John Mason | ProjectParly

Parliamentary History

Scottish National Party

Glasgow East

24 Jul 2008 – 6 May 2010 (1 yr 9 mo)

Ideology spectrum

100.0

ProgressiveCentreConservative

Conservative — based on 4 coded votes across 1 axes (2% coverage).

Policy axis scores

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

Climate / energy 100

Low confidence 4 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

October 2009 9 votes

Division	Date	Vote
They want to abolish the flexible new deal, when it has just got going on the advice of Lord Freud, who said last year: "The New Deals have been enormously successful". What they are offering instead is simply a new report, which is just a con and a rehash, and which, importantly, has less money behind it than our investment to support the unemployed. They say that they will spend £600 million ext...	19 Oct 2009	NO
Division 226	19 Oct 2009	NO
Division 225	19 Oct 2009	NO
', their powers relating to insurance'.- (Ms Rosie Winterton.) Third Reading Queen's and Prince of Wales's consent signified . I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I am aware that we do not have a great deal of time for Third Reading, but I would like to thank right hon. and hon. Members, especially those who participated in Committee, for their deep consideration of the clause...	13 Oct 2009	NO
I am very well aware of the interest my hon. Friend has shown in the issue-as has my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew) -and I think there is a way to ensure that the regional strategies and local spending reports take into account many of the concerns they have raised. I invite them both to a meeting with the Secretary of State and me to look at how we can take forward some of those imp...	13 Oct 2009	AYE
New clause 17 proposes abolition of the Standards Board for England and the Adjudication Panel for England, which are two important and effective bodies. If that were to happen, councillors and members of local authority standards committees who look to the Standards Board for advice, guidance, training and direction about the conduct regime for local authority members would be cut adrift. In 2008...	13 Oct 2009	AYE
', their powers relating to insurance'.— (Ms Rosie Winterton.) Third Reading Queen's and Prince of Wales's consent signified . I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I am aware that we do not have a great deal of time for Third Reading, but I would like to thank right hon. and hon. Members, especially those who participated in Committee, for their deep consideration of the clause...	13 Oct 2009	NO
I am very well aware of the interest my hon. Friend has shown in the issue—as has my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew) —and I think there is a way we can ensure that the regional strategies and local spending reports take into account many of the concerns they have raised. I invite them both to a meeting with the Secretary of State and me to look at how we can take forward some of those...	13 Oct 2009	AYE
We are also aware of other issues around parish polls, which my hon. Friend did not necessarily mention, such as their scope and conduct. That is why we recognised in the "Communities in control" White Paper that we need to make the rules governing parish polls more accessible and better understood and to define their scope more clearly. That is why my Department is taking work on parish polls for...	13 Oct 2009	AYE

