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Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas

Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas

LAB Labour Former MP
Last served Crosby (1997-05-01 – 2010-05-06)
20.0
Progressive
15 coded votes
640
Total votes
259
Ayes
381
Noes
0
Other

Parliamentary History

1 May 1997 – 6 May 2010 (13 yrs)

Ideology spectrum

20.0
ProgressiveCentreConservative

Progressive — based on 15 coded votes across 1 axes (2% coverage).

Policy axis scores

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

Climate / energy 20
Medium confidence 15 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

October 2009 10 votes
Division Date Vote
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 NO
Amendment proposed : 27, page 50, line 8, at end insert— 13 Oct 2009 NO
(b) both current and proposed future spending. (4) Local spending reports shall be updated as frequently as is reasonably practicable but in any event at least once every two years. (5) The first report under this section must be laid before Parliament no later than 12 months after this Act is passed. (6) In this section the term "Local Spending Report" has the same meaning as in the Sustainable C... 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 NO
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 NO
Proceedings interrupted (Programme Order, 8 June ) The Deputy Speaker put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time ( Standing Order No. 83E ). Amendments made: 21, page 13 leave out lines 20 and 21 and insert- '(5) Schedule 8A makes further provision about trusts in respect of which an order is made under subsection (1).'. Amendment 22, in pag... 12 Oct 2009 NO
I was able to visit Ireland with Action on Smoking and Health just before the new law was introduced there. Does my hon. Friend agree that it has been introduced in a pain-free way, that most of the costs have been paid by the tobacco manufacturers and that businesses have not suffered? I agree with my hon. Friend and thank her for making that point. I attended a meeting with the Porthcawl cancer ... 12 Oct 2009 AYE
Question accordingly negatived. The Deputy Speaker then put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time ( Standing Order No. 83E ). Amendments made: 21, page 13 leave out lines 20 and 21 and insert— '(5) Schedule 8A makes further provision about trusts in respect of which an order is made under subsection (1).'. Amendment 22, in page 17, line 15,... 12 Oct 2009 NO
(d) NHS services must reflect the needs and preferences of patients, their families and their carers; (e) the NHS works across organisational boundaries and in partnership with other organisations in the interests of patients, local communities and the wider population; (f) the NHS is committed to providing best value for taxpayers' money and the most effective, fair and sustainable use of finite ... 12 Oct 2009 NO
I will give way if my hon. Friends give me a moment. It has been suggested that removing the display of tobacco would impact on business by reducing footfall trade—that is, the sale of other items to customers who come to buy cigarettes. By definition, by the time that a customer is in the shop their foot has already fallen. Of course, the provisions in the Bill will apply equally to all tobacco r... 12 Oct 2009 AYE
June 2009 4 votes
Division Date Vote
On the economy, we know what— [ Interruption. ] I am about to come to the hon. Member for Carmarthen, East and Dinefwr (Adam Price) , so he can keep calm. What were his views, along with all the nationalists? They proclaimed the great arc of prosperity that was to extend across the smaller countries—Ireland, Iceland and Latvia. The hon. Gentleman said that "small country success is everywhere...Ic... 10 Jun 2009 NO
If the hon. Lady will allow me, I shall finish this point, lest I have to start being rude to her. I want to make sure that where we can proceed in unity in the House, we do so. There is no point in trying to score partisan points just for the sake of it, but I reserve my position on that for the hon. Lady. I thank the Minister for giving way. I know that in his previous job, he was keen to modern... 10 Jun 2009 AYE
I will deal with that point in due course, but the point that I wanted to make related to my hon. Friend the Member for Regent's Park and Kensington, North (Ms Buck) , who spoke with great eloquence about the impact on families who face repossession, and the position of leaseholders. I congratulate her on the work that she is doing to protect her constituents from a local Conservative council, who... 9 Jun 2009 NO
Order. I am sorry to interrupt the Minister, but there are far too many conversations going on all around the Chamber. We must hear the end of this debate clearly. I guess that that tells us a little about the Opposition's interest in these issues, as compared with that of Government Members. As I was about to say, social care users who arrange their own care will be able to raise a complaint with... 8 Jun 2009 AYE
May 2009 8 votes
Division Date Vote
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed : 11, page 10, line 40, at end add 13 May 2009 NO
The hon. Member for South-West Hertfordshire said that the scheme was sketchy and would be difficult to operate, but my hon. Friend the Member for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey (Danny Alexander) pointed out that several European countries successfully operate similar schemes. If they can do it, the UK Treasury is capable of drawing one up. My hon. Friend the Member for Caithness, Suthe... 13 May 2009 NO
The next paragraph states: "North Sea revenues are expected to almost halve in 2009-10." To use her expression, that is wildly fluctuating, but it is fluctuating in the opposite direction to fuel duties. We argue that the two can be balanced out. I am fascinated by the process by which the Minister thinks that the baseline would be arrived at. Is it something about which Lord Hattersley, or other ... 13 May 2009 NO
To me, that illustrates a tendency towards a rules-based system which, in my view, has a number of negative effects on companies' positive approach to organising their affairs. I am in the principles-based camp; I do not think that we should tie things up unnecessarily. The other issue that Sarbanes-Oxley raises has already been touched on in relation to materiality. The Act introduced something r... 13 May 2009 NO
The Minister is most generous in giving way again, and I am most grateful. I accept the value of the benefits that the Minister has outlined—it would be churlish not to—but my point is that the customers of the business to which I referred say that, even though they get a lot of grant, they simply do not have the money that they need to put in themselves. They get a 40 per cent. grant, but they ca... 12 May 2009 NO
I refer the right hon. Gentleman to the authoritative KPMG survey of more than 500 multinational companies that reached that conclusion. The World Bank's "Doing Business 2009" study ranks the UK sixth in the world. The evidence is clear: we are in a strongly competitive position, and it is important that we should retain that. If everything is so wonderful, why have so many companies left for tax ... 12 May 2009 NO
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 62(2)), That the Bill be now read a Second time. 11 May 2009 AYE
My hon. Friend is worried that the age discrimination provisions will not apply to under-18s. It is a complex issue, but we have concluded that they would not address, for instance, the many concerns that she and the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green raised this evening and that they could make matters far worse for children. I pay enormous tribute to the hon. Member for Daventry (Mr. Boswell... 11 May 2009 NO
March 2009 6 votes
Division Date Vote
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added. 25 Mar 2009 AYE
My hon. Friend the Member for Newport, West (Paul Flynn) , with whom I often disagree, brought home the gravity of the decisions with which we were all confronted back in 2003 by the simple act of reading out the names this afternoon of all of our people who died in the operation in Iraq. Acknowledging that gravity is something that unites the House. A couple of other things also unite the House. ... 25 Mar 2009 NO
I was reassured by the statement of the Deputy Leader of the House on the record that notwithstanding anything that may be before the House this evening, the duties, powers and responsibilities of the Committee on Standards and Privileges or the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards are not affected. It was enormously helpful to have that on the record, endorsed by my hon. Friend the Member for... 3 Mar 2009 AYE
Division 51 3 Mar 2009 AYE
"A company has a relevant non-lending relationship if— (a) the company stands, or has stood, in the position of a creditor or debtor in relation to a money debt, (b) the money debt did not arise from a transaction for the lending of money...and (c) the money debt is one of the kinds mentioned in subsection (2)." We then go through five other subsections to clause 479 to try to wrestle with the com... 3 Mar 2009 AYE
Division 49 3 Mar 2009 AYE
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