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Lord Burns
Crossbench Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1998
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Burns voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Has never voted on laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on introducing ID cards. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Has never voted on the hunting ban. votes
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Most recent appearances
- Death of a Member: Baroness Thatcher — Tributes (10 Apr 2013)
“My Lords, like many other noble Lords, I owe Baroness Thatcher a huge debt of gratitude. Towards the end of 1979, on the advice of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Howe, I was appointed as chief economic adviser to the Treasury, a position that I held throughout the rest of Mrs Thatcher's time as Prime Minister. During that 10-year period, I had the privilege of attending many meetings with...”
- Financial Services Bill: Committee (1st Day) (26 Jun 2012)
“I argued at Second Reading that it would be very useful if we were able to get some balance between the way the MPC is formed and behaves and the way that this new FPC works. The MPC has existed on the basis of four internal members, four external members and the governor, which is a total of nine. The other important principle that has always been emphasised is that each member of the...”
- Financial Services Bill: Committee (1st Day) (26 Jun 2012)
“The references here to the Court of Directors of the Bank in new Section 9B(1) says: "There is to be a sub-committee of the court of directors of the Bank". When it says Court of Directors in that case does it mean the whole court? Earlier we were being told that "directors" simply means the non-executive directors and that the governors are not counted as being directors of the court. That...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 3 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 3.20% of votes in this House with this affiliation — well below 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") 24 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)