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Parliamentary History

Liberal Democrat

Dunfermline and West Fife

9 Feb 2006 – 6 May 2010 (4 yrs 2 mo)

Ideology spectrum

81.0

ProgressiveCentreConservative

Conservative — based on 16 coded votes across 1 axes (2% coverage).

Policy axis scores

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

Climate / energy 81

Medium confidence 16 votes

Voting trends (most recent 12 months of activity)

Voting record

July 2009 14 votes

Division	Date	Vote
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
I question the Minister's statement that beer is not a price-sensitive commodity. May I just clarify that that was not my statement? It was a quotation from one of the expert witnesses to the Treasury Committee. Let me start again. I question the so-called expert's statement that beer is not price-sensitive, or the Minister's acceptance of that statement, because if it were as self-evidently true ...	7 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	NO
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
I cannot give way; I have very limited time. Another argument that is put forward is that the scheme will not help diminish fraud. Clearly the 24 European Union countries that have opted for an identity card scheme think that it will help attack fraud. It is not the key element, but it is one element. Of course, the Opposition want the scheme to be compulsory so that they can get their arguments a...	6 Jul 2009	AYE
Adjournment (summer)	1 Jul 2009	NO
The convention is that it is only the hon. Member who secured the debate who intervenes, but I will give way. I am grateful to the Exchequer Secretary for giving way to me. Will the FSA also focus on the bespoke banking market in Northern Ireland, which is very different from the banking market elsewhere? Scotland also has different conditions. Will the FSA take those into account? I cannot answer...	1 Jul 2009	NO
"This Act and any Statutory Instrument made under this Act shall cease to have effect on the first anniversary of the day on which the Act is passed." Let us say that we get Royal Assent by 31 July , and the body gets going, with staff being transferred, on 1 January . Seven months later, it ceases to have effect. That is an extraordinary idea. I shall give way in a moment. I accept entirely that ...	1 Jul 2009	AYE
Question accordingly negatived. Amendment made: 87, in clause 9, page 6, line 27, leave out from 'included' to the end of line 28 and insert	1 Jul 2009	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Proceedings interrupted (Programme Order, 29 June ). The Chairman put forthwith the Questions necessary for the disposal of the business to be concluded at that time (Programme Order, 29 June , and Standing Order No. 83D ). Amendment proposed: 39, page 6, line 26, leave out subsection (3).— (Mr. Grieve.)	1 Jul 2009	NO
I give way first to the hon. and learned Member for Beaconsfield and then to the hon. Member for Stone (Mr. Cash) . The hon. and learned Gentleman makes a lawyer's point about section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006 not being around at that stage, but he knows very well that section 16 of the Theft Act 1968 was. The right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Sir Alan Beith) raised a question earlier about ...	1 Jul 2009	AYE
Amendment 19 would omit subsection (6) of clause 8. I have said already that that subsection, on protocol, was meant to be helpful. Clearly, Members are not finding it helpful and we have agreed to look at it again to be helpful as the Bill progresses further through the House. Amendment 20 would substitute the Committee on Standards and Privileges for the Speaker's Committee on the Independent Pa...	1 Jul 2009	AYE

June 2009 16 votes

Division	Date	Vote
On a point of order, Sir Michael— Order. We must deal with the votes now. The Front Bench— Order. It is for the occupant of the Chair to take the voices on these occasions and to decide what to do. As far as I am concerned, the Ayes have it. Amendments made: 27, in clause 5, page 3, line 23, at end insert	30 Jun 2009	AYE
"it looks as though constitutional change has been done on a wing and a prayer. We on these Benches are very happy to supply the prayer, but we want to be assured of the quality of the wing."—[ Official Report, House of Lords, 11 June 2009; Vol. 711, c. 767 .] What the Justice Secretary's action tonight has demonstrated is that the wing is not qualified and is indeed plummeting to earth rapidly. T...	30 Jun 2009	AYE
The amendment would set up an effective, depoliticising and interim regime that would do much to improve the basis on which our pay is set, and as such it is entirely in the spirit of the Bill. I urge the Committee to support the amendment. It is fantastic. My hon. Friend says that it is fantastic. That tells us what is happening to Front Benchers. As a Front Bencher, I am now not sure whether I w...	30 Jun 2009	AYE
The First Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means took the Chair as Deputy Speaker ( Standing Order No. 3 ). I beg to move, That the House sit in private. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 163 ).	26 Jun 2009	AYE
Question accordingly agreed to. Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No.117A(3) ) ,	25 Jun 2009	NO
Question accordingly agreed to. I have to tell the hon. Gentleman that no such power is vested in the Chair. We must proceed with the business on the Order Paper. If the next motion is moved, the House will come to a decision.	25 Jun 2009	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No.117A(3) ) ,	25 Jun 2009	NO
Question accordingly agreed to. Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No.117A(3) ),	25 Jun 2009	NO
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I have listened carefully to the concerns expressed by right hon. and hon. Members. Given that we were given no notice of the motions beyond the fact that they would be on the Order Paper today, is there any way for the Chair to consider manuscript amendments, or will we have no debate and no amendments? I regret to inform the hon. Gentleman that it is no...	25 Jun 2009	NO
I see that time is running out, so I shall draw my remarks to a close. I believe that the proposed Committee will be a valuable addition to the scrutiny of policy affecting London and Londoners. We have the same concerns as others do about the duplication that is taking place. When the London assembly and the Mayor's powers were set up, the expectation was that the Government office for London wou...	25 Jun 2009	NO
Question accordingly negatived. Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 31(2) ), That the proposed words be there added.	24 Jun 2009	NO
If the House resolves to give the inquiry the authority to compel witnesses and to put them on oath, that is exercisable against any witness. Why is the House not being asked to provide that safeguard, so that the inquiry commands public confidence? In all the debates that we have had on this matter in recent months, the Franks inquiry has been cited as the model for getting to the heart of these ...	24 Jun 2009	AYE
The funding formula needs to be reviewed from time to time. As the hon. Gentleman rightly said, the review was overdue, but it has now taken place. Part of the formula was set by the previous Conservative Government and it was enormously unfair to certain areas. We have put that right, which will result in Cornwall getting more money, as he recognised. He put his case fairly, as did the hon. Membe...	17 Jun 2009	AYE
Order. The hon. Gentleman is a very experienced Member of the House, so he will know that we do not refer to people who are not in the Chamber in that way. Our debate has become a little lively for this time of the afternoon. Interestingly, in many of our discussion we have discussed the potential for things to have an influence on local communities and for business rate supplement projects to be ...	17 Jun 2009	NO
Against that background, I am sorry to have to say that we have to maintain that the Government have misjudged the mood and misread the evidence, and that if they disagree with the Lords they will make the Bill worse than when it came back to this House from the other place. That will be a missed opportunity and a great let-down, and it will send precisely the wrong signals to businesses in this c...	17 Jun 2009	NO
The hon. Member for Putney asked how the full deferral of 60 per cent. could be delivered if the scheme is introduced halfway through the year. The deferral scheme will come into force at the end of July—that was made clear when it was announced. The scheme will offer the full deferral of 60 per cent. of the increase due to inflation and transitional relief by adjusting the instalments of business...	15 Jun 2009	AYE

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