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Lord McFall of Alcluith
Labour Peer

  • Also represented West Dunbartonshire; Dumbarton
  • Entered the House of Lords on 6 July 2010
  • Previously MP for West Dunbartonshire until 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election
  • Entered Parliament on 11 June 1987 — General election

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Lord McFall of Alcluith voted on key issues since 2001:

  • Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
  • Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
  • Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
  • Has never voted on automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Has never voted on encouraging occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
  • Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
  • Voted moderately against a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
  • Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
  • Voted very strongly for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
  • Voted very strongly for replacing Trident. votes
  • Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted very strongly for a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted very strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
  • Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Voted moderately against a transparent Parliament. votes
  • Voted against increasing the rate of VAT. votes

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Queen's Speech — Debate (3rd Day) (13 May 2013)

“My Lords, today UK businesses have about £700 billion in cash on their balance sheets-money that is looking for places to invest but companies are lacking the confidence to do so. In addressing the growth strategy-which currently seems to be absent-the biggest task facing the Government is to instil confidence in people and companies. We have to recognise that there is a demand problem...”

EU: Budget Report — Motion to Approve (25 Apr 2013)

“My Lords, in his manifesto defining the Mais lecture of February 2010, the Chancellor, just before he assumed office, announced a new macroeconomic and financial policy. He asserted that economic theory and, indeed, evidence suggested that tight fiscal policy would lead to recovery. He embraced the notion of austerity politics, and the imprimatur of both the Chancellor and the Prime Minister...”

Retail Prices Index — Question (24 Apr 2013)

“My Lords, in order to overcome the notion of dodgy statistics, the Minister will be aware that Parliament set up an independent body in the UK Statistics Authority which was first chaired by Sir Michael Scholar. As a result of that, he and others have resisted the massaging of statistics by politicians. Is not the UK Statistics Authority a bulwark to prevent the massaging of statistics by...”

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  • Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
  • Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
  • Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
  • Has voted in 76.01% of votes in this House with this affiliation — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 1 annotation on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
  • 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") 55 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Speech to Bell Pottinger Public Affairs Limited, 5th Floor, Holborn Gate, 26 Southampton Buildings, London WC2A 1QB. Fee of £400 donated to charity. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)
Speech to European Banking Regulation Roundtable arranged by City & Financial, 8 Westminster Court, Hipley Street, Old Woking, Surrey. Fee of £200 donated to charity. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 11 November 2009)
Parliamentary panel surveys:
ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA.
Fee of £50 donated to charity. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 11 November 2009)
Fee of £75 donated to charity. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 11 November 2009)
Fee of £75 donated to charity. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 14 December 2009)
Fee of £75 donated to charity. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 9 February 2010)
Fee of £75 donated to charity. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 9 March 2010)
BPRI Group, 24-28 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2PX.
Fee of £75 donated to charity. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 11 November 2009)
Fee of £75 donated to charity. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 16 November 2009)
Fee of £75 donated to charity. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 9 February 2010)
The Open Road, Golden Cross House, 8 Duncannon Street, London WC2N 4JF.
Survey for Prudential. Fee of £60 donated to charity. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 11 November 2009)
Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY.
Fee of £150 donated to charity. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 11 November 2009)
Heidrick & Struggles, 3 Burlington Gardens, London W1S 3EP.
Completion of Parliamentary Telephone Survey. Fee of £50 donated to charity. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 25 November 2009)
Speech at Understanding Modern Government Conference, arranged by GovNet Communications, St James Building, Oxford Street, Manchester M1 6PP. Fee of £150 donated to charity. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 25 November 2009)
Speech at Corporate & Financial Group Conference, 2 Greenways, Pembroke Road, Woking GU22 7DY. Fee of £50 donated to charity. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 25 November 2009)
Speech at Westminster Briefing Sector Knowledge Conference. Arranged by Westminster Briefing, 4 Grosvenor Place, London SW1X 7DL. Fee of £150 donated to charity. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 14 December 2009)
Completion of telephone survey for European Headquarters of Toyota. Address: Toyota Motor Europe, Avenue du Bourget 60, 1140 Brussels, Belgium. Fee of £75 donated to charity. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 14 December 2009)
4. Sponsorship or financial or material support
An intern sponsored by the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales from October 2008-July 2009.
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: 1) All-Party Parliamentary China Group
2) Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress
Address of donor: 1) House of Commons
2) 32 Zhong Shan Beilu, Nanjing 210008, People's Republic of China
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value):
1) £713 (return flights to Shanghai) (from donations previously registered)
2) £700 (includes hotels for 6 nights, meals and coach travel for 6 days.)
Destination of visit: Jiangsu Province and Shanghai
Date of visit: 19-26 September 2009
Purpose of visit: as a representative of the All-Party Parliamentary Group, to consolidate links between the UK and Jiangsu Province.
(Registered 7 October 2009)
Name of donor: Aberdeen Asset Management
Address of donor: One Bow Churchyard, London EC4M 9HH.
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): £5,313.50 for flights and accommodation.
Destination of visit: Singapore and Kuala Lumpur
Date of visit: 5-13 March 2010
Purpose of visit: part of Industry and Parliament Trust Postgraduate Fellowship looking at banking and financial services.
(Registered 7 April 2010)

