John Bercow | ProjectParly

Parliamentary History

Speaker

Buckingham

1 May 1997 – 4 Nov 2019 (22 yrs 6 mo)

Ideology spectrum

80.0

ProgressiveCentreConservative

Conservative — based on 10 coded votes across 1 axes (1% coverage).

Policy axis scores

0 = progressive, 50 = centre, 100 = conservative. Based on coded division votes.

Climate / energy 80

Medium confidence 10 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

February 2008 11 votes

Division	Date	Vote
That would be an excellent way forward, as I am sure the Minister will agree. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Swansea, East (Mrs. James) on securing this debate and raising this important and distressing issue; I also thank my other hon. Friends, who share her concerns, for being here tonight. We need to acknowledge what has already been achieved. For example, YouTube has worked with ...	20 Feb 2008	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Main Question put forthwith:—	20 Feb 2008	NO
I give way to the chairman of the all-party Russia group. I was not asking the Minister to give way, but he has kindly offered. The position as regards Russia does not underscore his point; it undermines it. There is a complete difference of opinion across the European Union with regard to Russia, particularly on energy security and, as far as topical debates are concerned, in relation to Serbia a...	20 Feb 2008	AYE
I beg to move amendment No. 1, in page 2, line 2, leave out "Treasury consider" and insert "Bank of England considers". This amendment is simple and does not require a lengthy explanation, but it is important and I alluded to it on Second Reading. The amendment proposes that the Bank of England rather than the Treasury should advise on whether there is a serious threat to the stability of the UK f...	19 Feb 2008	AYE
Will my right hon. and learned Friend give way? Did my right hon. Friend hear Professor Alan Riley, one of Britain's foremost experts on state aid, express the opinion that the European Union would certainly require the downsizing of the business as a precondition for clearing the state aid approval in this case? Does he think that Ministers are being just a little disingenuous, as we expect that ...	19 Feb 2008	AYE
Division 81	19 Feb 2008	NO
Time is limited, or at least it will be if this motion is passed, and I do not want to turn the debate on the motion into a substantive discussion of the issues before the House. However, I must place on record our view that nationalisation is not the way forward and that the Bill is, therefore, not the best use of the legislative time available to us today. The melodramatic timetable has already ...	19 Feb 2008	NO
I am slightly bemused by the hon. Gentleman's comments about having a boy to do my work for me, but I will not press that point. I think that he is being a little unfair. He was not here for the whole Report stage and has just come in for Third Reading, and he is not doing his own Government a service if he dismisses some of the legitimate concerns that have been raised. I am merely reflecting the...	18 Feb 2008	NO
"regulatory system should focus on the needs of the patients and the public". The Commission for Social Care Inspection put it even more strongly: "It would be useful if there were an explicit expectation that the new care Commission had a relationship with Local Involvement Networks". That is precisely what our amendments seek to achieve. It is clear that there is a genuine and grand opportunity ...	18 Feb 2008	AYE
To be honest, he continues: "While this is not a generous settlement, there appears to have been a genuine attempt at striking a balance between competing priorities." That is exactly what we seek to do nationally, and it is exactly what forces will seek to do locally. I do not think that the Northamptonshire police are on the list to come and see me yet, but if they want to do so in the next coup...	4 Feb 2008	NO
The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means took the Chair as Deputy Speaker, pursuant to the Standing Order. I beg to move, That the House do sit in private. Question put forthwith, pursuant to Standing Order No. 163 (motions to sit in private) :—	1 Feb 2008	NO

