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Lord Best
Crossbench Peer
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- Became a Lord on 26 June 2001
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Best voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Has never voted on greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
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Most recent appearances
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Third Reading (27 Mar 2012)
“My Lords, Amendment 16 consolidates earlier amendments that I have brought before your Lordships to keep within the scope of legal aid the legal advice and representation that can prevent homelessness. I am now trying one last time to convince the Government that it would be a costly mistake to remove key components of this work from the scope of legal aid. These are the components of the...”
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Third Reading (27 Mar 2012)
“I am grateful to noble Lords who have spoken. I am also grateful to my noble and right reverend friend Lord Harries of Pentregarth, who put his name to this amendment but has had to leave us. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hollis, for talking of the perfect storm at a time of housing benefit change when advice will be incredibly important to people. Things will change dramatically on the...”
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill: Report (3rd Day) (12 Mar 2012)
“My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Howarth, for his support. Certainly council tax benefit is going to cause some administrative headaches in the months and years ahead, and that would be part of the package covered in the amendment, as would support for mortgage interest. However, housing will be the big one, not least-I promise that I will not go into this-the under-occupation...”
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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 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 23.90% of votes in this House with this affiliation — below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — above average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 168 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)