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Lord Brennan
Labour Peer
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- Became a Lord on 3 May 2000
- Positions held at time of appointment: Chairman, The Bar Council (from Number 10 press release)
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Brennan voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes
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- Quite often rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Second Reading (2nd Day) (4 Jun 2013)
“My Lords, everything has been said on this subject already; or nearly everything. I am going to address the House on certain legal consequences of this legislation that I invite the House to consider very carefully. We have been fortunate in this debate to have heard remarkable and telling speeches about homosexual suffering in the past, and then liberation; about heterosexual culpability for...”
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Third Reading (27 Mar 2012)
“My Lords, the topic under debate appears to involve general agreement that this class of case is a proper one to be brought in the courts of this country. The critical question therefore is: is it financially possible to bring such a case under the proposed reforms in this Bill? These are long cases, which take years, and they are complex and very expensive. They involve defendants with...”
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill: Report (4th Day) (14 Mar 2012)
“The noble Lord is most gracious to give way. The points I was making were illustrated with cases. My principle point was that these cases are so expensive to run that you need a capital base which is not available to lawyers in this country. I should like the Minister to consider-if not now, later-in explaining to the House how it is that his advisers are telling him that lawyers in this...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 1 debate 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 36.12% of votes in this House with this affiliation — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 151 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)