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John Mason

John Mason

Last served Glasgow East (2008-07-24 – 2010-05-06)
100.0
Conservative
4 coded votes
251
Total votes
127
Ayes
124
Noes
0
Other

Parliamentary History

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

November 2008 9 votes
Division Date Vote
Question accordingly negatived. Government a mendment (g) to the Lords amendment made. 18 Nov 2008 AYE
Speaking as a former cathedral chorister who still gets the odd royalty, I agree absolutely. There is real talent at the Dispatch Box, but the key question is balance and securing a system that commands the respect of the public. Clearly, some issues have gone awry over the recent period, so I have reflected on these issues and found scope for improvement in two areas. We need to make sure that in... 12 Nov 2008 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Madam Deputy Speaker then proceeded to put the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that hour. Main Question put and agreed to. 12 Nov 2008 NO
The hon. Gentleman, with his usual prescience, anticipates an argument that I intend to develop. I am grateful for his extremely warm words; he has been a significant influence on me, a new boy on the Committee, and on my understanding of its proceedings. A sifting Committee. I strongly object to the short time allocated to this important debate. I do not believe that the Leader of the House or he... 12 Nov 2008 AYE
My right hon. Friend the Member for North-West Hampshire drew attention to the amendments on the Order Paper; there are a number of amendments on the motion on regional Select Committees, including an amendment on whether London should be included. There is a big debate to be had on that, but there is also concern about whether the mover of the amendment will even get the opportunity to be called ... 12 Nov 2008 NO
Division 314 10 Nov 2008 NO
I certainly regard the hon. Gentleman as a friend for giving way. I was accusing not him of distributing Focuses—they would get lost in his vast constituency—but the hon. Member for Manchester, Withington (Mr. Leech) , who remains absent from this debate, as he has from the entire debate, as we shall make clear in Manchester. I shall remain as free with my remarks as the right hon. Gentleman is wi... 10 Nov 2008 AYE
Division 312 10 Nov 2008 NO
I appreciate the constructive way in which my right hon. Friend set out his proposal. The Government's policy on credit guarantees is an important part of the overall financial package announced on 8 September , and progress has been made. Overnight LIBOR was 6.8 per cent. on 16 September ; today, it is 3.2 per cent. The three-month LIBOR rate has declined over the past 10 days from 6.3 per cent. ... 10 Nov 2008 NO
October 2008 21 votes
Division Date Vote
"one quality sets London 2012 apart" from the Sydney and other games: "Legacy; an intelligent, strategic approach to the morning after." She was referring to the morning after what will be the greatest games in Olympic memory, which will have benefits for young people and the east end for the rest of our lives. Question put, That the original words stand part of the Question:— 29 Oct 2008 AYE
I am proud to have been part of the process of considering the Bill and I urge the House to give it a Third Reading. I would like to add my welcome to the Bill. It will have an enormous impact on the way in which we order our economy and how the Government work. I am not sure that many people have assimilated that yet. In this place, we are often accused of short-termism; perhaps we are considerin... 28 Oct 2008 AYE
(b) improving the sustainability of the buildings that already form part of the civil estate; and (c) ensuring that any new buildings procured for the civil estate are in the upper quartile of energy performance. (3) Where any new building procured for the civil estate is not in the upper quartile of energy performance, the report must state the reasons why this is the case. (4) A report under thi... 28 Oct 2008 AYE
(b) an explanation of the methodology used to make this emissions projection, and (c) the way in which any carbon budgets have been adjusted to take account of such projections. (2) When making the above projection, the Secretary of State shall have regard to international carbon reporting practice. (3) The projection shall cover any year for which a carbon budget has been set, and may include any... 28 Oct 2008 AYE
Government amendment No. 44. The amending provisions in the group concern various reporting obligations on both Government and business. The key issue is the corporate reporting of emissions, which we have, of course, discussed before at various stages of the Bill's passage. Levels of reporting on greenhouse gas emissions in the UK are already high. Many companies currently report their emissions ... 28 Oct 2008 AYE
"That duty is constant...It will weigh on our shoulders for as long as we wish to dwell on a living and thriving planet, and hand it on to our children and theirs." I am a multilateralist. I do not believe that Britain should act alone, but this Bill provides for the Secretary of State to give leadership in our international negotiations and, at all times, to have the flexibility to ensure that ot... 28 Oct 2008 AYE
Division 297 28 Oct 2008 AYE
Division 296 28 Oct 2008 AYE
I stand corrected, Madam Deputy Speaker. I was searching for a form of words that my constituents down the Dog and Duck would think adequately expressed the Government's behaviour, but I suppose it would be best to say that they say one thing and do another. That is the backdrop to the Bill. None the less, I welcome the Government's late conversion to feed-in tariffs, for which the Conservatives h... 28 Oct 2008 AYE
I shall certainly address that point and return to the matter of the peer review at a later date. When my predecessor met the hon. Gentleman and my hon. Friend the Member for Norwich, North, he stated clearly that the Department would examine the Rowland research and take expert advice on it, and that has been done. The hon. Gentleman mentioned other countries' payments to their nuclear test veter... 22 Oct 2008 NO
The kaleidoscope of science is coming to a rest. Careful consideration has been given to the Bill in this House and another place, and the new consensus has been captured. If science leads the field and challenges our basic beliefs and ethics— On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. The Minister said that careful consideration had been given to all the ingredients of the Bill. She mentioned the other pl... 22 Oct 2008 NO
No. 19, page 50, line 5, at end insert— '(2C) Any reference in subsection (2A) or (2B) to a reasonable payment in respect of the doing of an act by a non-profit making body is a reference to a payment not exceeding the body's costs reasonably attributable to the doing of the act.'.— [Dawn Primarolo.] Amendment made: No. 20, page 51, line 42, at end insert— '( ) An order under this section which mo... 22 Oct 2008 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment made: No. 4, page 4, line 8, leave out 'the keeping or using of' and insert 'keeping or using'.— [Dawn Primarolo.] Amendment proposed : No. 47, page 4, line 37, at end insert— 22 Oct 2008 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. It being after Six o'clock, Mr. Speaker then proceeded to put the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that hour, pursuant to Order [this day]. Amendment proposed: No. 41, page 3, line 26 , at end insert— 22 Oct 2008 AYE
"A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought...at all times...Whose greatest passion is compassion...Whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair." The Bill marks the malign abandonment of those values. By confusing or avoiding the definition of what is, or what is not, human, and by blurring the fundamental and profound ethical divide between ourselves and animals,... 22 Oct 2008 AYE
The general public, whom we represent, have every view and none on the subject, but there is an enormous range of opinion, about which people on both sides feel very passionately. It cuts completely across political party, both for the public and for us, and there is no way in which a particular Member of Parliament can possibly hold himself up as representing the strong feelings that some section... 22 Oct 2008 AYE
Division 281 22 Oct 2008 NO
Division 288 22 Oct 2008 NO
Amendment made: No. 20, page 51, line 42 [Clause 64], at end insert— 22 Oct 2008 AYE
Division 285 22 Oct 2008 AYE
I want to support amendment No. 49, in the name of the hon. Member for Southport (Dr. Pugh) , and amendment No. 41, in the name of the hon. Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew) . Both amendments are concerned with proposed new section 3ZA(5) to the 1990 Act and are similar to amendment No. 46, to which I was a co-signatory but which was not selected. In the Human Reproductive Cloning Act 2001, the Governm... 22 Oct 2008 AYE
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