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Lord Avebury
Liberal Democrat Peer
- Spokesperson for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Spokesperson for the Home Office (since 8 Jan 2009)
- Became a Lord in 1971
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
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
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Health: Tuberculosis — Question (18 Mar 2010)
“Following on from that answer, and considering the irregular distribution of TB throughout London and other parts of the country, what does the Minister think of the suggestion that the Government should fund TB services over wider areas than single PCTs?”
- Gypsies and Travellers — Question (17 Mar 2010)
“My Lords, first, can the noble Lord give any examples, other than that of the case of Connors, where the Government have ignored a judgment of the European Court of Human Rights for six years, after having been reminded three times by the Joint Committee on Human Rights? Secondly, on the second question put by the noble Baroness, has the Minister had a chance to look at the draft statutory...”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: National Offender Management Information System (17 Mar 2010)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated cost of the P-NOMIS offender management database; why Gypsy, Roma and Travellers are not identified as an ethnic category recorded therein; and when they will be.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 52 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 88 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 55% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 9 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
- 33 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Avebury speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 899 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)