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Baroness Morris of Yardley
Labour Peer

• Also represented Birmingham, Yardley

• Entered the House of Lords on 21 June 2005
• Previously MP for Birmingham, Yardley until 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election
• Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Birmingham Yardley, 1992-2005. Opposition Whip, 1994-1995; Opposition spokesman for education and employment, 1995-1997; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (School Standards), Department for Education and Employment, 1997-1998; Minister of State, Department of Education and Employment, 1998-2001; Secretary of State for Education and Skills, 2001-2002; Minister of State (Minister for the Arts), Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 2003-2005. (from Number 10 press release)
• Entered Parliament on 9 April 1992 — General election

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• Voting record
• Most recent appearances
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• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Baroness Morris of Yardley voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted very strongly for introducing foundation hospitals. votes
• Voted very strongly for the hunting ban. votes
• Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
• Voted strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes
• Voted very strongly for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
• Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
• Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
• Has never voted on encouraging occupational pensions. votes
• Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
• Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
• Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
• Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
• Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
• Voted strongly against an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
• Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes

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• Occasionally rebels against their party.

Most recent appearances

Design Education and Growth — Question for Short Debate (24 Jan 2012)

“My Lords, I welcome this report and the interesting debate that we are having today. It must not just be one debate; we need a long debate about this nationally if we are really going to solve some of these problems. In a way, design finds itself in an unusual position: I have never known anyone who was against design. There is no army of people out there making a case against it. Sometimes...”

Education Bill: Report (4th Day) (1 Nov 2011)

“My Lords, I also support this amendment, on which there is a fair degree of unanimity across the Chamber. My position is approximately the same as that of the noble Lord, Lord Sutherland. We do not want schools where everybody has the same qualification. Over the past 10 to 15 years, we have very much moved to having different qualifications in schools. Clearly, what we want is for someone to...”

Education Bill: Report (3rd Day) (26 Oct 2011)

“My Lords, I support this amendment. I shall start with what I think is going to be my only line of agreement with the Government on this. To take the attitude that intervention in schools should reflect the risk of schools doing badly, and to say that we should intervene less when schools are successful, is absolutely right. As my noble friend has just said, that is a principle that was...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 9 debates in the last year — 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 50.55% of votes in this House with this affiliation — 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") 45 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)

Expenses

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