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Peter Hain
Labour MP for Neath
- Entered Parliament on 4 April 1991 — unknown
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Peter Hain voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. 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 very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. 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 the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Wales, Treasury, Work and Pensions, Transport, Home Department
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Japan Tobacco, Japan Tobacco International: Ministerial Policy Advisers, Japan Tobacco International, Domestic Visits, Official Hospitality
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Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Syria (20 May 2013)
“Surely the right hon. Gentleman accepts that his remorseless drive towards British military intervention through supplying arms—because that is what it is—will make the civil war even worse. Having said that, I welcome his commitment to a negotiated solution, although the only way it has a chance of succeeding is by not maintaining the precondition that Assad must go. Of course we...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 8 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a low number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 67.77% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 66 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well above 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") 1665 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
1. Directorships
Non-executive director of Amara Mining PLC, 29-30 Cornhill, London EC3V 3NF; gold producer with portfolio of assets in West Africa. I receive £30,000 with effect from 6 March 2013. (£25,001–£30,000)
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payments from Biteback Publishing Ltd, 375 Kennington Lane, London SE11 5QY:
£1,785 received as additional payment following publication of memoirs. No additional hours worked. (Registered 30 April 2012)
Chairman of IDM Advisory Committee, IDM Limited, Portman House, Hue Street, St Helier, Jersey JE4 5RP. The Advisory Committee is involved in building and running the Africa Business and Leadership School based in Lusaka, Zambia. I have received a payment of £9,450 which relates to one day monthly for five months, from 22 January 2013. (Registered 22 January 2013)
5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
Name of donor: The Royal Automobile Club Motor Sports Association
Address of donor : Motor Sports House 1 Riverside Park Colnbrook SLG 0HK
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: two tickets for British Grand Prix 7-8 July 2012, value £962
Date of receipt of donation: 7-8 July 2012
Date of acceptance of donation: 7-8 July 2012
Donor status:. company No 1344829
(Registered 17 July 2012)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: BBC TV
Address of donor: BBC New Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1A 1AA
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): cost of flights and hotels; £2,900
Destination of visit: South Africa
Date of visit: 24 November-9 December 2012
Purpose of visit: to make a film for the BBC on the future of South Africa
(Registered 7 January 2013)
Name of donor: Amara Mining PLC
Address of donor: 29-30 Cornhill, London EC3V 3NF
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): cost of flights and hotels; £7,499
Destination of visit: Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Sierra Leone
Date of visit: 14-24 February 2013
Purpose of visit: to visit Amara’s mining sites, meet Government ministers and officials and open a school the company have financed.
(Registered 5 March 2013)
8. Land and Property
Share in small family property near Malaga, Spain.
11. Miscellaneous
Partner in Haywood Hain LLP, London; business consultancy. (Registered 7 January 2013)
Register last updated: 7 May 2013. More about the Register
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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 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £22,176 (183rd) | £23,083 (joint 1st with 142 others) | £22,110 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £21,634 | £19,519 (330th) | £19,024 (317th) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,959 (joint 186th with 1 other) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,618 (joint 1st with 118 others) | £1,574 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,527 (joint 1st with 101 others) | £1,227 (joint 1st with 81 others) |
| Office running costs | £20,098 (210th) | £19,226 (279th) | £20,874 (247th) | £20,700 | £17,540 (381st) | £18,778 (joint 274th with 2 others) | £18,233 (joint 185th with 7 others) | £13,714 (390th) |
| Staffing costs | £102,300 (100th) | £91,415 (137th) | £86,842 (207th) | £83,240 | £74,060 (188th) | £67,617 (350th) | £69,212 (joint 77th with 28 others) | £52,589 (111th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,438 (281st) | £9,377 (244th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £12,380 (127th)1 | £5,004 (joint 464th with 1 other)2 | £758 (623rd)3 | £1,721 | £7,328 (450th) | £7,181 (joint 433rd with 1 other) | £10,191 (315th) | £10,406 (194th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £625 (127th) | £883 (123rd) | £298 (joint 278th with 2 others) | £446 | £2,484 (40th) | £1,775 (69th) | £1,366 (111th) | £1,549 (68th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £2,143 (42nd) | £2,957 (joint 31st with 1 other) | 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 | £4,734 (204th) | £981 (joint 232nd with 1 other) | £2,319 (75th) | £2,381 | £3,827 (joint 33rd with 1 other) | £2,437 (39th) | £3,254 (21st) | £1,559 (joint 155th with 2 others) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,367 (192nd) | £7,647 (joint 65th with 1 other) | £7,512 | £9,869 (48th) | £7,274 (52nd) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,421 (54th) | £1,164 (163rd) | £0 | £1,966 (joint 147th with 14 others) | £1,966 (joint 141st with 14 others) | £1,966 (joint 139th with 14 others) | £1,966 (joint 133rd with 14 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £3,112 (42nd) | £0 | £3,500 | £15,830 (6th) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £173,894 (46th) | £160,826 (89th) | £142,012 (240th) | £141,134 | £154,041 (12th) | £127,626 (164th) | £125,471 (62nd) | £98,969 (105th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,360 (241st). Rail £8,025 (78th). Misc £16 (238th). Other: Mileage £51 (73rd). Rail £31 (148th). Air £143 (33rd). European £754 (72nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,489 (462nd). Rail £3,515 (261st).