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Lord Barnett
Labour Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1983
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Barnett voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber (15 Feb 2012)
“What will the scale of the deficit be on 31 March 2012 and how will it compare to the Office of Budget Responsibility's predictions – Lord Barnett. ”
- EU: Fiscal Compact Treaty — Question (7 Feb 2012)
“My Lords, will the noble Lord be advising the Government to be one of the 27 member states agreeing to a fiscal solution to the problem or will the Government take the view that, whatever happens in the short term, in the longer term it is perfectly impossible for a country like Greece in the state that it is in to be able to have the same exchange rate and interest rate as Germany? In those...”
- Individual Savings Accounts: AIM Shares — Question (31 Jan 2012)
“My Lords, I declare an interest as a holder of ISAs who has no desire to invest in AIM. The noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, made a major point to which the Minister did not reply. It is totally inadequate to keep saying that the Government are not going to do it. Will the Minister not at least reconsider it?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 37 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 47.91% of votes in this House with this affiliation — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 174 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)