July 2009 21 votes

Division	Date	Vote
Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday 16 October , and to be printed (Bill 147). Presentation and First Reading ( Standing Order No. 57 ) Mr. Colin Challen presented a Bill to make provision for the introduction of a reward scheme for users of bus and rail services; and to extend the Bus Concessionary Fares Scheme. Bill read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday...	21 Jul 2009	NO
I do not like to disagree with Mr. Speaker, but I think that you used those terms-or something like them, anyhow. I submit to the House that, whatever was said or not said, it is a point of fact that Mr. Michael Martin, in his last election, did not stand as a Labour candidate. Nor did he stand as a Labour candidate in 2001. He stood as the Speaker seeking re-election and therefore as an independe...	21 Jul 2009	NO
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 83 (7) A),	21 Jul 2009	NO
Will the hon. Gentleman add to that list, why was it good enough for the electors of Glasgow, East to have a by-election during the summer last year? The Government are arguing differently from the Dispatch Box this year. You were, Mr. Speaker, kind enough a few minutes ago to say that the point that I made was a point of fact. It is indeed a point of fact— I do not like to disagree with Mr. Speak...	21 Jul 2009	NO
The hon. Member for Eddisbury (Mr. O'Brien) and other Conservative Members have tried to deny it, but we have seen glimpses of a future Tory Government, with threats to those free services, and to the winter fuel payment in particular. He may wish to deny it, but we know differently, and so does the rest of the country. The national dementia strategy was published as recently as February this year...	15 Jul 2009	AYE
The similarity is there. How would a proper relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States be prejudiced if both countries had to meet the same standard-probable cause? The suggestion has been made that a number of high-profile extradition cases have been unbalanced and unfair. I cannot accept that. I believe that the evidence on these matters is important. At first glance, the Oppo...	15 Jul 2009	AYE
Division 203	15 Jul 2009	AYE
I have to say that I have not heard my right hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Brightside (Mr. Blunkett) say that. I believe that the treaty is an effective modernisation of this aspect of the relationship between the US and the UK. The reason why we did that is quite simple—and I believe that the hon. and learned Member for Beaconsfield (Mr. Grieve) agrees that we need effective judicial co-o...	15 Jul 2009	AYE
Section 2 of the 1948 Act provided that a citizen of Eire who was a British subject immediately before 1 January 1949 could retain that status by making a claim in writing to the Secretary of State under certain conditions. That provision was replaced by section 31(3) of the British Nationality Act 1981, which allows those born in the Republic before 1949 to make a claim in writing to remain a Bri...	14 Jul 2009	AYE
Section 31(3) of the British Nationality Act 1981 currently provides for British subjects born in the Republic of Ireland before 1949 to make a declaration to retain the British subject status they acquired at birth. The new clause seeks to extend that provision to those born after 1949. I shall not repeat the historical background that my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Andrew Mackinlay) has...	14 Jul 2009	AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 83A(7) ),	13 Jul 2009	NO
As always, we have had a very interesting little exchange on these matters, but the contributions from Opposition Members have been unusually baffling and illogical. Of course, I agree with the hon. Member for Argyll and Bute (Mr. Reid) . He is quite right that we need to get this done as quickly as possible, but the contributions that we have heard from both Opposition Front Benchers demonstrate ...	13 Jul 2009	NO
Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 83A(7) ),	13 Jul 2009	NO
I want to see the Bill brought forward and that is why I will be supporting the carry-over motion, although I want to see levels of reporting reduced to lower sums so that we have even greater transparency. I also want to see even greater restrictions on spending on elections. I do not want to see this country going down the same route as America on election funding. As always, we have had a very ...	13 Jul 2009	NO
Again, it is a self-evident truth that trials should not be prejudiced by statements to the media. I very much hope that everyone involved in these issues will examine them. It is important that, as part of the detention procedure, people do not have their trials compromised by statements made outside the situation. I would like to finish the point that I am trying to make in response to my hon. F...	9 Jul 2009	NO
preliminary Draft budget 2010	8 Jul 2009	NO
My hon. Friend the Member for Taunton was wrong about one thing. He said that online bingo was taxed at 15 per cent., but the truth is that it is rarely taxed at all, because the vast bulk of it is run through offshore websites that pay no tax in this country. Even if they are subject to European Economic Area regulation, or whitelisting, they do not contribute to the process. They certainly do no...	8 Jul 2009	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed: 37, page 2, line 10, leave out '£6,475' and insert '£10,000'.—( Mr. Jeremy Browne. )	7 Jul 2009	AYE
Order. The hon. Gentleman's remarks may well be correct, but perhaps we will restrict ourselves a little more to the terms of the new clause. I think that I have made my point. On the other hand, the shadow Chancellor has a history of being enthusiastic about flat-rate taxes. He came into office saying that he would consider their introduction, but it was only when he did so that he realised how f...	7 Jul 2009	AYE
Does my hon. Friend agree that there has been some talk in the past 48 hours that if this new clause is passed tonight, the following morning the Government will not be able to collect taxes, the markets will crash and government will grind to a halt? Does he not agree that these are tales to frighten children and that people should decide to vote tonight on the merits of the arguments and not on ...	7 Jul 2009	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 32(2) ), That the proposed words be there added.	6 Jul 2009	NO

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