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Greg Hands
Conservative MP for Chelsea and Fulham
- Also represented Hammersmith and Fulham
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Greg Hands voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Treasury, Home Department, Health, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Training, Departmental Electronic Equipment, Uzbekistan, Rackspace, FIFA World Cup
(based on written questions asked by Greg Hands and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance Bill Committee (14 out of 18)
- Finance Bill Committee (15 out of 24)
- Greater London Authority Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Internet Regulation (Material Inciting Gang Violence): European Budgets 2014 to 2020 (8 Nov 2011)
“What about the rebate?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Security Relationships (South Asia) (10 Oct 2011)
“What steps he is taking to establish security relationships in South Asia.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Security Relationships (South Asia) (10 Oct 2011)
“I join the Secretary of State in his tribute to the dead. May I also tell him that he has our full support, not least in deepening our security ties with south Asia? Will he use this opportunity to explain to the House his involvement in Sri Lanka?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 29 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 5 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 84.63% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 11 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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") 196 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
4. Sponsorships
(b) Support in the capacity as an MP:
(b) Name of donor: Mr Arunasalam Yogeswaran
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: donation of £4,800 as payment for constituency communications (website, e-bulletins etc.)
(b) Date of receipt: 3 December 2010
(b) Date of acceptance: 3 December 2010
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 6 April 2011)
(b) Name of donor: Mr Arunasalam Yogeswaran
(b) Address of donor: private
(b) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind:
(b) 1)Payment of £944.70 for website package
(b) 2)Payments of £5,095 for printing and delivery of constituency newsletter
(b) Date of receipt:
(b) 1)28 February 2011
(b) 2)19 July 2011
(b) Date of acceptance:
(b) 1)28 February 2011
(b) 2)19 July 2011
(b) Donor status: individual
(b) (Registered 1 August 2011)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Government of Taiwan
Address of donor: Taiwan Representative Office, 50 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0EB
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,470
Destination of visit: Republic of China (Taiwan)
Date of visit: 3-9 January 2011
Purpose of visit: meetings with the President of Taiwan and other members of the Government, and members of the Taiwan Parliament
(Registered 25 January 2011)
Name of donor: The European Friends of Israel
Address of donor: Rue Joseph II 168, Brussels 1000, Belgium
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £1,062. Cost includes flights, hotel room and some meals.
Destination of visit: Israel
Date of visit: 3-7 February 2011
Purpose of visit: to attend the 2nd conference of the European Friends of Israel held in Jerusalem.
(Registered 7 March 2011)
Name of donor: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Address of donor: South Block, New Delhi 110 011
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Flights to and from India and internal flights, hotel accommodation, food and other travel; total approximately £8,000.
Destination of visit: India
Date of visit: 17-24 September 2011
Purpose of visit: as part of a delegation of the Conservative Friends of India at the invitation of the High Commission in London and the Ministry of External Affairs, Delhi, meeting politicians and businessmen in Delhi and Mumbai.
(Registered 24 October 2011)
Register last updated: 13 Jan 2012. More about the Register
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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 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| London costs | £2,916 (joint 1st with 49 others) | £2,812 (joint 1st with 47 others) | £2,712 (joint 1st with 46 others) | £2,360 | ||||
| Office running costs | £19,508 (243rd) | £20,731 (199th) | £19,209 (423rd) | £17,275 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £82,315 (549th) | £87,397 (336th) | £73,945 (569th) | £57,142 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £10,252 (211th) | £5,351 (445th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £1,974 (582nd)1 | £0 | £1,245 (608th)3 | £856 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £1,676 (joint 560th with 1 other) | £587 (441st) | £647 (joint 447th with 1 other) | £1,678 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,174 (217th) | £2,385 (356th) | £6,706 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,305 (joint 177th with 1 other) | £1,240 (joint 72nd with 2 others) | £1,240 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £118,642 (603rd) | £121,357 (594th) | £101,383 (629th) | £87,257 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £968 (460th). Other: European £1,006 (52nd).