A selection of Alun Michael’s votes
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Almost always voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes
1 vote for, 17 votes against, 3 absences, between 2008–2012.
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Generally voted against a wholly elected House of Lords Show votes
4 votes for, 9 votes against, between 2003–2012.
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Almost always voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes
0 votes for, 4 votes against, 1 absence, between 2011–2012.
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Almost always voted for paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes
6 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, between 2011–2012.
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Consistently voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes
2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2007.
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Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes
0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010.
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Recent appearances
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I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester Central (Tony Lloyd) on securing this debate. I declare a similar interest; I have been nominated to stand for election as police and crime commissioner in south Wales. I am proud to say that the needs of victims will be at the heart of my approach if I am elected. I want to be precise that a genuine focus on the needs and interests of...
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My hon. Friend is right. The needs and interests of victims should be present at every stage throughout the court system. I also think that greater use of restorative justice is needed. I was interested to hear a sergeant in the South Wales police say recently that giving victims the chance to tell the offender in no uncertain terms how damaging the experience of the offence had been was, in...
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May I declare an interest, in that I am standing to be police and crime commissioner in south Wales? Like the excellent Labour candidates across England and Wales outside London, I want to rescue police governance from the shambles that the Government are creating. Given that the Government pay for the free distribution of literature to electors in parliamentary elections, Welsh Assembly...
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Profile
Former Labour MP for Cardiff South and Penarth, Former Labour MS for Mid and West Wales
Entered the House of Commons on 11 June 1987 — General election
Left the House of Commons on 22 October 2012 — Resigned
Entered the Senedd on 6 May 1999
Left the Senedd on 1 May 2000
Party was Labour until 1 May 2000; Labour/Co-operative until 11 Apr 2005
Also represented Mid and West Wales
Social Media
Expenses
Topics of interest
- Justice
- Work and Pensions
- Health
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Wales
- Central Office of Information
- Colombia: Political Prisoners
- Devolution
- StartHere
- Hemofil T: Clinical Trials
Other offices held in the past
- Member, Justice Committee ( 7 Nov 2007 to 11 May 2010)
- Member, Welsh Affairs Committee ( 7 Nov 2007 to 11 May 2010)
- Minister of State (State (Industry and the Regions)), Department of Trade and Industry (17 Jun 2005 to 8 May 2006)
- Minister of State (Industry and the Regions), Department of Trade and Industry (18 May 2005 to 17 Jun 2005)
- Minister of State, Department for Productivity, Energy and Industry (11 May 2005 to 18 May 2005)
- Minister of State (Rural Affairs), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (11 Jun 2001 to 11 May 2005)
- Secretary of State, Welsh Office (27 Oct 1998 to 28 Jul 1999)
- Minister of State, Home Office ( 5 May 1997 to 27 Oct 1998)
Previous MPs in this constituency
Future MPs in this constituency
Public bill committees (Sittings attended)
Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 1 Oct 2012.
6. Overseas visits
Address of donor: Minerva House, Edmund Halley Road, Oxford Science Park, Oxford, OX4
4DQ.
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, hotel and incidental costs;
total value £3,300
Dates of visit: 25-30 September 2011
Purpose of visit: to attend the annual United Nations
Internet Governance Forum (
IGF) as part of a parliamentary delegation. This relates to my work as an
MP and specifically as Chair of the Parliamentary Internet & Communications Technology Forum (
PICTFOR) and Chair of the
UK IGF and other
IT-related Parliamentary activities
(Registered 12 October 2011)
Name of donor: ResultsUK
Address of donor: 13 Maddox Street, London W1S 2QG
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, in-country transport and accommodation; cost £2,600
Date of visit: 11-17 February 2012
Purpose of visit: participation in delegation to South Africa to study the impact of TB and TB/HIV co-infection. (Registered 5 September 2012)
Address of donor : Suite 201, 1775 Wiehle Ave, Reston
VA 20190
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, in-country transport and accommodation; cost £1,117
Destination of visit : Geneva
Date of visit : 21–23 April 2012
Purpose of visit : to speak and moderate a seminar at the Internet Society’s international conference. (Registered 5 September 2012)
11. Miscellaneous
I receive support for my work in chairing the Internet Governance Forum and on Internet Crime and Disorder Reduction from Nominet (the not-for-profit company that runs the UK’s Domain Name Registry) and from EURIM (European Information Society Group) whose e-Crime Group I chair. (I receive no personal payments.) (Updated 14 June 2012)
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