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What Some Of The New Cabinet Ministers Believe In ?

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Canary42 | 23:33 Wed 13th May 2015 | Politics
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Caroline Dinenage – new Minister for Equalities at the Department for Education
February 2013: Voted against allowing same sex couples to marry.


Justin Tomlinson – new Minister for Disabled People
February 2012: Voted against those who have been ill or disabled since their youth receiving Employment and Support Allowance on the same basis as if they had made sufficient National Insurance contributions to qualify for a contribution based allowance.
Voted not to set the lower rate of the Universal Credit payment in relation to disabled children and young people at a minimum of two-thirds of the higher rate.


Priti Patel – new Minister of State for Employment
December 2011: Voted against creating 100,000 jobs and building 25,000 homes using funds raised via a bank bonus tax.
May 2012: Voted against measures to stimulate economic growth and job creation.
May 2013: Voted against guaranteeing jobs for the long term unemployed.


Rory Stewart – new Under Secretary of State at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
February 2011: Voted in favour of the sale of England’s public forest estate.
June 2013: Voted in favour of culling badgers.


Amber Rudd – new Energy and Climate Change Secretary
February 2011: Voted in favour of the sale of England’s public forest estate.
June 2013: Voted in favour of culling badgers.


Michael Gove – new Justice Secretary
1998: Wrote in the Times in 1998 that he wanted to bring back hanging.

http://metro.co.uk/2015/05/13/6-awkward-things-our-new-ministers-voted-for-before-being-in-government-5195063/
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Are we to suffer this agenda for long Canary - can't you go on holiday or something?
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