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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 against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. 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 very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs. 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
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Business, Innovation and Skills, Justice, Home Department, 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)
- 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)
- Marriage (Wales) Bill Committee (0 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)
- Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Sustainable Communities Bill Committee (6 out of 11)
- Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (11 out of 11)
- 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)
- 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)
Most recent appearances
- [Mr Mike Weir in the Chair] — UK City of Culture 2017 (21 May 2013)
“Does my hon. Friend agree that Copperopolis, the nickname we give to Swansea, is well supported in its cultural bid by Tinopolis, the name we give Llanelli, which has a tremendous tradition in south Carmarthenshire of cultural and industrial heritage? Its latest venture, the state-of-the-art Furnace theatre and associated venues, offers fantastic opportunities, from the more traditional male...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Topical Questions (16 May 2013)
“Calcium, iron and other nutrients have been added to white flour in this country for over 65 years, and it is very worrying to hear that the Government are considering possibly scrapping that. Does the Secretary of State see that as an important addition to nutrition for families, particularly in hard-pressed times, or simply a regulatory burden that he wants to get rid of?”
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Somalia (16 May 2013)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to prevent sexual violence in Somalia.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 60 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 17 written questions in the last year — 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 76.60% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 4 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") 247 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
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).