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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 since 2001:
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
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Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Firearms: Home Office Firearms Forms Working Group (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 8 December (WA 192), whether the Home Office Firearms Forms Working Group met in January; and, if not, why a meeting was not arranged.”
- Protection of Freedoms Bill: Report (31 Jan 2012)
“My Lords, I have a good deal of sympathy with the view that the noble Lord, Lord Hughes of Woodside, has just expressed; it is a view that one hears frequently when talking to, as it were, the man on the Clapham omnibus. I rise neither to support nor to oppose the amendment at this stage. I have not checked with ACPO to see whether it would prefer a lift from three years to six, but in a...”
- Policing Protocol Order 2012 — Motion to Regret (25 Jan 2012)
“My Lords, when I spoke at Second Reading of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill on 27 April last year, I described the Bill as a crucial step towards a thoroughly modernised police service. I did not say that the Bill would in itself produce that; I described it as a crucial first step. As we all know, the issue of PCCs was an essential element in the Bill. In fact, one could...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 24 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 12 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 28.94% of votes in this House with this affiliation — below 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") 65 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)