Sir Peter Soulsby | ProjectParly

Parliamentary History

Labour

Leicester South

5 May 2005 – 1 Apr 2011 (5 yrs 10 mo)

Ideology spectrum

24.0

ProgressiveCentreConservative

Progressive — based on 21 coded votes across 1 axes (2% coverage).

Policy axis scores

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

Climate / energy 24

Medium confidence 21 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

January 2011 5 votes

Division	Date	Vote
The Bill was drafted deliberately to express that. This is a community right to challenge to allow community organisations to do something that Labour, during 13 years in government, failed to do, which is to let them have the chance to deliver services. One of the other powers states that if a council is in danger of becoming insolvent, it is reasonable for the Secretary of State to suspend the r...	17 Jan 2011	AYE
The debate about new clause 2 was certainly robust. Can the Minister give the House a cast-iron guarantee that, as a result of the decisions he is just about to take, no post offices will close? Through this Bill, the Post Office also has the opportunity to move to a mutual ownership model, which would give employees, sub-postmasters and communities a real stake in their post office network. With ...	12 Jan 2011	NO
(a) the Scottish Ministers, (b) the Welsh Ministers, and (c) the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland.'.- (Mr Davey.) Amendment made: 5, page 7, line 34, leave out 'premises' and insert 'any premises or vehicle'.- (Mr Davey.) Amendment proposed: 23, page 18, line 25, after second 'time', insert 'but not before the date five years after this Part comes into for...	12 Jan 2011	AYE
Order. There are just a couple of minutes before I will invite the Minister to speak. I am sorry that there is not much time left for Katy Clark to speak, but I must bring the Minister in at 5.50 pm. Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak to amendments 29 and 30. I fully appreciate the time constraints, given that the Minister must be brought into the debate. At prese...	12 Jan 2011	AYE
In a second. We are moving on; will he give way? No, not yet. I want to pin the Minister down, because it is vital that we do. He said that there was a "significant risk" that we might be challenged by the European Courts on competition matters. Yet the two organisations have agreed that it is vital that they have an agreement. How can the EU challenge the Government on that matter when there is a...	12 Jan 2011	AYE

