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Jessica Lee
Conservative MP for Erewash
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Jessica Lee voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. 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 very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Education, Culture Media and Sport, Justice, Health, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Free Schools, Pets: Cremation, Olympic Games 2012: East Midlands, Court Dispute Resolution, Adoption
(based on written questions asked by Jessica Lee and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Prisons (Property) bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Children and Families Bill Committee (16 out of 19)
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill Committee (14 out of 18)
- Estates of Deceased Persons (Forfeiture Rule and Law Of Succession) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Public Bill Committee: Children and Families Bill: Clause 13 - Control of expert evidence, and of assessments, in children proceedings (14 Mar 2013)
“Does the Minister agree that the words of the president—his point that there are already two experts in the case—are extremely significant? Of course there will be exceptions and good reasons why additional experts will be required from time to time, but will his comments set a marker?”
- Public Bill Committee: Children and Families Bill: Clause 11 - Welfare of the child: parental involvement (14 Mar 2013)
“Just to clarify, indirect contact is interpreted as anything other than face-to-face contact. Historically, that has been letters and cards, but it now includes the use, if appropriate, of social media such as text messages, Facebook and so on.”
- Public Bill Committee: Children and Families Bill: Clause 11 - Welfare of the child: parental involvement (14 Mar 2013)
“I hear the hon. Lady’s argument, but a counter-argument is that up to now in court it can be all or nothing for parents. It has been residence or contact without an acknowledgment in the court order that there is a role for both parents. The proposed change takes the sting out of the debate between the parents and can reassure both of them that they are involved. More importantly,...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 21 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 6 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 84.53% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well 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 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") 38 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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