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Lord Berkeley
Labour Peer
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- Became a Lord on 2 May 2000
- Positions held at time of appointment: Chairman, Rail Freight Group; Piggybank Consortium (from Number 10 press release)
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Berkeley voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
Read about how the voting record is decided.
- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Road Safety: Electric and Hybrid Vehicles — Question (10 Nov 2009)
“My Lords, does my noble friend agree that an additional point for the research that he just mentioned should be to see whether the existing motor fleet could be made quieter so that ambient noise is reduced? Then we would be able to hear these electric cars more easily. Is that not the best solution?”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Official Visits (10 Nov 2009)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the forecast cost of hiring the "Hebridean Princess" cruise liner for official visits by HRH the Duke of York around the coast of the United Kingdom in the next year.”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Shipping: General Lighthouse Authorities (10 Nov 2009)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Adonis on 3 November (WA 52), on how many occasions personnel from the Research and Radionavigation Directorate of the General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland travelled overseas in (a) 2007, and (b) 2008; how many visits are planned for (1) 2009, and (2) 2010; and what the costs and purposes of the...”
More of Lord Berkeley's recent appearances
Numerology
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- Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 122 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.
- 12 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Berkeley speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 299 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)