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Lord Baker of Dorking
Conservative Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1997
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Baker of Dorking voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Skills for Growth — Statement (11 Nov 2009)
“My Lords, I was about to welcome what the Secretary of State said, apart from the last few sentences. I welcome the Statement. I wish only that it could have been made five or six years ago. If it had, today the Government would not have to announce an unemployment rate among young people of 19.8 per cent. In particular, I welcome the Government's support for university technical colleges,...”
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: Third Reading (10 Nov 2009)
“My Lords, as this is probably the last occasion on which I will speak on the Bill, I thank the two Ministers for their handling of it. They have shown great patience, courtesy and thoroughness, and I hold them in no way responsible for the Bill. They did not draft it but had to pick it up, and they have done a very good job of trying to explain what it is about and to improve it. They have...”
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: Third Reading (10 Nov 2009)
“I pay generous tribute to what the Government have done for further education. The past 25 years, under the previous Conservative Government and the present Government, have been a golden age for further education. As a result, wonderful colleges have been built which no local authority would ever have funded by itself. However, that has now stopped absolutely. The capital programmes of...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 18 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 5 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 21% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
- 5 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Baker of Dorking speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 99 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)