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Richard Fuller
Conservative MP for Bedford
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Richard Fuller voted on key issues:
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Home Department, Work and Pensions, Justice, Health, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): HIV Infection, Departmental Compensation, Compensation, Africa: Overseas Aid, Stop and Search: Ethnic Groups
(based on written questions asked by Richard Fuller and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Postal Services Bill Committee (20 out of 21)
- Education Bill Committee (20 out of 22)
- Public Services (Social Enterprise and Social Value) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“Mr Speaker, I draw your attention and that of other Members to the fact that I am an adviser to a venture capital fund and also to my other entries in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I support everything in the Queen’s Speech that will deal with improving jobs and achieving growth in our country. I hope that is the only partisan point that I shall make in my speech,...”
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“Does my hon. Friend agree that there is nothing that a small businessman would like to do more than to employ a young, new worker? What would my hon. Friend suggest to the Chancellor can be done with employment regulations, so that we get our businesses employing people more easily?”
- Debate on the Address: Jobs and Growth (17 May 2012)
“On that point, will my right hon. Friend note that last month we had the largest number of new company formations in my constituency of Bedford? One reason for that is that they want stable, low, long-term interest rates, which this coalition’s policies are delivering.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 55 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 63 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 79.96% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above 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 18–19 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") 93 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