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Damian Collins
Conservative MP for Folkestone and Hythe
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Damian Collins voted on key issues:
- 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 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 a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Justice, Defence, Business, Innovation and Skills, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Pupils: Disadvantaged, Departmental Manpower, Lockerbie: Bombings, Catering, Trade Promotion: Olympic Games 2012
(based on written questions asked by Damian Collins and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Postal Services Bill Committee (18 out of 21)
Most recent appearances
- Privilege (22 May 2012)
“It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant), and I join him and other Members in paying tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Maldon (Mr Whittingdale) for the great care and skill with which he chaired what was a lengthy and challenging inquiry. I want to address the key point that the hon. Member for Rhondda brought to our attention: there must not be no...”
- Privilege (22 May 2012)
“I agree, but it should be implicit that someone giving evidence to a parliamentary Committee is telling the truth. I therefore do not think there should be a separate group of people who are made to take an oath. It should be implicit in the act of their giving evidence that they are telling the truth and openly answering the questions asked by Members of Parliament. It must be built into the...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Ministerial Code (Culture Secretary) (30 Apr 2012)
“Does the Prime Minister agree that, even if the matter should have been referred to the independent adviser, they would almost certainly be heavily guided by the Secretary of State’s evidence in front of the Leveson inquiry anyway, given that it provides for the highest level of public scrutiny possible?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 39 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 16 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 90.25% 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") 76 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register