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Robert Halfon
Conservative MP for Harlow

    • Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Robert Halfon voted on key issues:

    • Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
    • Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
    • Voted for replacing Trident. votes
    • Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Voted against a smoking ban. votes
    • Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
    • Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
    • Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
    • Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Justice, Business, Innovation and Skills, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Home Department, Treasury

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Departmental Conferences, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Departmental Press: Subscriptions, Departmental Lobbying, Departmental Publications

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    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Business of the House: Afghanistan (9 Feb 2012)

    “Will my right hon. Friend set out the extent of Iranian influence in Afghanistan and the support that Iran is giving to the insurgents?”

    Business of the House (9 Feb 2012)

    “I hope that Mrs Bone does not mind that I have been called before my hon. Friend the Member for Wellingborough (Mr Bone). Has my right hon. Friend seen early-day motion 2695? [That this House believes that public procurement should be used to boost the number of British apprentices; notes that the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) new Apprenticeship and Skills Requirements Contract...”

    Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Feed-in Tariffs (9 Feb 2012)

    “I was grateful to the Minister for arranging a meeting just before Christmas to discuss the Harlow community scheme, which was to benefit 1,500 houses by providing them with solar panels. Will he explain how his new, revised proposals will help to ensure that the scheme continues?”

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    Register of Members’ Interests

    2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
    Strategic advice to Pepper Media Ltd; strategic consultants, 25 Burnaby St, London SW10 0PR. (£10,001–£15,000)
    15 April 2011, received payment of £12,000 for advice to client (see category 3 below). Hours: approximately 96 hours per year.
    This arrangement ended on 21 October 2011. (Updated 4 November 2011)
    Articles for the Mail on Sunday, Northcliffe House, 2 Derry Street, London W8 5TT:
    Payment of £200 for article. (Registered 10 February 2011)
    Payment of £200 for article. (Registered 28 February 2011)
    Payment of £250 received 21 March 2011 for article published 6 March 2011. (Registered 14 April 2011)
    Payment of £1,200 to Eucalyptus Leaves Ltd for article published on 28 August 2011. (Registered 5 September 2011)
    Payment of £75 from Populus, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT, for opinion survey. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 11 May 2011)
    Payment of £150 from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY, for taking part in opinion survey in November 2010. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 12 May 2011)
    Payments from AMG Production Ltd, 3rd Floor, Kings House, 12-42 Wood Street, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 1TG, for whom I work 25 hours per month , providing management and strategic consultancy advice:
    14 September 2011, £15,000 paid to Eucalyptus Leaves Ltd for work done for 3 months from end August 2011. (Registered 21 September 2011)
    Payment of £75 from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for taking part in opinion survey in December 2011. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 9 December 2011)
    4. Sponsorships
    (a) Donations to my constituency party or association, which have been or will be reported by my party to the Electoral Commission:
    (a) Name of donor: Mr Edward Atkin
    (a) Address of donor: private
    (a) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
    (a) Donor status: individual
    (a) (Registered 2 March 2011)
    (a) Name of donor: Mr Simon Waxley
    (a) Address of donor: private
    (a) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,000
    (a) Donor status: individual
    (a) (Registered 16 March 2011)
    (a) Name of donor: Mr Robert Shetler-Jones
    (a) Address of donor: private
    (a) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
    (a) Donor status: individual
    (a) (Registered 16 March 2011)
    (a) Name of donor: Mr Edward Atkin
    (a) Address of donor: private
    (a) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
    (a) Donor status: individual
    (a) (Registered 20 June 2011)
    (a) Name of donor: Mrs J R Behhor
    (a) Address of donor: private
    (a) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £3,000
    (a) Donor status: individual
    (a) (Registered 6 September 2011)
    (a) Name of donor: Mrs M L Davis
    (a) Address of donor: private
    (a) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
    (a) Donor status: individual
    (a) (Registered 6 September 2011)
    (a) Name of donor: Scythian Ltd
    (a) Address of donor: Ternion Court, 264-268 Upper Fourth St, Central Milton Keynes, Bucks MK9 1DP
    (a) Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000
    (a) Donor status: company
    (a) (Registered 15 December 2011)
    5. Gifts, benefits and hospitality (UK)
    Name of donor: Martin Darlington
    Address of donor : private
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: visit to France in private plane owned by Mr Darlington; value in excess of £660
    Date of receipt of donation: 9 April 2011
    Date of acceptance of donation: 9 April 2011
    Donor status: individual
    (Registered 20 May 2011)
    Name of donor: Conservative Friends of Israel
    Address of donor : 45B Westbourne Terrace, London W2 3UR
    Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: 4 nights hotel accommodation in Manchester during the Conservative Party Conference; value £1,100
    Date of receipt of donation: 1 October 2011
    Date of acceptance of donation: 1 October 2011
    Donor status: members’ association
    (Registered 31 October 2011)
    6. Overseas visits
    Name of donor: Kurdistan Regional Parliament of Iraq
    Address of donor: Kurdistan Parliament, Erbil Kurdistan, Iraq
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): Flight: £2,200; two nights: £300
    Destination of visit: Erbil and Sleimani, Kurdistan, Iraq
    Date of visit: 31 May-2 June; 31 May-3 June; 31 May-6 June
    Purpose of visit: to meet senior politicians, MPs and business people
    (Registered 21 June 2011)
    Name of donor:
    3.All Party Parliamentary China Group, sponsored by GKN plc, City of London, London Export Corporation (LEC), John Swire & Sons, GlaxoSmithKline, Astra Zeneca, Arup, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, HSBC.
    4.Virgin Atlantic
    Address of donor:
    3.c/o Great Britain China Centre, 15 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PS
    4.Customer Relations, PO Box 747, Dunstable LU6 9AH
    Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
    3.£2,654.48, return flights to China, internal travel in China, accommodation and meals. I also received some meals and hospitality provided locally.
    4.£1,500, upgrade
    Destination of visit: China
    Date of visit: 16-23 December 2011
    Purpose of visit: to maintain and strengthen relations between Parliament and the National People’s Congress of China; to learn about and support British businesses operating in China; and to deepen the knowledge and understanding of parliamentarians of China.
    (Registered 12 January 2012)
    9. Shareholdings
    100% shareholding in Eucalyptus Leaves Ltd , company engaged in business management and consultancy. Address: 2nd floor, Saxon House, Heritage Gate, Friary St, Derby, DE1 1NL. (Registered 25 July 2011)
    11. Miscellaneous
    Director of Eucalyptus Leaves Ltd. (Registered 25 July 2011)

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