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Lord Adonis
Labour Peer
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- Became a Lord on 23 May 2005
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Adonis voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Academies Bill [HL]: Third Reading (13 Jul 2010)
“My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Hill, on his Amendments 6 and 7. He has gone as far as he reasonably should to meet the concerns about consultation in respect of new schools. He will obviously explain his response to the particular issues to do with funding raised by my noble friend Lord Knight. I do not regard the concerns raised on other issues to be matters of substance. The...”
- Academies Bill [HL]: Third Reading (13 Jul 2010)
“I had almost finished. I just wish to make one concluding point. I support the policy of new school providers getting a fair opportunity to establish new schools where there is a need for additional schools in an area, either to meet the requirement for additional school places or-to be quite frank-to meet the requirement for high-quality places where they are not being provided by existing...”
- Academies Bill [HL]: Third Reading (13 Jul 2010)
“I have absolutely no objection to the amendment. If this is part of the glue that is holding the coalition together, it is clearly a very worthwhile amendment. However, it does not amount to much, since Ofsted already publishes an annual report that evaluates the progress of all schools. It has not been mentioned in our debate, but Ofsted gives specific coverage to the performance of...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Has voted in 74% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 23 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
- 44 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Adonis speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 711 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)