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Lord Broers
Crossbench Peer
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- Became a Lord on 19 July 2004
- Positions held at time of appointment: President of the Royal Academy of Engineering. (from Number 10 press release)
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Broers voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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Most recent appearances
- Higher Education — Statement (3 Nov 2009)
“My Lords, would the Minister say a little more about the concentration of research, particularly in the science, engineering and technology fields? I agree entirely with the noble Baroness, Lady Sharp, about collaboration, which can take place in these subjects as well. However, in certain subjects it is difficult to supply the equipment necessary to more than one institution. This does not...”
- Airports: Heathrow — Question (19 Oct 2009)
“Does the Minister agree that it is a pity that the very successful Silent Aircraft project that resulted from the Cambridge University-MIT collaboration several years ago is not being followed up in this country, whereas it has become a fairly major project for NASA?”
- European Space Programme — Question (21 Jul 2009)
“My Lords, most of the funding for our space research comes from the science budget within the research councils. Most countries do not do that. Most countries establish a space agency which seems to me appropriate as much of the fallout and application of space research is in the military and commercial sector. Does the Minister think that that would be a better route for us to take as well?...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 18 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 7% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
- 6 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Broers speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 17 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)