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Baroness Adams of Craigielea

Labour Peer

  • Also represented Paisley North
  • Entered the House of Lords on 18 July 2005
  • Previously MP for Paisley North until 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election
  • Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Paisley North, 1990-2005. Member, Select Committee for Scottish Affairs, 1997-2005 (Chair, 2001-2005); Chairmen's Panel, 1998-2005; Finance and Services, 2001-2005 and Liaison, 2001-2005. (from Number 10 press release)
  • Entered Parliament on 29 November 1990 — unknown

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

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Parliament (Participation of Members of the House of Commons) Bill [HL] (10 Feb 2006)

“My Lords, in rising to make my maiden speech, I had hoped to be making a positive and supportive one. Unfortunately, with this Bill, I will not be able to do that. While I recognise that the West Lothian question is a serious one, which will eventually have to have an answer, my contention is that this Bill is, in fact, very far from the answer. We have an anomalous situation with the West...”

Orders of the Day — Finance Bill — [1st Allotted Day]: Clause 4 — Duty stamps for spirits etc (6 Jul 2004)

“The industry was well aware of the problems with whisky fraud. In two years, it took no steps to produce suggestions about how to tackle that fraud.”

Public Bill Committee: Health Protection Agency Bill [Lords]: Clause 4 - Functions: supplementary (1 Jul 2004)

“I call Mr. Burstow to move amendment No. 24.”

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  • Has spoken in 0 debates in the last year — below average amongst Lords.
  • Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
  • Responsiveness to messages sent via WriteToThem.com in 2005: Too little data for valid analysis.
  • Has voted in 62% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
  • People have made 0 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
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  • Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1 time in debates — well below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source).

Type2007/082006/072005/062004/05 (ranking out of 659)2003/04 (ranking out of 658)2002/03 (ranking out of 657)2001/02 (ranking out of 657)
Additional Costs Allowance    £1,600 £20,701 (259th) £19,860 (266th) £19,722 (joint 1st) £12,899 (490th)
London Supplement    £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Incidental Expenses Provision    £4,760 £18,946 (248th) £18,789 (joint 246th) £18,231 (joint 196th) £15,802 (323rd)
Staffing Allowance    £9,254 £70,313 (349th) £67,972 (320th) £65,596 (joint 179th) £44,961 (367th)
Communications AllowanceN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Travel    £1,062 £23,765 (28th) £22,583 (32nd) £20,953 (40th) £18,485 (28th)
Members' Staff Travel    £664 £2,742 (28th) £6,053 (1st) £3,612 (10th) £1,783 (48th)
Members' Spouse TravelN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Members' Family TravelN/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Centrally Purchased Stationery    £0 £111 (643rd) £0 £2,618 (38th) £415 (581st)
Stationery: Associated Postage CostsN/A N/A £0 £350 (632nd) £0 N/A N/A
Centrally Provided Computer Equipment    £0 £1,837 (416th) £1,837 (joint 409th) £1,807 (joint 421st) £1,807 (joint 375th)
Other Costs    £33,720 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total    £51,060 £138,765 (71st) £137,094 (49th) £132,539 (21st) £96,152 (144th)