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Nia Griffith
Labour MP for Llanelli
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
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- Register of Members’ Interests
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Nia Griffith voted on key issues:
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Home Department, Justice, Work and Pensions, Energy and Climate Change
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Telephone Services, Post Offices: Finance, Employment Tribunals, Transition Fund, Prisoners: Drugs
(based on written questions asked by Nia Griffith and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Postal Services Bill Committee (20 out of 21)
- Marriage (Wales) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Flood and Water Management Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
- Grocery Market Ombudsman Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Equality Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
- Education and Skills Bill Committee (20 out of 20)
- Climate Change Bill Committee (10 out of 10)
- Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Sustainable Communities Bill Committee (6 out of 11)
- Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (19 out of 21)
- Animal Welfare Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Commons Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
- Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Emergency Workers (Protection) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Feed-in Tariffs (9 Feb 2012)
“Given the shattered consumer and business confidence following the fiasco before Christmas, has the Minister conducted any analysis of how many people will take up the FITs on a 13.6p return? I am also concerned that this new scheme might exclude a lot of people who are not in a position to have loans out for a very long time and who need to get the money back more quickly.”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Pub Company Industry (2 Feb 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he plans to take in response to the motion passed by the House on 12 January 2012 on regulation of the pub company industry.”
- [Hywel Williams in the Chair] — Work Capability Assessments (1 Feb 2012)
“Does my hon. Friend agree that, given the evidence we have heard today, and our own experiences, the DWP should seriously consider what to do about people with long medical histories of degenerative disease who are continually called in? It seems a complete waste of taxpayers’ money and it is a disgrace that we do that to those people. Will my hon. Friend suggest to the Minister that we...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 62 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 130 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 77.66% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 3 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 189 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 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 | £17,400 (371st) | £22,911 (216th) | £21,957 (267th) | £21,634 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £13,868 (476th) | £18,403 (joint 328th with 1 other) | £23,333 (joint 143rd with 1 other) | £26,031 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £105,510 (46th) | £91,165 (147th) | £84,218 (326th) | £60,762 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £13,332 (49th) | £12,275 (47th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £10,758 (173rd)1 | £11,116 (181st)2 | £10,643 (188th)3 | £9,091 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £223 (joint 311th with 1 other) | £445 (233rd) | £262 | ||||
| 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 | £6,132 (112th) | £529 (472nd) | £929 (joint 304th with 1 other) | £1,116 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £820 (586th) | £4,843 (143rd) | £3,157 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £987 (joint 582nd with 2 others) | £930 (joint 523rd with 22 others) | £930 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £167,000 (98th) | £158,429 (120th) | £147,298 (131st) | £122,983 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,680 (404th). Rail £8,422 (68th). Misc £73 (178th). Other: European £583 (93rd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,680 (425th). Rail £8,169 (84th). Misc £18 (237th). Other: European £1,249 (33rd).
3 Car £1,710 (453rd). Rail £6,983 (94th). Other £36 (63rd). European £1,914 (11th).