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Lord Borrie
Labour Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1995
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Borrie voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [HL] — Second Reading (22 May 2012)
“My Lords, I must declare an interest as a former director of the Office of Fair Trading. Unusually, I am able to thank the noble Baroness, Lady Williams of Crosby, who is in her place today, because she appointed me to that post when she was Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection back in 1976.”
- Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [HL] — Second Reading (22 May 2012)
“I ceased to be director in 1992, and I need not therefore disclose my current interest-I do not have one. I generally welcome the Bill because it is designed to deal with a real problem, many of the details of which have been mentioned by previous speakers, and provides a remedy to limit the market power of the top 10 major supermarkets-a power that they have over the supplier, whether the...”
- Businesses: Debt — Question (17 May 2012)
“My Lords, is it not the case that this Act will never be adequately enforced until a public official is given the statutory task of enforcing prompt payment and prompt interest payment on behalf of SMEs? Next week the Government will announce the appointment of a groceries adjudicator to help farmers in their battles with supermarkets. Surely there are wide reasons for saying that a public...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 30 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 73.19% of votes in this House with this affiliation — well above 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") 339 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)