• Crossbench Peer
• Became a Lord on 30 June 2003
• Positions held: Chief of the Defence Staff. (from Number 10 press release)
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• Voting record
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How Lord Boyce voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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Royal Navy: Aircraft Carriers (26 Mar 2008)

“My Lords, can the Minister please confirm that the in-service dates are still to be 2014 and 2016—although it is difficult to see how they will be held to if the contract continues to be delayed? Has the training pipeline to deliver the right, qualified crew by those in-service dates been held up as a result of the contract delay? It is very important that that is maintained, especially...”

National Security Strategy (19 Mar 2008)

“My Lords, I declare an interest as a non-executive director of the VT Group. At the moment the Ministry of Defence is in meltdown because the budget it has been given is totally inadequate to service the demands of the defence programme in the short, medium and long term. We thus see woeful shortcomings in readiness levels, as set out in the defence planning assumptions; we see ships unable...”

National Security Strategy (19 Mar 2008)

“My Lords, if the Government are serious about delivering the national security strategy, how do they intend to ensure, to paraphrase part of the Statement, that the military can be responsibly mobilised if they continue to short change the military in the way they are doing at the moment?”

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• Has spoken in 5 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 4% of votes in parliament — well below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 comments on this Lord's speeches — above average amongst Lords.
• 11 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Boyce speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 25 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)