December 2010 23 votes

Division	Date	Vote
Finally, we will work with others in the sector to ensure a collective response to this global crisis. We know it is possible to achieve results at scale: 1.3 billion people have gained access to sanitation since 1990, but particularly in Africa our collective efforts and resources have still not been enough. We must be realistic. We alone cannot solve all the problems. We also need others to play...	15 Dec 2010	NO
"after consultation with the Lender, of a restructuring plan in relation to its banking sector with the IMF, European Commission and European Central Bank". That is not the interweaving that the hon. Member for Stone has discussed, but a sensible, diligent precaution on the part of the House in providing for money to be borrowed. The "Other Terms" also include at paragraph 1(c): "no amendments to ...	15 Dec 2010	AYE
Will the hon. Gentleman give way? Very briefly. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that were there to be such a European dimension as effectively to subjugate the Bill to the jurisdiction of the European Court, he would wish that he had voted against it? I think we shall have to take the issues as they come before us. I understand the hon. Gentleman's anxieties, but, on balance, given the choices that ...	15 Dec 2010	AYE
There is still one issue of detail that I would like to explore. Clause 25(1) contains the fascinating phrase: "Nothing done under this Chapter is to be treated as a breach of any restriction imposed by statute or otherwise." Let me give the Minister a further chance to comment. Could he perhaps reassure me that that phrase is not intended to mean that the Human Rights Act 1998 and common law righ...	14 Dec 2010	NO
Lords amendment 1 agreed to. Lords amendments 2, 3 and 7 agreed to. I beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendment 4. With this we may take Lords amendments 5 and 6 and amendment (a) thereto. The Committee also commented on the other provisions in clause 3 which would enable, by order, the caps included in clause 2 to be repealed and also to be extended by six months at a time. That wo...	14 Dec 2010	AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Queen's recommendation signified. Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 52(1)(a) ),	13 Dec 2010	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 62(2 ) ), That the Bill be now read a Second time.	13 Dec 2010	NO
On the question of operational independence, one could get the impression from Opposition Members that police forces operate and are directed in a political vacuum. Surely, it is entirely appropriate that police authorities should determine whether Tasers, for example, should be used. None of us would expect police to start using water cannon and that sort of operational tactic without political p...	13 Dec 2010	AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. That, for the purpose of section 24 of the Higher Education Act 2004, the higher amount should be increased to £9,000, and to £4,500 in the cases described in regulation 5 of the draft regulations in Command Paper Cm 7986, and that the increase should take effect from 1 September 2012 . The Speaker then put the Question necessary for the disposal of the business to ...	9 Dec 2010	NO
There will be no loss of income for universities. We believe that students will continue to apply. They will not have to pay up-front, and they will be enabled by funds from the taxpayer to choose the university courses that they wish. We believe that the proposals are the right way forward for our universities. All the Opposition can offer is delay. They did not even dare propose their graduate t...	9 Dec 2010	NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Main Question put accordingly.	8 Dec 2010	NO
Division 148	8 Dec 2010	NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 41A(3) ),	8 Dec 2010	NO
That the Chairman of Ways and Means, Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, Danny Alexander, Mark Hoban, David Gauke and Justine Greening bring in the Bill. Presentation and First Reading Mark Hoban accordingly presented a Bill to authorise the use of resources for the service of the year ending with 31 March 2011 and to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending wi...	8 Dec 2010	NO
I think that the brevity of the speech by the Labour spokesman, the hon. Member for Caerphilly (Mr David) , is indicative of the absence of content in the Opposition's case today. We have heard from no less than the Leader of the Opposition that he regards his policies as a blank sheet of paper, and that is what we have heard from the hon. Gentleman this evening. "into force on such day as the Sec...	7 Dec 2010	AYE
Will the Minister give way? To the right hon. Lady I will always give way. I thank the right hon. Gentleman. Does he acknowledge that the gap in voluntary sector funding is likely to be in the region of £3 billion as a result of local government cuts, and his £100 million transitional fund is a drop in the ocean? claimed to move the closure ( Standing Order No. 36 ). Question put forthwith, That t...	6 Dec 2010	AYE
Our core aim in reviewing the law is to ensure that responsible journalism, academic and scientific debate and the valuable work of non-governmental organisations are properly protected, and that a fair balance is struck between freedom of expression and the protection of reputation. We want to ensure that the right balance is achieved, so that people who have been defamed are able to take action ...	1 Dec 2010	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Question put (single Question on successive provisions of the Bill), That clauses 2 to 4 stand part of the Bill.	1 Dec 2010	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment proposed: 25, in page 2, line 24, at end add-	1 Dec 2010	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. More than three hours having elapsed since the commencement of proceedings, the proceedings were interrupted (Programme Orders, 13 September and 24 November ). The Chair put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time (Standing Order No. 83D ). Amendment proposed : 23, in clause 2, page 2, line 17, at end insert-	1 Dec 2010	AYE
Sorry, but the Minister is using the phrase "proceedings in Parliament" as though it were a self-evidently clear concept, but a great deal of legislation and case law has analysed various different aspects of it and it is nowhere near as clear as he might presume. No, and that leads to where I was going, which was to turn to amendment 6 and to explain why we are using the language of the device of...	1 Dec 2010	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. When, after voting, Members remain in the Lobby behind the Speaker's Chair, they need to be quiet; otherwise it is impossible to hear the vote in the Chamber. Amendment proposed : 36, page 2, line 14, at end insert-	1 Dec 2010	AYE
I think I have set out why I do not think that that is likely. As we have heard, there are lots of theoretical possibilities that are very outlandish-I do not propose to rehash the conversations that we had at the beginning of this debate-but the Government do not think that they are realistic risks and that is why we do not think that amendments 36 and 37 are acceptable. Let me turn now to the la...	1 Dec 2010	NO

November 2010 2 votes

Division	Date	Vote
"when they're earning more than £15,000 a year, at very low rates, stopped from their pay just like a graduate tax, but with the money going where it belongs: to universities rather than the Treasury." I could not have put it better myself. The only difference is that under our proposals, the threshold is not £15,000, but £21,000. We know which is the right approach. No, I will not give way. claim...	30 Nov 2010	AYE
Do our children not deserve a better system? My hon. Friend is right. It is a mixed picture. Our Government will get behind schools and teachers and help them to do what they do best: decide for themselves, individually and in collaboration, how to teach and develop their young people. The time for a top-down, centrally driven school sports strategy has passed. The days of a bureaucratic, top-heav...	30 Nov 2010	AYE

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