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Peter Luff

Conservative MP for Mid Worcestershire

• Also represented Worcester

• Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election
• Majority: 13,327 votes. — 145th 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 Peter Luff voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing student top-up fees. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly 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, Committees on Arms Export Controls (formerly Quadripartite Committee) (since 7 Oct 2009)
• Chairman, Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (since 7 Oct 2009)
• Member, Liaison Committee (since 1 Nov 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Home Department, Health, Education and Skills, Trade and Industry

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Asylum Accommodation Centres, Foot and Mouth, Bovine TB, Police, Digital Broadcasting

(based on written questions asked by Peter Luff and answered by departments)

Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

• Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Gangmasters (Licensing) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Hunting Bill Committee (26 out of n/a)
• Female Genital Mutilation Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Copyright, etc. and Trade Marks (Offences and Enforcement) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (14 out of n/a)
• Tax Credits Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• Civil Defence (Grant) Bill Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Tax Credits Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Social Security Contributions Committee (1 out of n/a)
• Finance Bill Committee (7 out of n/a)
• Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Business of the House (5 Nov 2009)

“On the subject of cast-iron guarantees, may I remind the Leader of the House of one that the Government have given on many occasions to hold a debate on the pre-Budget report? May I push her for an early indication on that—it will be a particularly important pre-Budget report—and for a commitment on such a debate, please?”

Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation) (3 Nov 2009)

“It would not.”

Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation) (3 Nov 2009) has video

“I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to specify the minimum distances permissible between onshore wind turbines of certain dimensions and the nearest habitation; and for connected purposes. When Oscar Wilde wrote that "Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative", he obviously had not anticipated the controversy that onshore wind farms would...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 48 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 56 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 3 select committees (1 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 67% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 9 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.
• 46 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Peter Luff speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 647 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 28 Oct 2009. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,853 (128th). Rail £364 (506th). Misc £110 (152nd).

^** Car £3,981 (243rd). Rail £1,768 (355th).