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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 introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill: Second Reading (13 Oct 2009)
“My Lords, as the author of a recent book on the politics of climate change, one cannot stress too strongly that climate change is not a left/right issue. We see in the United States the danger of what happens when it does become a polarised issue, where President Obama's climate change Bill runs the risk of not even passing through the Senate. Here there is a pleasing degree of political...”
- Companies' Remuneration Reports Bill [HL]: Second Reading (24 Apr 2009)
“My Lords, I also congratulate my noble friend Lord Gavron, and other noble Lords involved, on proposing the Bill. Like others who have spoken, I strongly endorse it. When I knew that I was going to speak in this debate, I looked at the writings of the guru of all management gurus, Peter Drucker, to see what he said about this, writing in the mid-1970s. It is pretty interesting. He said that...”
- Women: Economic Crisis — Debate (12 Mar 2009)
“My Lords, I also begin by congratulating my noble friend Lady Gould of Potternewton on having instituted the debate. She will remember that on at least two previous occasions I was the only man speaking in this parallel debate, so I am pleased that this tradition has at least been broken. Every event, even such an event as a global recession, has a bright side. The noble Baroness, Lady Hogg,...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 6 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 39% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
- 8 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Giddens speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 68 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)