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Baroness Blackstone
Labour Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1987
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Baroness Blackstone voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Previous Business – Lords: Grand Committee (23 Apr 2013)
“Implications of the large influx of refugees from Syria into neighbouring countries and provision of improved humanitarian aid – Baroness Blackstone. ”
- Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill: Report (4th Day) (Continued) (11 Mar 2013)
“My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Howarth of Newport. In doing so, I declare an interest as chairman of the board of the British Library. I will not repeat all my noble friend's arguments, which were made at some length and extremely cogently. Nobody could have made the case better. However, on behalf of the great cultural institutions, of which the British Library is one, I want to...”
- Higher Education: EUC Report: Motion to Take Note (11 Oct 2012)
“My Lords, I very much welcome the report by the EU Committee on The Modernisation of Higher Education in Europe. In particular, I should like to draw the House's attention to the last paragraph in the summary of the report, which sums up what this debate should be about. It states: "The EU can continue to make a positive contribution to the modernisation of European higher education but it...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 3 debates in the last year — below average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 54.72% of votes in this House with this affiliation — 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") 553 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)