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Helen Grant
Conservative MP for Maidstone and The Weald
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Helen Grant voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. 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 for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Justice, Business, Innovation and Skills, Transport, Education, Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Armed Forces: Families, UN Resolutions: Females, Non-molestation Orders, Dogs, Prisoners: Females
(based on written questions asked by Helen Grant and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: Royal Succession (22 May 2012)
“What plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals on the rules governing succession to the Crown.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Deputy Prime Minister: Royal Succession (22 May 2012)
“If the birds and the bees of the romantic Isle of Anglesey were to conspire and bless our future King of England and his wife with the patter of tiny feet before this law was enacted, and if that royal baby turned out to be a little girl, would she succeed to the throne?”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General: Rape Allegations (22 May 2012)
“Does the Solicitor-General agree that the increased number of rape crisis centres opened by the Government helped to increase the number of rape prosecutions?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 41 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 25 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 79.42% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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 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") 36 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Designated Member of Grants Solicitors LLP, The Old Tithe Barn, Purley Way, Croydon, Surrey CRO 4RE. I rarely practise as a solicitor but receive drawings from the firm.
Drawings in April 2011: £4,000 (gross). Hours: 4 hrs for partnership management and new business activities; no fee earning hours worked. (Registered 31 May 2011)
Drawings in May 2011: £2,000 (gross). Hours: 4 hrs for partnership management and cashflow issues; no fee earning hours worked. (Registered 2 June 2011)
Drawings in June 2011: £2,000 (gross). Hours: 4 hrs for partnership management; no fee earning hours worked. (Registered 9 July 2011)
Drawings in July 2011: £2,000 (gross). Hours: 6 hrs for partnership management; no fee earning hours worked. (Registered 24 August 2011)
Drawings in September 2011: £3,000 (gross). Hours: 10 hrs for partnership management; no fee earning hours worked. (Registered 12 October 2011)
Drawings in October 2011: £2,100 (gross). Hours: less than 5 hours partnership management time worked. (Registered 30 November 2011)
Drawings in November 2011: £2,800 (gross). Hours: less than 8 hours worked for management and fee earning. (Registered 12 December 2011)
Drawings in December 2011: £2,800 (gross). Hours: less than 8 hours worked for management and fee earning. (Registered 11 January 2012)
Drawings in January 2012: £4,065 (gross). Hours: less than 8 hours worked for management and fee earning. (Registered 28 February 2012)
Drawings in March 2012: £1,553 (gross). Hours: less than 8 hours worked for management and fee earning. (Registered 11 April 2012)
6. Overseas visits
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 costs for period 17-24 September 2011; total approximately £8,000. (From 24-30 September I stayed in India at my own expense.)
Destination of visit: India
Date of visit: 17-30 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 26 October 2011)
Name of donor:
Address of donor:
1)13 Cowley Street, London SW1P 3LZ
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
1)Return flight; cost £1,001.93. Other costs were borne relating to internal transfers, meals and accommodation for three days. These costs were minimal due to UK MoD infrastructure being used whenever possible.
2)Upgraded by the airline free of charge from economy to club class on return journey; estimated retail value £3,209.
Destination of visit: Canada
Date of visit: 1-5 September 2011
Purpose of visit: as part of the AFPS to allow MPs to experience service life and to improve their understanding of the training and the associated resource implications required to train the army and prepare it for operations.
(Registered 26 October 2011)
8. Land and Property
Commercial offices and storage in Croydon, Surrey.
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register