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Lord Howard of Rising
Conservative Peer
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- Became a Lord on 16 June 2004
- Positions held at time of appointment: Chairman, Wicksteed Leisure Ltd. (from Number 10 press release)
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Howard of Rising voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly against more EU integration. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Localism Bill — Committee (6th Day) (Continued) (7 Jul 2011)
“My Lords, Amendment 145 seeks to place a time limit on how long a community interest group is given to purchase a community asset. Again, this amendment was tabled before the Minister deposited her paper in the Library. Having read her paper and seen that she is minded to have a window of six months, I imagine she will be falling over herself to accept this amendment. I spoke earlier about...”
- Localism Bill — Committee (6th Day) (Continued) (7 Jul 2011)
“Yes, that is precisely what I am suggesting. There would be nothing to prevent a local interest group starting long before an asset came on sale. We should also remember that assets of the nature we are talking about usually come up for sale only because the local population, or community, has not been using them. As someone who has subsidised his local shop for the past 30 years, I can tell...”
- Localism Bill — Committee (6th Day) (Continued) (7 Jul 2011)
“I did not say that that is my party's policy. Let me just see from my notes what I said-I did think about this before raising it. I recalled that it has been Conservative Party policy to abolish the Human Rights Act.”
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- Has spoken in 4 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 40.98% of votes in this House with this affiliation — 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") 143 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)