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Lord Desai
Labour Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1991
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Desai voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Policing and Crime Bill: Report (2nd Day) (5 Nov 2009)
“My Lords, I want to say a brief word in support of the amendment. It seems perverse that, on the one hand, we say these children are exploited by someone else—that is, they are not in that situation willingly—and, on the other hand, we criminalise them for doing something that they have unwillingly done. That is a contradiction. Therefore, if we believe that these children are...”
- Swine Flu — Statement (2 Jul 2009)
“My Lords, I, too, join my noble friend in thanking all those in the NHS and the Health Protection Agency who have helped. The way in which the WHO has maintained vigilance and has been able to call each stage before the pandemic has also been remarkable. I found that very reassuring compared with the reaction to the financial crisis, in which economists have said different things and not all...”
- Policing and Crime Bill: Committee (2nd Day) (1 Jul 2009)
“I shall make a third attempt at this. This time, since I am going to support my noble friend, he might like what I say, although I am not changing my text. By adding the words about exploitative acts and gain from exploitative acts, my noble friend has made the distinction that I was trying to make. Exploitation consists of the producer who hires the worker making a gain. The consumer may...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 15 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 66% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 3 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — above average amongst Lords.
- 5 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Desai speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 188 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)