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Lord Bragg
Labour Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1998
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Bragg voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- BBC Governance and Regulation: Communications Committee Report: Motion to Take Note (1 Mar 2012)
“My Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Inglewood, on securing this debate and on steering the Communications Committee so ably. I declare an interest: I work for the BBC and for Sky Arts. As for the noble Baroness, Lady Fookes, being an amateur, if your Lordships had been on a committee with her you would see how amateur she can be. The threats were the least of it. The committee...”
- Universities: Impact of Government Policy — Debate (13 Oct 2011)
“I declare an interest as the chancellor of the University of Leeds and another as a fellow of my old college. I join others in thanking my noble friend Lord Giddens for securing debate, and for all that he has said on the economic side, and my noble friend Lord Krebs. There is nothing left to be said there really; the case has been made, so all my stuff for that has been scrawled out. I might...”
- Arts: Funding — Debate (3 Feb 2011)
“My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, for securing this debate. I also congratulate my noble friend Lady Bakewell on an exceptional maiden speech. I declare an interest as president of the National Campaign for the Arts. We are seeing a rather mindless scything down across the land-"swish, swish" goes the scythe, and down come the weeds; but down, too, come the crops and the...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 2 debates in the last year — below average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 47.93% of votes in this House with this affiliation — 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") 46 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)