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Craig Whittaker
Conservative MP for Calder Valley
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Craig Whittaker voted on key issues:
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. 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 against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Education, Defence, Work and Pensions, Treasury, International Development
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Defence: Procurement, Railways: Franchises, Unmanned Air Vehicles, Housing Benefit, Special Educational Needs
(based on written questions asked by Craig Whittaker and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Children and Families Bill Committee (11 out of 19)
Most recent appearances
- Children and Families Bill: New Clause 10 — Childcare costs scheme: preparatory expenditure (11 Jun 2013)
“In view of the fact that the hon. Lady thought my last intervention a little strange, let me put it in a different way. Is she saying that the French system is much more expensive, or does it have higher ratios and so is much more unsafe than our system?”
- Children and Families Bill: New Clause 10 — Childcare costs scheme: preparatory expenditure (11 Jun 2013)
“I fully understand what the hon. Lady is trying to achieve, but are these professionals and new clauses trying to say that the professionals in the sector are not professional or good enough to decide themselves what ratios they deem to be safe, rather than what she deems to be safe?”
- Children and Families Bill: New Clause 10 — Childcare costs scheme: preparatory expenditure (11 Jun 2013)
“I thank my hon. Friend for providing information on the tax-free child care system. Will that replace all forms of child care currently in the market? I am thinking particularly of employee benefits for those who receive child care as a benefit through the taxation of companies.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 20 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 29 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 83.60% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 36 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register