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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 very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing ID cards. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Department for Transport: Redundancy (28 Jul 2010)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total value of redundancy payments for staff in the Department for Transport and its agencies in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, and (c) 2009-10; how many redundancies there were in each of those years; and how many redundancy payments were (1) between £100,000 and £150,000, (2) between £150,000 and £200,000, (3) between £200,000...”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Railways: High Speed Rail (28 Jul 2010)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the sale documentation for the high speed rail line.”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Disabled People (27 Jul 2010)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures there are to allow disabled people not in possession of driving licences, signed passports or utilities bills in their own name who want to invest money to do so, given that HM Revenue and Customs require such identification in order to comply with money laundering legislation.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 27 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 156 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 54% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 11 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
- 13 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Berkeley speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 312 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)