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Lord Laird
Crossbench Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1999
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Laird voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
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Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Healthcare: Costs (10 Feb 2012)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government which categories of healthcare costs and social security benefits provided to citizens of other European Union states resident in the United Kingdom are refundable to the United Kingdom and according to what conditions; whether refundability is of limited duration; and how such citizens living in the United Kingdom are detected and enumerated for the purposes...”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Healthcare: Costs (10 Feb 2012)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 14 November (WA 115-6), what were the amounts paid to and by the Republic of Ireland for healthcare costs under European Union Regulation 883/2004 in each of the past 10 years; what form the registration of new state pensioners takes from 1 January 2012; whether it is mutual; and how the current and future...”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Civil Service: Retirement (9 Feb 2012)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average age of retirement from the Senior Civil Service in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; what that figure was for its predecessor departments; and what was the average pension paid to those retired senior civil servants in each year since 2001.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 1 debate in the last year — below average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 835 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 34.85% 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") 91 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)