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Lord Layard
Labour Peer
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- Became a Lord on 10 May 2000
- Positions held at time of appointment: Director, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics (from Number 10 press release)
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Layard voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against the hunting ban. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Employment Law — Statement (21 May 2012)
“Is the Minister aware of the great amount of academic research on the impact of employment protection legislation which has gone on over the last 15 years? The standard finding of this research is that employment protection legislation has no positive or negative effect on the level of employment. The reason is very simple: as is constantly said, of course, if it is easier to fire people, you...”
- European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 — Motion to Approve (25 Apr 2012)
“My Lords, I agree with every criticism that has been made, and I note that this is not wisdom in hindsight, because all these criticisms were made before the policy was embarked on after the election. The basic problem, which is making the policy not work, is that it is based on a misdiagnosis of the underlying issue. This is exactly the same situation as we have in Europe. The policies which...”
- National Well-being — Question for Short Debate (14 Dec 2011)
“My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler, on proposing and securing this debate. I strongly agreed with everything that she said. I do not think that there is any issue more topical or more urgent than this. Even before the economic crisis began, people world wide were beginning to question whether economic growth really should be the key touchstone of the policies of their...”
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- Has spoken in 7 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 42.08% 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") 52 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)