that mean-minded Harrow council has removed discretionary rate relief from all charities in...”

    Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Lung Diseases: Research (18 Apr 2013)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding (a) his Department and (b) the Medical Research Council allocated to research into (i) lung cancer, (ii) adult asthma, (iii) pneumonia, (iv) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, (v) idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, (vi) mesothelioma and (vii) childhood wheezing and childhood respiratory infection in each of the...”

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    Register of Members’ Interests

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Payments from ComRes, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3JA, for opinion surveys:
    Payment of £75 Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 18 January 2013)
    Payment of £75. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 11 March 2013)
    Payment of £75. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 26 March 2013)
    4. Sponsorships
    (b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
    (b) Name of donor: Sun Mark Ltd
    (b) Address of donor: Sun House, 428 Long Drive, Greenford, Middlesex UB6 8UH
    (b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,600 paid direct to printer for printing and distribution of Diwali cards for constituents
    (b) Date of receipt: 14 November 2012
    (b) Date of acceptance: 14 December 2012
    (b) Donor status: company, registration 03010238
    (b) (Registered 2 January 2013)
    6. Overseas visits
    Name of donor: The European Azerbaijan Society
    Address of donor: 2 Queen Anne’s Gate, London SW1H 9AA
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,100, covering costs of flights, accommodation, internal travel
    Destination of visit: Azerbaijan
    Date of visit: 18-22 July 2012
    Purpose of visit: to meet senior Azerbaijani political and business figures, British diplomats and visit some of the regions
    (Registered 24 July 2012)
    Name of donor: Sri Lankan High Commission
    Address of donor: No. 13, Hyde Park Gardens, London W2 2LU
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £6,400, covering costs of flights, accommodation, internal travel
    Destination of visit: Sri Lanka
    Date of visit: 29 July-6 August 2012
    Purpose of visit: Delegation to Sri Lanka to see progress made with post war reconstruction and reconciliation. This involved meetings with Government Ministers and opposition MPs and the British High Commission, and visits to reconstruction works in Jaffna, Kilinochi and Trincomalee.
    (Registered 29 August 2012)
    Name of donor:
    1)Bajloor Rashid
    2)Muquim U Ahmed
    3)Abdul Karim
    Address of donors: private
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): costs of my flights and accommodation:
    1)£174.50
    2)£436.50
    3)£349
    Destination of visit: Bangladesh
    Date of visit: 14-20 September 2012
    Purpose of visit: Social Action Project with Conservative Friends of Bangladesh
    (Registered 18 October 2012)
    8. Land and Property
    Six buy-to-let properties in Welwyn Garden City owned jointly with my wife.

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