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Elizabeth Truss
Conservative MP for South West Norfolk
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Elizabeth Truss voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. 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 for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Education, Business, Innovation and Skills, Justice, Work and Pensions, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): GCE A-level, Higher Education: Admissions, Maternity Pay, Railways: East of England, GCSE: Science
(based on written questions asked by Elizabeth Truss and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (18 out of 18)
- Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Educating Engineers — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] (16 May 2013)
“It is a delight to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Walker. I thank the members of the Select Committee for their comprehensive report. We have had very interesting speeches from the hon. Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Andrew Miller), and my hon. Friends the Members for City of Chester (Stephen Mosley), for South Basildon and East Thurrock (Stephen Metcalfe) and for Mid...”
- Educating Engineers — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] (16 May 2013)
“I completely agree. One organisation I have talked to is PFEG—the Personal Finance Education Group—which is very supportive of the financial education programme in schools that we have added to the national curriculum. It is keen to help communicate with primary school children about which careers are likely to be available in the future, and which will have the financial rewards...”
- Educating Engineers — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] (16 May 2013)
“As I said, we think that students should do a common core until 16, and even continue to do so until 18 on the critical subjects, which are maths and written communication, for example through an extended project qualification. The core is there, following the best traditions of countries such as Germany, which has upgraded its qualifications so that all students do a strong academic core...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 10 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 80.28% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 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") 102 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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