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Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
Conservative Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1999
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Forsyth of Drumlean voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Has never voted on laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Queen's Speech — Debate (3rd Day) (13 May 2013)
“I realise it is rather late, but the point that I was making was that the assessed deficit is based on gilt yields, not corporate bond yields. If the Pensions Regulator were to change that view, huge sums of money that are not required but appear to be required because of the fall in gilt yields would not be put into pension funds.”
- Queen's Speech — Debate (3rd Day) (13 May 2013)
“I am most grateful to the noble Lord, who obviously feels very strongly about this and feels that he has very strong arguments. But if they are so strong, why is the Liberal party in the coalition preventing the Government from committing themselves to having a referendum, so that we can have this debate and people can decide, given that the Liberals campaigned for an in/out vote during the...”
- Queen's Speech — Debate (3rd Day) (13 May 2013)
“My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord. I think that I was interrupted, and also no time limit has been specified for this debate.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 70 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 2 written questions in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 33.85% 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") 483 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)