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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 moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
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- Occasionally 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, Prisoners: Females, Non-molestation Orders, Dogs
(based on written questions asked by Helen Grant and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Defamation Bill Committee (5 out of 5)
- MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL Committee (13 out of 13)
- Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [LORDS] Committee (1 out of 1)
- Presumption of Death Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims (Amendment) bill Committee (0 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Clause 9 — Conversion of civil partnership into marriage (21 May 2013)
“As an optimist, I would prefer to decide what action is appropriate if that happens. I do not want to prejudge the appeal. I shall now deal with the non-Government amendments on gender reassignment. Amendment 15 would enable a marriage to be held to be continuously valid from the date of the original marriage solemnisation, effectively restoring the original marriage. Amendment 22 would allow...”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Clause 9 — Conversion of civil partnership into marriage (21 May 2013)
“I could not quite hear everything that the hon. Lady said, but my consideration is that it is down to Northern Ireland to respond. I am assured that that is right, but if that is not correct I will write to her to clarify that.”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Clause 9 — Conversion of civil partnership into marriage (21 May 2013)
“I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. I am being reassured from both flanks, and from much higher authorities than me, that that is the situation.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 51 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 19 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 81.20% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation 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") 95 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Designated Member of Grants Solicitors LLP, Airport House, Purley Way, Croydon, Surrey CRO 4RE. I occasionally practised as a solicitor and received drawings until September 2012; since that date I have ceased to practise as a solicitor and I no longer receive any share of the profits. (Updated 18 January 2013)
2011-12:
Following finalization of the financial accounts for Grants Solicitors LLP for the period 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012, my total drawings for that period have been adjusted from £26,318 as previously registered to £13,814. (Registered 18 January 2013)
2012-13:
Drawings in April 2012: £716.66 (gross). Hours: less than 8 hours worked for management and fee earning. (Registered 9 May 2012)
Drawings in May 2012: £716.66 (gross). Hours: less than 8 hours worked for management and fee earning. (Registered 22 June 2012)
Drawings in June 2012: £1,716,66 (gross). Hours: less than 8 hours worked for management and fee earning. (Registered 25 July 2012)
Drawings in July 2012: £4,716.66 (gross). Hours: less than 8 hours worked for management and fee earning. (Registered 8 August 2012)
Drawings in August 2012: £716.66 (gross). Hours: less than 8 hours worked for partnership management. (Registered 11 September 2012)
Ticket to Olympic gymnastic event, value £185, received in order to undertake my role as Olympic Ambassador at that event at the London 2012 Olympics. Address of payer: Department of Culture, Media and Sport, 2-4 Cockspur Street, London SW1Y 5DH. Hours: 3.5 hours. (Registered 21 August 2012)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: All-Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development
Address of donor: 7 Old Palace Yard, Houses of Parliament, London SW1A 7AA
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): accommodation, transport, food and drink, visa and flights; value £1,197.49. A contribution of £1,000 towards the cost of my international flights was made by a non-registrable donor.
Destination of visit: South Sudan
Date of visit: 10-16 April 2012
Purpose of visit: to assess the situation in South Sudan with a particular focus on the critical issues of food security and agricultural development.
(Registered 14 May 2012)
Name of donor: Conservative Middle East Council
Address of donor: 55 Tufton Street, London SW1P 3QL
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): travel, accommodation and all other expenses; £1,714
Destination of visit: Israel and the West Bank
Date of visit: 10-14 May 2012
Purpose of visit: to discuss UK foreign policy in the Middle East
(Registered 11 June 2012)
Name of donor: European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development
Address of donor: Rue Montoyer 23, B-1000, Brussels
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £3,063.13
Destination of visit: Philippines
Date of visit: 25-31 August 2012
Purpose of visit: study tour focusing on sexual and reproductive health issues in the Philippines.
(Registered 9 October 2012)
8. Land and Property
Commercial offices and storage in Croydon, Surrey.
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register