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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:
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Has never voted on the hunting ban. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Ethical and Sustainable Fashion — Question for Short Debate (19 Mar 2013)
“My Lords, fashion is a huge global industry, as other noble Lords said, with a large carbon footprint. It has left behind it a trail of eco-destruction. Now, fortunately, efforts are being made to counter the existing structures of the industry. As usual it is the Scandinavians and not us who are in the lead, as they always are on environmental issues. I commend to noble Lords the work of the...”
- Health: Anorexia — Question for Short Debate (25 Feb 2013)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the prevalence of anorexia and other eating disorders.”
- Health: Anorexia — Question for Short Debate (25 Feb 2013)
“My Lords, what a pleasure it is to be able to introduce this debate. I shall start by saying how I got interested in anorexia and other eating disorders some while ago. It happened one Sunday when I got two newspapers-I was feeling flush at the time-and each had a colour supplement. On the front of one colour supplement there was a starving black teenager in Africa, emaciated and on the point...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 29 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 42.80% of votes in this House 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") 121 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)