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Edward Garnier
Conservative MP for Harborough
- Solicitor General (since 13 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
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- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Edward Garnier voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Justice, Home Department, Solicitor-General, Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Prisons, Prisoners Release, Offenders, Prisoners, Prison Accommodation
(based on written questions asked by Edward Garnier and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Coroners and Justice Bill Committee (16 out of 16)
- Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Offender Management Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
- Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Identity Cards Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill Committee (9 out of 13)
- Hunting Bill Committee (19 out of 31)
- Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Retirement Income Reform Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Land Registration Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (8 out of 12)
- International Criminal Court Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Hunting Bill Committee (14 out of 16)
- Criminal Defence Service (Advice and Assistance) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Attorney-General: Consultants (17 May 2012)
“The information requested is contained in the following table. Expenditure on external consultants by the Law Officers Departments £ 2010-11 2011-12 (1) Treasury Solicitor's Department (TSol)(2) 9,000 43,000 Serious Fraud Office (3)1,583,000 856,000 Crown Prosecution Service(4) 684,314 12,000 (1) The data provided for 2010-11 may be subject to minor...”
- Written Answers — Attorney-General: Risk Assessment (17 May 2012)
“The Law Officers' Departments do not hold strategic risk registers in areas of policy. Each of the Law Officers' Departments does, however, hold a strategic or corporate risk register related to its business, including operational and, where appropriate, policy delivery. The Crown Prosecution Service also currently holds a transitional risk register for the policy relating to Transforming...”
- Written Answers — Attorney-General: Trade Unions (17 May 2012)
“The numbers of trade union representatives on paid facility time arrangements in the Law Officers' Departments during 2011-12 are detailed in the following table: Department Part-time Full-time Serious Fraud Office (SFO) 7 0 Attorney General's Office 0 0 Treasury Solicitor's Department (TSol) 8 0 HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) 3 0 The SFO records...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 8 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 74.09% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 15 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 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") 811 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £24,006 (joint 1st with 48 others) | £23,080 (joint 150th with 1 other) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £20,245 | £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,717 (253rd) | £15,761 (228th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £11,797 (541st) | £15,648 (446th) | £21,787 (195th) | £19,564 | £19,325 (joint 11th with 77 others) | £17,837 (478th) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £11,780 (473rd) |
| Staffing costs | £96,242 (298th) | £91,243 (144th) | £85,925 (262nd) | £61,269 | £53,660 (634th) | £52,842 (633rd) | £51,557 (615th) | £31,665 (618th) |
| Communications Allowance | £4,109 (503rd) | £6,305 (402nd) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £9,242 (234th)1 | £9,010 (257th)2 | £8,083 (302nd)3 | £9,533 | £15,883 (116th) | £12,920 (213th) | £14,559 (joint 157th with 1 other) | £10,808 (176th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £99 (343rd) | £0 | £960 (134th) | £80 | £0 | £1,010 (joint 162nd with 1 other) | £979 (172nd) | £0 |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £526 (193rd) | £615 (joint 189th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £88 (86th) | £213 (67th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £2,787 (404th) | £399 (544th) | £617 (462nd) | £640 | £877 (333rd) | £902 (301st) | £996 (336th) | £1,013 (joint 325th with 1 other) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,963 (378th) | £2,038 (joint 408th with 1 other) | £2,257 | £4,083 (187th) | £4,230 (150th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,008 (joint 569th with 2 others) | £826 (595th) | £137 | £1,969 (133rd) | £1,969 (126th) | £1,969 (125th) | £1,969 (120th) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £148,897 (341st) | £149,484 (278th) | £142,346 (231st) | £113,725 | £116,699 (466th) | £112,043 (482nd) | £108,011 (442nd) | £72,996 (567th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,973 (15th). Rail £558 (500th). Other: Mileage £110 (41st). Rail £1,285 (10th). European £316 (120th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,931 (24th). Rail £783 (460th). Misc £102 (158th). Other: Mileage £138 (42nd). Rail £275 (69th). European £781 (70th).
3 Car £6,613 (42nd). Rail £1,143 (407th). European £327 (110th).