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Patrick Hall
Labour MP for Bedford
- Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election
- Majority: 3,383 votes. — 512th out of 643 MPs.
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- Voting record
- Committees and topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Patrick Hall voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Committees and topics of interest
Select Committee membership
- Member, East of England Regional Select Committee (since 4 Mar 2009)
- Member, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Home Department, International Development, Trade and Industry, Education and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Yarl's Wood, Post Office, Relief Initiatives (HIPC), Renal Services, Musculoskeletal Disorders
(based on written questions asked by Patrick Hall and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Health Bill Committee (8 out of n/a)
- Finance Bill Committee (23 out of n/a)
- Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill Committee (18 out of n/a)
- Company Law Reform Bill Committee (17 out of n/a)
- Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Higher Education Bill Committee (13 out of n/a)
- Local Government Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
- Animal Health Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
- Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (9 out of n/a)
- International Development Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
Most recent appearances
- [John Cummings in the Chair] — Thalidomide (4 Nov 2009)
“My hon. Friend is describing the catastrophic regulatory failure of the Government of the day. Does he agree that a further problem has been a culture at the heart of subsequent Governments not to acknowledge regulatory failure? Governments put up barriers to addressing the consequences of regulatory failure, such as setting precedent and incurring costs. Those arguments have been dragged out...”
- Opposition Day — [19th allotted day]: Equitable Life (21 Oct 2009) has video
“The ombudsman used the expression "relative loss", which has been used before in the debate. My right hon. Friend has also referred to that, but the Government's favoured position is not relative loss, but disproportionate loss. I have not seen a definition of that. Could he cast some light on the distinction between relative loss and disproportionate loss?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 8 debates in the last year — well below average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 2 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Is a member of 2 select committees (0 as chair).
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 82% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 7 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.
- 96 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Patrick Hall speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 83 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 28 Oct 2009. More about the Register
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.
| Type | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Costs Allowance | £14,940 (496th) | £15,556 (498th) | £17,048 | £17,290 (422nd) | £17,925 (376th) | £18,354 (406th) | £16,339 (joint 133rd) |
| London Supplement | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Incidental Expenses Provision | £17,836 (354th) | £24,019 (122nd) | £21,268 | £19,325 (joint 11th) | £18,799 (joint 13th) | £17,795 (413th) | £18,026 (joint 237th) |
| Staffing Allowance | £88,444 (295th) | £78,791 (480th) | £65,338 | £69,441 (399th) | £68,023 (joint 228th) | £65,596 (joint 179th) | £42,680 (452nd) |
| Communications Allowance | £5,326 (446th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £940 (616th)* | £1,198 (609th)** | £980 | £1,332 (633rd) | £1,208 (630th) | £1,141 (633rd) | £695 (636th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £0 | £0 | £51 | £17 (joint 462nd) | £128 (joint 400th) | £114 (joint 412th) | £214 (345th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £437 (227th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £804 (312th) | £2,374 (71st) | £978 | £1,279 (211th) | £885 (joint 307th) | £897 (joint 381st) | £801 (joint 407th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,483 (476th) | £7,988 (59th) | £3,699 | £3,739 (203rd) | £2,242 (364th) | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,180 (joint 358th) | £990 (joint 430th) | £793 | £1,899 (joint 303rd) | £1,884 (328th) | £2,000 (joint 60th) | £2,000 (joint 59th) |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £131,390 (519th) | £130,916 (444th) | £110,155 | £114,322 (498th) | £111,094 (498th) | £105,897 (475th) | £80,755 (474th) |
* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Rail £940 (443rd).