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Lord Flight
Conservative Peer

• Also represented Arundel and South Downs
• Changed party from Conservative on 24 Mar 2005

• Entered the House of Lords on 17 January 2011
• Previously MP for Arundel and South Downs until 11 April 2005 — did not stand for re-election
• Entered Parliament on 1 May 1997 — General election

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• Voting record
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Lord Flight voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted against more EU integration. votes
• Voted against encouraging occupational pensions. votes
• Voted strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
• Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
• Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
• Voted strongly against university tuition fees. votes
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
• Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
• Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
• Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
• Voted strongly against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
• Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
• Voted very strongly for the Iraq war. votes
• Voted moderately for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
• Voted very strongly against a smoking ban. votes
• Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
• Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes

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• Occasionally rebels against their party.

Most recent appearances

Small and Micro-Business Borrowing — Question for Short Debate (24 May 2012)

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European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment Decision) Bill [HL]: Second Reading (23 May 2012)

“I was under the impression that the Chancellor had eventually obtained agreement to his point, which was that there could be some flexibility in the capital ratio of banks, with a view to the UK being rather more demanding than the rest of the EU.”

European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment Decision) Bill [HL]: Second Reading (23 May 2012)

“My Lords, the Bill looks to me to be essentially a no-brainer that commands the support of those on all sides. It is necessary to understand what it is all about and what the European institutions do. I am particularly concerned about what Britain's liabilities, and potential liabilities, might be. It seems to me that we are facilitating a quid pro quo deal. Germany needs the amendment to...”

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2005, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 70.33% of votes in this House with this affiliation — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 30 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)

Expenses

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