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Lord Giddens
Labour Peer
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- Became a Lord on 29 June 2004
- Positions held at time of appointment: Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. (from Number 10 press release)
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Giddens voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Women in Society — Motion to Take Note (21 Jul 2010)
“First, I congratulate all those Members who have given such excellent maiden speeches today. There was a terrific cornucopia of speeches. One might say that it was a bit different from the House of Lords in the past. There is a good story about the Earl of Melrose-in case there is a current Earl of Melrose I shall have to say that this was an earlier one-who said, "I fell asleep and dreamt...”
- Environment: Low-carbon Technologies — Question for Short Debate (14 Jul 2010)
“My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Haskel on initiating this debate. I especially congratulate my noble friend Lord Prescott on his marvellous maiden speech, delivered with his characteristic verve, passion and good humour. The noble Lord has been an inspirational force in left-of-centre politics for many years, but he has also been a doughty environmental campaigner. As he has...”
- Latin America — Debate (24 Jun 2010)
“My Lords, I join the queue of other noble Lords in congratulating the noble Viscount, Lord Montgomery, on instigating this debate and on all the work that he does to improve the relationship between the UK and Latin America. I especially congratulate my noble friend Lord Liddle on his wonderful maiden speech, demonstrating such intellectual power and coverage. He does not hang around, as he...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 18 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 38% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 86 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)