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Lord Bach
Labour Peer
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Justice (since 6 Oct 2008)
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- Became a Lord in 1998
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Bach voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Prisoners: Voting — Question (12 Nov 2009)
“My Lords, the second consultation on the voting rights of convicted prisoners closed on 29 September 2009. The Government are carefully studying the responses and will set out the next steps in due course.”
- Prisoners: Voting — Question (12 Nov 2009)
“My Lords, our record on responding to the European Court is good, as has been acknowledged generally. This is a particularly difficult and complex issue, involving both what we should do and how we would do it when we allow some prisoners to vote. We have completed a second consultation on the enfranchisement of prisoners. It set out a range of options for prisoner enfranchisement based on...”
- Prisoners: Voting — Question (12 Nov 2009)
“I can confirm what the noble Lord, Lord Henley, has put to me—he is absolutely right. The European Court of Human Rights did not say which prisoners should be given the vote. The court held that the blanket ban was unlawful—of course we accept that—but expressly recognised that each member state has some discretion as to who should be given the vote. It is on that basis that...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 98 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 77% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 32 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
- 22 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Bach speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1497 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)