January 2008 19 votes

Division	Date	Vote
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I have written to members of the Committee to provide the further details that were requested earlier. I leave the House with this final thought. This is what Robert Chote of the Institute for Fiscal Studies said about the Budget package that has been the subject of today's debate: "To reform the system in a useful way within tight financial constraints and with only...	31 Jan 2008	NO
Accepting the amendment would cost about £700 million, which is no mean matter. That would restrict the Government's ability to take further action on, for instance, child poverty and lifting pensioners out of tax, as proposed in the personal tax package announced in the 2007 Budget. The hon. Member for Gosport (Peter Viggers) described this as a mean little Bill—I paraphrase his comments—and spok...	31 Jan 2008	AYE
Opposition Members have sought to criticise the principle of solidarity. That principle was first established in article 2 of the Maastricht treaty. indicated assent. Of course we believe in a generalised sense of solidarity. The Minister gave a good description of that; as his illustrations made clear, it is to do with sympathy and common humanity. What we are discussing now, however, is a legal ...	30 Jan 2008	AYE
Division 63	30 Jan 2008	NO
That is new and clear. The hon. Gentleman says, "So what?", but he should understand the words that he says he has read—they make it crystal clear that there is no threat to our national integrity. Will the Minister give way? With respect, I cannot; time is of the essence. Question put, That the amendment be made:—	30 Jan 2008	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed : No. 8, in clause 2, page 1, line 12, after 'excluding', insert—	29 Jan 2008	AYE
Order. That is an abuse of our procedures. The hon. Gentleman is taking up time on a bogus point of order when the Minister is trying to reply to the debate. I have to leave it to the Minister. Turning to— On a point of order, Sir Alan. It is very difficult for Conservative Members to hear the Minister. He is rushing his answer because he does not have time to give it. Could you please ask whether...	29 Jan 2008	AYE
Division 59	29 Jan 2008	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Main Question put:—	28 Jan 2008	NO
Hon. Members asked about the provision in paragraph (4) of the business of the House motion, which prevents an emergency debate from taking place on the day allotted to the treaty until after the conclusion of proceedings on the treaty. They complained that that was a novel way of proceeding that takes the initiative in the matter of emergency debates away from the Speaker, but that is not true. T...	28 Jan 2008	AYE
Under the treaty, there are improvements and changes in the way we organise qualified majority voting. Again, they are to be welcomed in our national interest. The liberalisation of our energy markets across Europe is an important change and improvement. Millions of UK citizens have their energy supplied by French companies. By opening up the energy market through the introduction of qualified maj...	21 Jan 2008	NO
There is a good deal that I cannot directly answer because of the time available. Essentially, we are modelling a proper system of victim referral and identification, as we must to implement the convention. The difficulty of identification is at its height in respect of children. Let me reassure everyone that we are working as hard and as well as we can on that. I reiterate the Government's commit...	16 Jan 2008	AYE
As soon as we have the information, we will check as far as we can the date on which they were validated. I have to say that when I heard the reports last night, the SIA said—and I paraphrase—that the numbers looked like national insurance numbers. We have to determine whether that is the case— [ Laughter. ] Hon. Members laugh, but an accusation has been made that may be found to be invalid. That ...	16 Jan 2008	AYE
The Bill also presents a significant worry because the money for pregnant women is to be paid at the end of the second trimester. All the evidence that we have established shows that, despite the Prime Minister's assertions, the only benefit to be derived for better diet is before conception and in the early weeks of pregnancy. That contrasts with the Prime Minister's comments. Notwithstanding tha...	15 Jan 2008	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed : No. 1, page 234, line 26, schedule 22, at end insert—	9 Jan 2008	NO
Amendments made: No. 61, page 205, line 12, leave out 'or premises in Scotland'. No. 62, page 205, line 20, leave out 'or in Scotland'. No. 63, line 24, leave out 'or premises in Scotland'. No. 64, line 28, leave out 'or in Scotland'.— [Mr. Khan.] Amendment proposed : No. 231, in page 234, line 4, at end insert—	9 Jan 2008	NO
"related offence" means an offence, other than the offence for which the sentence is imposed ("offence A"), with which the offender was charged and the charge for which was founded on the same facts or evidence as offence A." (5) In section 241 (effect of direction under section 240 of that Act) after the words "section 240", in each place where they occur (including in the title), insert "or 240A...	9 Jan 2008	NO
The fact is that the proposed reserve power actually goes further than section 127. The new clause does not just make industrial action by prison officers unlawful, as it applies to "any other action likely to affect the normal working of a prison". We have now reached a position of future uncertainty because of how the Government have reneged on the pay award. They have mishandled the situation i...	9 Jan 2008	AYE
Division 37	8 Jan 2008	NO

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