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Therese Coffey
Conservative MP for Suffolk Coastal
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Therese Coffey voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted very strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Transport, Treasury, Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Justice, Communities and Local Government
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Shipping: Oil, Hillsborough Independent Panel, Housing Benefit: Rural Areas, Office for Nuclear Regulation, Coastal Erosion
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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Wreck Removal Convention Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
Most recent appearances
- Peittions: VAT on Static Caravans (23 May 2012)
“I present a petition on behalf of Suffolk Coastal residents. People have also sent me letters on this matter. The petition states that levying VAT on static holiday caravans would cost thousands of jobs in the UK holiday industry, including on caravan parks, and for caravan manufacturing and its suppliers, and notes that the Petitioners believe that such a levy will reduce investment in these...”
- Privilege (22 May 2012)
“I hear what the hon. Gentleman says, but does he accept that Select Committees do have the power of summons, which was in fact used during part of the current inquiry?”
- Privilege (22 May 2012)
“It is a privilege to speak in today’s debate, and I wholly endorse the motion before the House today. It is fair to say that the Culture, Media and Sport Committee was absolutely united in saying that Les Hinton, Tom Crone and Colin Myler had misled Parliament. That was evidenced by just one aspect of an external lawyer’s perspective. Julian Pike from Farrer & Co. affirmed...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 86 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 29 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 86.10% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well 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 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") 116 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register