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George Eustice
Conservative MP for Camborne and Redruth
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How George Eustice voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. 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 replacing Trident. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Treasury, Justice, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Business, Innovation and Skills, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Vat, South West Regional Development Agency, Mortgage Express, Dedicated Schools Grant, Mortgages
(based on written questions asked by George Eustice and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Marine Navigation (No. 2) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
Most recent appearances
- [Mr Andrew Turner in the Chair] — Dog Control and Welfare (13 Jun 2013)
“The point I was making is that there would be clarity if the number was simply two litters. Local authorities could work to that. The situation that the Minister outlined means that if a local authority has concerns about a breeder producing three litters a year, it must then go through a legal process. The breeder could use as a defence the fact that there were fewer than five litters. Then...”
- [Mr Andrew Turner in the Chair] — Dog Control and Welfare (13 Jun 2013)
“I am grateful for the opportunity to speak, Mr Turner, and I am sorry that I was a few minutes late. I was keen for the Select Committee to look at this issue, because there has been a sharp increase in the number of problems associated with so-called status dogs. The number of people hospitalised as a result of dog attacks has doubled—it went from around 3,000 as recently as 1997 to...”
- Agricultural Wages Board (24 Apr 2013)
“I worked in the farming industry for 10 years and was involved in this debate when the issue was last discussed some 20 years ago—I will come back to that in a moment. It is worth noting—this has been alluded to by some, including the Secretary of State—that in the early ’90s, all other remaining wage councils and wages boards were scrapped. There was no rationale for...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 7 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 84.73% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well 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") 71 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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