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the Earl of Courtown
Conservative Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1975
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How the Earl of Courtown voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against more EU integration. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Health: Diabetes — Question (1 Feb 2012)
“Does my noble friend agree that one of the greatest problems for those suffering from diabetes-particularly type 2 diabetes-and for those looking after them, is that they are not actually taking up the education that is available so that they can learn how to live their lives to get a better result from their illness?”
- EUC Report: Grass-roots Sport: Motion to Take Note (10 Nov 2011)
“My Lords, this is a fascinating report and a particularly worthwhile subject to investigate. Sub-Committee G has produced a paper to the expected high standard, ably chaired by the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Hornsey. I should add that while I am a member of the committee now, I was not in place during the course of the report. The committee has looked at a subject that requires, and has...”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Agriculture: Peat (11 Aug 2011)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the amount of peat extracted for (a) horticultural, and (b) non-horticultural, use in the United Kingdom in the last 10 years; and by whom it was extracted.”
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- Has spoken in 4 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 30.54% of votes in this House with this affiliation — 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") 10 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)