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Baroness Castle of Blackburn
Former Labour Peer

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    • Became a Lord in 1990
    • Left Parliament on 3 May 2002

      Voting record (from PublicWhip)

      How Baroness Castle of Blackburn voted on key issues since 2001:

      • Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
      • Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes

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      Most recent appearances

      State Pension Credit Bill [HL] (18 Dec 2001)

      “Perhaps I should begin by conveying to the Minister the apologies of my colleague, Lady Turner, for her inability to be present in this debate today. We all know how passionately interested she is in all these questions and her participation in our debates has been remarkable. But at this moment she is undergoing a long overdue operation to her knee at the Royal Free Hospital. I am sure that...”

      State Pension Credit Bill [HL] (18 Dec 2001)

      “She has asked me to convey her determination to be present during our Committee debates. I am sure that that reassurance will be very welcome to the Minister. No one would have guessed, on listening to the Minister galloping her indistinct way through her brief, that we were today taking part in a debate on one of the crucial turning points in the development of pensions policy in this...”

      Hunting Bill (12 Mar 2001)

      “As I have listened to this debate, I have been carried back to the 10 years which I spent in the European Parliament--from 1979 to 1989. One of the activities which I enjoyed most was my membership of the inter-group on animal welfare. That was an all-party, all-member state group. It was fascinating to listen to the people who came along as individuals, bringing a case which they felt we...”

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      • Has voted in 20.53% of votes in this House with this affiliation. (From Public Whip)
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