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Baroness Barker
Liberal Democrat Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1999
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Baroness Barker voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Health and Social Care Bill — Committee (14th Day) (Continued) (19 Dec 2011)
“My Lords, I have a great deal of sympathy with what the noble Lord, Lord Walton, has said. If noble Lords look at A Vision for Adult Social Care, a document published by the Government last year, they will see that the principles underpinning health and social care have been set out perhaps more clearly than they have been for some considerable time. I do not think the problem is that the...”
- Health and Social Care Bill: Committee (14th Day) (19 Dec 2011)
“My Lords, my name is not on these amendments, but I want to make a couple of points, partly because I have a longstanding interest in this and partly because in recent weeks it has been a very personal feature in my life. The noble Lord, Lord Warner, is absolutely right to keep pressing the Government to come up with a definition of integration. Like him, I struggle to know what it is. I know...”
- Health and Social Care Bill: Committee (11th Day) (7 Dec 2011)
“My Lords, I will speak briefly in support of the amendment and answer the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Warner. Since 1948, we have had a system whereby there has been an agreed national settlement on a person's entitlement to healthcare. It is delivered to national criteria and demand is managed largely by waiting times. Running in parallel is social care, where there is no national...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 23 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 70.14% of votes in this House with this affiliation — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — above average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 486 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)