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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:
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. 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 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, Work and Pensions, Treasury, Business, Innovation and Skills, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Special Educational Needs, Academies: Special Educational Needs, GCE AS-level, Special Educational Needs: Hearing Impairment, Pupils: Per Capita Costs
(based on written questions asked by Pat Glass and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Children and Families Bill Committee (8 out of 19)
- Small Charitable Donations Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
- HGV Road User Levy Bill Committee (3 out of 5)
- Civil Aviation Bill Committee (12 out of 14)
- Education Bill Committee (20 out of 22)
Most recent appearances
- [Mr Joe Benton in the Chair] — Careers Guidance (16 May 2013)
“In schools, what gets measured gets done, so how will we ensure that careers advice is policed and happens for all children, not just some?”
- [Mr Joe Benton in the Chair] — Careers Guidance (16 May 2013)
“Mr Benton, I recall that you chaired the very first Westminster Hall debate I ever took part in, when I first arrived here in 2010 and had absolutely no idea what was going on. It is, therefore, a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, when I hope I know a bit more about what is going on—we will see. It is also a pleasure to follow the Chair of the Education Committee,...”
- [Mr Joe Benton in the Chair] — Careers Guidance (16 May 2013)
“I welcome that intervention. I absolutely agree that where we saw good practice, it still fell short of what had previously been provided. I understand that the Government have had to make cuts, but that is happening across the country to a greater extent than in Bradford, where we saw what other authorities can only aspire to. The Government response criticised the Committee for carrying out...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 25 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 69.69% 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") 75 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register