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Lord Dear
Crossbench Peer
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- Became a Lord on 10 October 2006
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Dear voted on key issues:
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Has never voted on greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
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Most recent appearances
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Committee (1st Day) (Continued) (17 Jun 2013)
“If I may respond, that situation is really an exercise of emotion rather than fact. The likelihood of a registrar suddenly seeing a gay couple in front of them and turning on his or her heel and walking away is so fanciful as to be almost ludicrous. I would expect to find that people signal their objection before the likelihood occurs. A registrar in this position would signal that, from a...”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Committee (1st Day) (Continued) (17 Jun 2013)
“With the greatest respect, we are trying to get to the facts in all these debates. If I may say so, the noble Baroness is painting a picture that is so unlikely to happen as to be almost irrelevant.”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill — Committee (1st Day) (Continued) (17 Jun 2013)
“Does the Minister think that the law is so adequate that these words are irrelevant or does she think that the words should not be incorporated in the Act at all?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 13 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 7 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 30.72% of votes in this House with this affiliation — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 4 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — above average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 86 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)