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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 strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- House of Lords Reform Bill [HL]: Report (10 Feb 2012)
“My Lords, I make the same request to the noble Lord, Lord True. Amendment 280, which was moved but later withdrawn by the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, proposes that there should be a right of appeal in case something is not quite right. We must always take the charitable view that if someone cannot pay back what they owe, there may be a reason for that other than intent. We ought to allow room...”
- Protection of Freedoms Bill: Report (31 Jan 2012)
“My Lords, I apologise for not having spoken before in a debate on this Bill. I have listened to the excellent idea of my noble friend Lord Campbell-Savours about a voluntary DNA database, but I want to say just one thing. Yes, a voluntary database is a good idea, but if people do not volunteer they should not be marked down as being unco-operative. It is quite likely that some people will not...”
- Parliament Square (Management) Bill [HL]: Committee (27 Jan 2012)
“My Lords, I have spoken at previous stages in the debate on Parliament Square. I welcome the Bill and commend it because the noble Lord, Lord Marlesford, has provided for a committee with the ongoing responsibility, day in, day out, of looking after Parliament Square. I am especially pleased not so much with Clause 2(2), but with subsection (1), which enjoins the committee, "to facilitate...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 23 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 64.33% of votes in this House with this affiliation — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 3 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") 229 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)