Assisted Dying
There have been votes in Parliament on if it should be legal to assist terminally ill people who have decided they want to end their life.
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Alba Palacios
Mr Cynog Dafis has never voted on allowing terminally ill people to be given assistance to end their life
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On 10 Dec 1997:
Mr Cynog Dafis was absent for a vote on Doctor Assisted Dying Bill — Leave to Bring In
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Removing Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
There have been votes in Parliament on the removal of the hereditary peers from the House of Lords.
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Mr Cynog Dafis generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords
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On 16 Mar 1999:
Mr Cynog Dafis was absent for a vote on House of Lords Bill — Third Reading
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On 2 Feb 1999:
Mr Cynog Dafis voted yes on House of Lords Bill — Second Reading
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On 10 Nov 1999:
Mr Cynog Dafis was absent for a vote on House of Lords Bill — Exceptions from the rule that hereditary peers should be abolished
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On 16 Feb 1999:
Mr Cynog Dafis was absent for a vote on House of Lords Bill — Hereditary peers to be elected by House of Lords members — rejected
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On 15 Feb 1999:
Mr Cynog Dafis was absent for a vote on House of Lords Bill — Exclusion of hereditary peers from voting — rejected
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On 2 Feb 1999:
Mr Cynog Dafis voted no on House of Lords Bill — Decline to give a Second Reading — rejected
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University Tuition Fees
There have been votes in Parliament on tuition fees applicable to UK undergraduate students at universities in England. Subjects of specific votes have been on the subjects of introducing fees, increasing to fees, and capping fees.
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Adam Tinworth
We don’t have enough information to calculate Mr Cynog Dafis’s position on this issue
However, Mr Cynog Dafis has taken part in the following votes on the topic:
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On 1 Jul 1998:
Mr Cynog Dafis was absent for a vote on Teaching and Higher Education Bill [Lords] — New arrangements for giving financial support to students
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On 1 Jul 1998:
Mr Cynog Dafis was absent for a vote on Teaching and Higher Education Bill [Lords]
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On 4 Nov 1997:
Mr Cynog Dafis voted disapproved of the existing (£1000/year) arrangements for tuition fees.
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Autonomy for Schools
There have been votes in Parliament on giving greater autonomy for schools, including on if more schools should be able to obtain the financial and managerial freedom from local authority control associated with "academy" status, and the degree of freedom schools ought have in relation to admissions policies.
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Anna Armstrong
Mr Cynog Dafis has never voted in a major vote about greater autonomy for schools
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On 24 Mar 1998:
Mr Cynog Dafis was absent for a vote on School Standards and Framework Bill — Third Reading
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On 24 Mar 1998:
Mr Cynog Dafis voted yes on School Standards and Framework Bill — End Partial Selection of Pupils — rejected
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On 24 Mar 1998:
Mr Cynog Dafis voted yes on School Standards and Framework Bill — Abolition of corporal punishment in schools
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On 11 Mar 1998:
Mr Cynog Dafis voted no on School Standards and Framework Bill — Exemption from strict class size limits — rejected
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On 11 Mar 1998:
Mr Cynog Dafis voted no on School Standards and Framework Bill — Grant Maintained Schools (Parental Ballot) — rejected
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Smoking Bans
Over the years there have been votes in Parliament on banning smoking in restaurants, public buildings, pubs, and in cars with children present.
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We don’t have enough information to calculate Mr Cynog Dafis’s position on this issue
However, Mr Cynog Dafis has taken part in the following votes on the topic:
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On 4 May 1999:
Mr Cynog Dafis was absent for a vote on Greater London Authority Bill — Enforcing no smoking signs in London taxis
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Gay Rights
A vote for gay rights would be a vote for homosexual people to have the same rights as heterosexuals (including for example the ability to marry, an equal age of consent, and the right to adopt) and for discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation to be illegal.
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Mr Cynog Dafis has never voted in a major vote about equal gay rights
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On 22 Jun 1998:
Mr Cynog Dafis was absent for a vote on Crime and Disorder Bill — Reduction of Age of Consent for Homosexual Acts to 16
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On 1 Mar 1999:
Mr Cynog Dafis voted to reduce the age of consent for homosexual acts from eighteen to sixteen bringing equality to the the law affecting heterosexual and homosexual acts.
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On 10 Feb 1999:
Mr Cynog Dafis voted to reduce the age of consent for homosexual acts from eighteen to sixteen bringing equality to the the law affecting heterosexual and homosexual acts.
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On 25 Jan 1999:
Mr Cynog Dafis was absent for a vote on Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill — Second Reading
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