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Simon Burns
Conservative MP for Chelmsford
- Also represented West Chelmsford
- Minister of State (Health), Health (since 13 May 2010) (note about dates)
- Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Simon Burns voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
- Voted strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Home Department, Treasury, Work and Pensions, Transport
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Correspondence, Parliamentary Questions, Members: Correspondence, Special Advisers, Ministerial Travel
(based on written questions asked by Simon Burns and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (40 out of 40)
- Crime and Security Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
- Policing and Crime Bill Committee (16 out of 16)
- Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Parliament (Joint Departments) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Planning-gain Supplement (Preparations) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Community Care (Delayed Discharges etc.) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (19 out of 23)
- NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
- Health and Social Care Bill Committee (13 out of 14)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Health: Complaints (24 May 2012)
“The following table shows how many complaints about the work of the Department and each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies were received in 2010-11 and 2011-12. These figures are for financial years (April-March): Department, agency or arm's length body How many complaints were received in 2010-11? How many complaints were received in 2011-12? Department of Health 31...”
- Written Answers — Health: Hepatitis (24 May 2012)
“Primary care trusts are legally obliged to fund drugs and treatments recommended in National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence technology appraisal guidance, within three months of guidance being published, unless the requirement is waived in a specific case.”
- Written Answers — Health: Herbal Medicine (24 May 2012)
“The classification of products as medicines is made on a case-by-case basis by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) under the Medicines for Human Use (Marketing Authorisations etc) Regulations 1994 as amended. The definition of the term “medicinal product” was not changed by the introduction of the traditional herbal medicinal products directive (THMPD)....”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 39 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- 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 85.25% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 10 annotations on this MP’s speeches — above 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") 811 times in debates — well above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. 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 | £15,949 (412th) | £18,908 (420th) | £16,061 (490th) | £16,610 | £17,755 (403rd) | £17,935 (374th) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £12,278 (509th) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £14,107 (468th) | £18,088 (joint 342nd with 1 other) | £17,912 (475th) | £19,742 | £19,191 (joint 193rd with 1 other) | £18,792 (joint 232nd with 5 others) | £18,234 (joint 1st with 183 others) | £13,857 (385th) |
| Staffing costs | £89,547 (456th) | £80,478 (525th) | £82,748 (joint 383rd with 1 other) | £80,846 | £72,871 (227th) | £71,773 (joint 85th with 44 others) | £69,212 (joint 77th with 28 others) | £43,557 (428th) |
| Communications Allowance | £7,659 (376th) | £8,096 (325th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £4,514 (472nd)1 | £4,773 (478th)2 | £5,518 (436th)3 | £4,852 | £8,411 (405th) | £7,610 (415th) | £7,227 (446th) | £6,106 (419th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £46 (joint 384th with 1 other) | £48 (joint 412th with 1 other) | £52 (409th) | £20 | £55 (443rd) | £53 (joint 453rd with 1 other) | £75 (432nd) | £76 (joint 416th with 2 others) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £148 (71st) | £110 (81st) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,439 (327th) | £661 (joint 387th with 1 other) | £664 (433rd) | £551 | £819 (353rd) | £511 (joint 504th with 1 other) | £1,296 (218th) | £1,545 (joint 158th with 2 others) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £3,110 (222nd) | £2,267 (371st) | £2,146 | £2,085 (394th) | £1,687 (467th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,265 (joint 232nd with 3 others) | £1,058 (joint 320th with 22 others) | £0 | £1,875 (joint 357th with 7 others) | £1,875 (joint 350th with 7 others) | £1,875 (joint 342nd with 7 others) | £1,875 (joint 322nd with 7 others) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £1,303 (76th) | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £135,409 (501st) | £135,537 (469th) | £126,280 (505th) | £124,767 | £124,365 (299th) | £120,236 (306th) | £117,641 (219th) | £79,294 (494th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,032 (184th). Rail £362 (525th). Misc £62 (186th). Other: Mileage £58 (68th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,036 (211th). Rail £265 (525th). Misc £270 (102nd). Other: Mileage £202 (30th).