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Valerie Vaz
Labour MP for Walsall South
- Entered Parliament on 6 May 2010 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Valerie Vaz voted on key issues:
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against 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
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Never rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Health, Education, International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Business, Innovation and Skills
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): NHS: Reorganisation, Dental Services, Burma: Overseas Aid, General Practitioners, Burma
(based on written questions asked by Valerie Vaz and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Live Music Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Public Bodies Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — Treasury: Revenue and Customs (23 May 2012)
“To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will extend the use of 0345 numbers for telephone calls made by the public to HM Revenue and Customs to all calls handled by its contact centre network.”
- Written Answers — Home Department: Entry Clearances: South Asia (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visitors' visa applications from residents of South Asian countries working as farmers were (a) accepted and (b) refused in each of the last five years; and what the total value was of application fees received in respect of applications that were (i) accepted and (ii) refused in each year.”
- Written Answers — Health: Epilepsy (21 May 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to ensure that the generic substitution of prescribed medication is not placing people with epilepsy at unnecessary risk.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 56 debates in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 122 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst MPs.
- Has voted in 76.35% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this MP’s speeches — well below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 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") 32 times in debates — well below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. More about the Register