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Simon Wright
Liberal Democrat MP for Norwich South

    • Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election

    Voting record (from PublicWhip)

    How Simon Wright voted on key issues:

    • Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
    • Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
    • Voted for a smoking ban. votes
    • Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. 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 strongly for more EU integration. votes
    • Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
    • Voted for replacing Trident. votes
    • Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes

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    Topics of interest

    Asks most questions about

    • Departments: Health, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Transport, Home Department, Justice

    • Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Mental Health Services: Complaints, Organs: Donors, Meat: Ritual Slaughter, Community Legal Advice: Telephone Services, Transplant Surgery

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    Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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    Energy and Climate Change: Biomass Gasification Plants (17 May 2012)

    “What steps he is taking to support combined heat and power biomass gasification plants.”

    Energy and Climate Change: Biomass Gasification Plants (17 May 2012)

    “The university of East Anglia campus in my constituency is able to receive considerable heat and power from its unique biomass gasification plant, which is the first of its kind in the UK. When sustainable syngas cannot be produced due to the maintenance cleaning cycle, the boiler switches to natural gas. However, dual fuel plants are ineligible to receive renewable heat incentive payments....”

    Group Lotus (24 Apr 2012)

    “I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate on a subject that is so important for Norfolk’s economy. Whenever I have visited Lotus, I have been impressed to learn about its advances in low-carbon vehicle technologies. The UK car industry is a world leader in this area. Does he agree that if Lotus were to leave Norfolk and the UK, it would risk losing access to skills and...”

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    Register of Members’ Interests

    11. Miscellaneous
    I took part in a competition for MPs, organised by BUPA, and as I was one of the winning MPs they made a donation to a charity in my constituency. (Registered 30 August 2010)

    Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register

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