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Roger Williams
Liberal Democrat MP for Brecon and Radnorshire
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Topics of interest
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- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Roger Williams voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Health, Home Department, Defence, Treasury
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Christmas, Departmental Food, Freedom of Information, Departmental Staff, Avian Influenza
(based on written questions asked by Roger Williams and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (14 out of 14)
- Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Flood and Water Management Bill Committee (8 out of 10)
- Marine and Coastal Access Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Commons Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
- Childcare Bill Committee (7 out of 9)
- Children Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Public Audit (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Health (Wales) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Copyright (Visually Impaired Persons) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Animal Health Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: State Pension (20 May 2013)
“What assessment he has made of the effects of planned changes to the state pension on women born between April 1952 and April 1953.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: State Pension (20 May 2013)
“I thank the Minister for that reply, and for the work that he has done on this matter. Given the fact that the new system and the current one will run concurrently after the implementation of the single-tier pension, can he reassure women in the affected age group that none will lose out in the transition, compared with women who are eligible for the proposed single-tier pension? Would he...”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Horse Passports (16 May 2013)
“Everybody agrees that there must be reform and improvement of the horse passporting system, but under the current system there is a derogation for native breeds such as Welsh mountain ponies and Exmoor ponies. Without that derogation, it would become almost financially impossible for people to continue to keep those breeds. Will the Secretary of State consider keeping the derogation so that...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 67 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 14 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 76.93% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 11 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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") 342 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
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 | £19,359 (316th) | £20,486 (372nd) | £21,574 (305th) | £19,885 | £20,680 (263rd) | £20,333 (joint 3rd with 149 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £15,365 (313th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £10,594 (575th) | £13,894 (495th) | £20,691 (258th) | £19,752 | £19,216 (187th) | £18,797 (joint 205th with 7 others) | £15,229 (541st) | £28,951 (34th) |
| Staffing costs | £88,858 (466th) | £82,167 (490th) | £76,114 (542nd) | £81,107 | £73,663 (205th) | £70,865 (168th) | £69,111 (joint 117th with 1 other) | £47,971 (245th) |
| Communications Allowance | £9,467 (279th) | £9,620 (joint 217th with 1 other) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £8,038 (291st)1 | £10,412 (206th)2 | £10,566 (194th)3 | £8,944 | £15,026 (joint 137th with 1 other) | £14,453 (162nd) | £14,616 (153rd) | £12,882 (115th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £78 (353rd) | £151 (joint 348th with 1 other) | £177 (334th) | £92 | £0 | £233 (353rd) | £459 (269th) | £741 (joint 177th with 1 other) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £644 (177th) | 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 | £3,845 (284th) | £664 (joint 382nd with 3 others) | £612 (464th) | £174 | £300 (600th) | £368 (573rd) | £552 (546th) | £506 (554th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,464 (300th) | £1,943 (423rd) | £1,055 | £869 (587th) | £1,391 (507th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,123 (joint 464th with 2 others) | £904 (joint 560th with 3 others) | £723 | £1,945 (joint 204th with 5 others) | £1,945 (joint 199th with 6 others) | £1,945 (joint 196th with 6 others) | £1,945 (joint 186th with 5 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £2,032 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £140,239 (451st) | £141,625 (395th) | £132,581 (422nd) | £133,764 | £131,699 (157th) | £128,385 (147th) | £121,634 (130th) | £108,361 (25th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,921 (99th). Rail £2,775 (296th). Misc £342 (103rd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £6,659 (33rd). Rail £3,304 (270th). Misc £316 (94th). Other: Mileage £81 (55th). Rail £52 (151st).
3 Car £7,241 (24th). 3rd party £17 (57th). Rail £3,238 (250th). Air £67 (241st). Other £3 (75th).