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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 against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. 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 very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. 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, Maternity Pay, Higher Education: Admissions, 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
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Employment Law (Beecroft Report) (21 May 2012)
“In 2005, Germany exempted businesses with fewer than 10 workers from unfair dismissal regulations, as well as introducing a new category of mini and midi-jobs. Since then, youth unemployment has halved and more women have found their way into the workplace. What can we learn from countries such as Germany?”
- Written Answers — Justice: Electronic Tagging (14 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was paid to each service provider of electronic monitoring services in each of the last three years.”
- Written Answers — Justice: Electronic Tagging (14 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people were on tag in each criminal justice area in each of the last 10 years; and what the average number of days on tag was in each such year; (2) if he will place in the Library any annual statistical and performance data returns supplied to his Department or the National Offender Management Service by suppliers of electronic...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 47 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 37 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 84.84% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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 16–17 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") 47 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register