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Lord Burns

Crossbench Peer

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• Became a Lord in 1998

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• Numerology

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Lord Burns voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

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Most recent appearances

Economy (3 Nov 2008)

“My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Myners, for introducing the debate and join other noble Lords in welcoming him to the House. We are former board colleagues at a well-known retailer, and I warmly welcome him to his position as Minister for the City. I am sure that he will enjoy the Treasury a great deal and I wish him well in that role. Given the nature of the debate, I should remind...”

Hunting Bill (12 Oct 2004)

“My Lords, since completing the report on hunting with dogs in the summer of 2000, with an inquiry that I had the great privilege to chair, I have restricted my comments on this contentious issue to only two occasions. The first was during the debate in this House in 2001; the second was in giving evidence to Alun Michael's committee in September 2002. Since then, I have kept out of the debate...”

Stability and Growth Pact (EUC Report) (4 Jun 2003)

“My Lords, my remarks will be directed to the report of the Economic Affairs Committee on the MPC. I, too, express my thanks to the noble Lord, Lord Peston, for his chairmanship of the committee. I include myself unambiguously in the group of people who regard both the design of the MPC and the execution of the remit that it has been given as a success. That is not to say that it cannot be...”

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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 4% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
• 2 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Burns speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 13 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)