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Pat Glass
Labour MP for North West Durham
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Pat Glass voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Education, Business, Innovation and Skills, Work and Pensions, Treasury, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Special Educational Needs, Academies: Special Educational Needs, Pupils: Per Capita Costs, Non-domestic Rates: Durham, Education Maintenance Allowance
(based on written questions asked by Pat Glass and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
- Education Bill Committee (20 out of 22)
Most recent appearances
- Local Government Finance Bill: New Clause 1 — Tax increment financing schemes (21 May 2012)
“Perhaps it is sign of the complexity of the subject and the fact that we have not exactly taken the nation with us that there are so few Members in the Chamber tonight to discuss local government funding. We ought to remember that local government funding underpins local authority services, which support our most vulnerable people—the elderly and the disabled—and that it is women...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Cost of Living (16 May 2012)
“Apart from half an hour when I nipped out to a meeting, I have sat through the entire debate. Two things have characterised this debate. The first was at the beginning of the debate, when the two parties of government appeared to blame each other for what was happening. At times, it was like watching a Punch and Judy show. Putting that aside, the thing that has characterised the debate the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 57 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 27 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 68.77% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below 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 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") 62 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register