Register last updated: 12 Apr 2010. 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.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/05 (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£18,838 (333rd) £22,832 (234th) £22,043 (245th) £21,532 £20,902 (joint 1st with 187 others) £20,291 (joint 204th with 1 other) £19,508 (joint 320th with 1 other) £16,415 (125th)
London costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Office running costs£10,301 (576th) £16,926 (401st) £18,469 (457th) £21,043 £18,461 (317th) £18,799 (joint 13th with 178 others) £18,084 (343rd) £16,326 (291st)
Staffing costs£108,627 (25th) £92,230 (119th) £89,583 (77th) £81,820 £74,214 (joint 160th with 13 others) £71,197 (157th) £63,488 (370th) £45,324 (354th)
Communications Allowance£10,477 (157th) £9,893 (171st) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel£14,245 (88th)1 £13,793 (108th)2 £17,939 (29th)3 £14,478 £22,648 (33rd) £19,510 (58th) £24,598 (21st) £23,960 (5th)
Members' Staff Travel£110 (332nd) £147 (353rd) £164 (joint 342nd with 1 other) £562 £1,085 (169th) £2,611 (31st) £1,830 (59th) £1,289 (96th)
Members' Spouse Travel£3,508 (13th) £2,372 (49th) 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£2,385 (joint 460th with 1 other) £628 (410th) £926 (306th) £1,104 £1,037 (joint 273rd with 1 other) £925 (294th) £966 (351st) £1,353 (joint 207th with 1 other)
Stationery: Associated Postage Costs£1,080 (554th) £1,903 (429th) £2,972 £3,617 (209th) £2,390 (342nd) N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment  £1,220 (joint 294th with 1 other) £825 (joint 596th with 1 other) £825 £1,874 (joint 365th with 1 other) £1,874 (joint 358th with 1 other) £1,874 (joint 350th with 2 others) £1,572 (joint 430th with 3 others)
Other Costs£0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total£168,491 (88th) £161,121 (85th) £151,852 (69th) £144,336 £143,838 (50th) £137,597 (44th) £130,348 (31st) £106,239 (34th)

1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,092 (177th). Rail £2,156 (339th). Air £7,225 (54th). Misc £772 (51st).

2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,049 (207th). Rail £1,408 (391st). Air £8,135 (57th). Misc £201 (122nd).

3 Car £6,037 (73rd). Rail £1,602 (371st). Air £10,300 (39th).

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Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Liaison Committee (1 Nov 2005 to 11 May 2010)
  • Chairman, Treasury Committee (1 Nov 2005 to 11 May 2010)
  • Member, Treasury Committee (14 Jul 2005 to 1 Nov 2005)
  • Member, Liaison Committee (to 11 Apr 2005)
  • Chairman, Treasury Committee (to 11 Apr 2005)
  • Member, Treasury Sub-committee Committee (to 11 Apr 2005)
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Northern Ireland Office (28 Jul 1998 to 2 Dec 1999)
  • Government Whip (technically a Lords Commissioner, HM Treasury) (6 May 1997 to 28 Jul 1998)

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