• Liberal Democrat Peer
• Spokesperson in the Lords (Africa), Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs (since 21 Mar 2006)
  Spokesperson in the Lords (Civil Liberties), Home Affairs (since 1 Jun 2005)
• Became a Lord in 1971
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• Voting record
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How Lord Avebury voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted a mixture of for and against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Burma: Cyclone Nargis (8 May 2008)

“My Lords, we, too, are grateful to the Minister for repeating the Statement. We agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Rawlings, that what we see at the moment is only the beginning of what may prove to be an even worse humanitarian disaster than is indicated by reports so far. There are 42,000 people missing in addition to those killed; moreover, there are fears, as the noble Baroness said,...”

Zimbabwe (7 May 2008)

“My Lords, no doubt the Minister will have noticed that the African Union currently has a mission in Harare reviewing the whole electoral process, and he will have seen the comment by Dumisani Muleya in this morning's Business Day that the regime has neither the money nor the logistical capacity to run a second round. In these circumstances, does not the international community have some...”

Written Answers — House of Lords: Crime: Racist Incidents (7 May 2008)

“asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Goldsmith on 19 February 2007 (WA 175), whether they will identify the religion or belief of perpetrators as well as those of victims in the Racist Incident Monitoring Annual Report2007-08.”

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• Has spoken in 110 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has received answers to 156 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 61% of votes in parliament — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 7 comments on this Lord's speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 788 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)