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Lord Goldsmith
Labour Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1999
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Goldsmith voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Tobacco: Smuggling — Question (16 May 2013)
“My Lords, the Minister mentions additional money being put into criminal investigation. Can he say how much of that has been directed at the prosecution side? I am sure that he would agree that the threat of successful prosecution is important in combating this. Furthermore, what has been the effect of the abolition of the separate, dedicated, Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office?”
- Justice and Security Bill [HL]: Commons Amendments (26 Mar 2013)
“My Lords, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of Clashfern, has made that point twice. Does he recognise that although, as he said at the outset, there have been procedures in which material has been seen, but not by one party, those are not procedures in which that material is then replied upon by the judge to determine the rights and wrongs applicable to that party? This is in order to...”
- Justice and Security Bill [HL]: Commons Amendments (26 Mar 2013)
“The principal test should be whether the only fair way of determining the matter is through a CMP. That is a very simple statement. It is a very simple test but for some reason the Government do not want to accept that as the test that should be applied.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 13 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 55.75% of votes in this House with this affiliation — 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") 610 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)