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Nick Smith
Labour MP for Blaenau Gwent

    • Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Nick Smith voted on key issues:

    • Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
    • Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
    • Has never voted on replacing Trident. 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 a smoking ban. votes
    • Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Work and Pensions, Health, Defence, Wales, Business, Innovation and Skills

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Official Hospitality, Care Homes, Excise Duties: Fuels, Aircraft Carriers

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    Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Topical Questions (21 May 2012)

    “Binge drinking by young people is a serious public health issue. “Men in Black 3” will be on our screens soon, and cinemas are important channels for alcohol marketing, so will the Home Secretary take the lead on more effective controls on advertising in cinemas?”

    Written Answers — Health: Care Homes (21 May 2012)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what systems are in place to minimise the impact of provider failure on users of care and nursing homes; (2) who is responsible for oversight of the financial viability of private companies that provide care and nursing home services.”

    Written Answers — Health: Care Homes (21 May 2012)

    “To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department had any communication with representatives of Terra Firma about the company's short and long term plans for the care and nursing home group, Four Seasons, prior to its recent takeover of Four Seasons; and if he will make a statement.”

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    • Has spoken in 92 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
    • Has received answers to 33 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
    • Has voted in 73.47% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — 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.
    • 59 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on Nick Smith’s activity.
    • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 40 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

    Register of Members’ Interests

    6. Overseas visits
    Name of donor:
    9.All Party Parliamentary China Group, sponsored by GKN plc, City of London, London Export Corporation (LEC), John Swire & Sons, GlaxoSmithKline, Astra Zeneca, Arup, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, HSBC.
    10.Virgin Atlantic
    Address of donor:
    9.c/o Great Britain China Centre, 15 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PS
    10.Customer Relations, PO Box 747, Dunstable LU6 9AH
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
    9.£2,654.48, return flights to China, internal travel in China, accommodation and meals. I also received some meals and hospitality provided locally.
    10.£1,500, flight upgrade on outward journey
    Destination of visit: China; Shanghai, Beijing and Chengdu
    Date of visit: 16-23 December 2011
    Purpose of visit: to maintain and strengthen relations between Parliament and the National People’s Congress of China; to learn about and support British businesses operating in China; and to deepen the knowledge and understanding of parliamentarians of China.
    (Registered 20 January 2012)

    Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register

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