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Grahame Morris
Labour MP for Easington
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Grahame Morris voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Business, Innovation and Skills, Work and Pensions, Treasury, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): General Practitioners, NHS: Reorganisation, Local Enterprise Partnerships, NHS Commissioning Board, Radiotherapy
(based on written questions asked by Grahame Morris and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Prisons (Property) bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance (No. 4) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Identity Documents Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (39 out of 40)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Topical Questions (21 May 2013)
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Topical Questions (21 May 2013)
“I would like to ask the Secretary of State about his plans to privatise the probation service. Following the Olympics security debacle, why does he believe that companies such as G4S are suitable providers to manage low and medium-risk offenders, including prolific burglars, drug-users and those convicted for domestic violence, if they could not manage Olympic security? How will he guarantee...”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Copyright (14 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make it illegal to strip copyright metadata and other information which identifies the copyright holder of a piece of work.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 58 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 63 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 81.70% 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 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") 137 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register