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Greg Hands

Conservative MP for Hammersmith & Fulham

• Shadow Minister, Treasury (since 19 Jan 2009)

• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Majority: 5,029 votes. — 465th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Greg Hands voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Select Committee membership

• Member, European Scrutiny Committee (since 13 Mar 2007)
• Member, Communities and Local Government Committee (since 28 Jun 2006)

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 n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (15 out of n/a)
• Greater London Authority Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
• Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Fraud Bill Committee (3 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Opposition Day — [6(th) Allotted Day]: Equitable Life (16 Mar 2010)

“This has been a good debate, and I am delighted that we Conservatives tabled the motion for discussion today. It shows the importance that we attach to the issue of Equitable Life; after all, this is likely to be the last debate in Opposition time on Treasury matters before the election. We could have called for a debate on the record-breaking deficit, on the longest recession of any G20...”

Opposition Day — [6(th) Allotted Day]: Equitable Life (16 Mar 2010)

“I thank the Chief Secretary for the intervention, but that is just not good enough. I will outline the position, but I thought that he was intervening to tell us what he told us in October he would be able to do-go into the general election campaign with a clear pledge on amounts and a timetable. I am afraid that he has failed on both counts. I will answer his question when the time is right....”

Opposition Day — [6(th) Allotted Day]: Equitable Life (16 Mar 2010)

“I will not; my hon. Friend the Member for Fareham gave way 27 times, and I have only one and a half minutes left. The Government have had the best part of a decade to get this matter right, and thousands have died with neither compensation nor justice. There may be only six weeks left in the lifetime of the Government, but it is still not too late for them to do the right thing. If they...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 36 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 158 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 67% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 11 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
• 153 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Greg Hands speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 169 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 10 Mar 2010. 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.

¹ Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £968 (460th). Other: European £1,006 (52nd).

³ Other £888 (29th). European £357 (103rd).