David Laws

MP, Yeovil

 

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How David Laws voted since 2001
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• Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs Source
• Voted strongly for increasing the rate of VAT Source
• Voted moderately for more EU integration Source
• Voted very strongly for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Source
• Voted a mixture of for and against university tuition fees Source
• Voted strongly against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Source
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David Laws hardly ever rebelled against their party in this parliament

Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Schools: Uniforms 27 Feb 2015

  The Department for Education’s school uniform guidance is clear that any items of uniform should be widely available and affordable for parents. The guidance sets out that exclusive single supplier contracts should be avoided except where regular tendering competitions are run. It also makes clear that governing bodies should be able to demonstrate that they have obtained the best value...

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Schools: Uniforms 27 Feb 2015

  In 2013 the Department for Education issued guidance for all schools on the need to consider the cost and availability of the uniform. The guidance emphasises the importance of ensuring that uniform is widely available and affordable for parents. It sets out that governing bodies should be able to demonstrate that they have obtained the best value for money from suppliers and that any...

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Teachers: Training 27 Feb 2015

  For Troops to Teachers, the Department for Education allocated 52,046 for marketing and communications to the Ministry of Defence’s resettlement contractor between June 2013 and 31 December 2014. Between June 2013 and December 2014 the Department for Education spent 5,585,000 on other initial teacher training marketing.

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Profile

Liberal Democrat MP for Yeovil

Entered House of Commons on 7 June 2001 — General election

• Maiden speech
• Personal website
• Guardian profile
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP
• Newspaper articles written by this MP
• Election results for Yeovil

Expenses

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• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Children
• Schools and Families
• Treasury
• Work and Pensions
• Health
• Education and Skills
• Tax Credits
• Pensions
• Child Support Agency
• Parliamentary Questions
• Euro

Currently held offices

• The Minister of State, Cabinet Office
• The Minister for Schools

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Draft Financial Services Bill (Joint Committee) (18 Jul 2011 to 13 Dec 2011)
• The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (12 May 2010 to 29 May 2010)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (8 Jan 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Shadow Secretary of State (Children, Schools and Families) (4 Jul 2007 to 6 May 2010)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Children, Schools and Families (4 Jul 2007 to 8 Jan 2009)
• Shadow Secretary of State (Children, Schools and Families) (1 Jun 2007 to 20 Jun 2007)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1 Jun 2005 to 1 Jun 2007)
• Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Work & Pensions (1 Jun 2005 to 4 Jul 2007)
• Member, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) (to 11 Apr 2005)
• Shadow Chief Secretary, Treasury (26 Jan 2004 to 1 Jun 2005)
• Member, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) (2 Dec 2002 to 5 May 2005)
• Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury (1 Jun 2002 to 1 Jun 2005)
• Member, Treasury Committee (16 Jul 2001 to 7 Jan 2003)
• Member, Treasury Sub-committee (7 Jun 2001 to 7 Jan 2003)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Defence) (1 Jun 2001 to 1 Jun 2002)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Paddy Ashdown
• John Peyton
• William Kingsmill
• George Davies
• Aubrey Herbert

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Children, Schools and Families Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
• Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill Committee (14 out of 18)
• Education and Skills Bill Committee (18 out of 20)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (0 out of 3)
• Pensions Bill Committee (12 out of 12)
• Rights of Savers Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (2 out of 12)
• Child Trust Funds Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Finance Bill Committee (14 out of 21)
• Finance Bill Committee (13 out of 16)
• Education Bill Committee (10 out of 20)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 66.67% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 5 annotations on this MP’s speeches — average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 142 people are tracking this MP — email me updates on David Laws’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 547 times in debates — above average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 9 Feb 2015.

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