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Lord Lipsey
Labour Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1999
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Lipsey voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Care Services: Means-testing (8 Feb 2012)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, if a person places their home into a trust for the benefit of themselves and others, that home is then excluded from consideration in the application of the means test for long-term care.”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Taxation: Self-Assessment (30 Jan 2012)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government how many letters reminding people to submit their self-assessment tax return have been sent to people who have already done so, in the current financial year; and at what cost to public funds.”
- Electoral Registration — Motion to Take Note (12 Jan 2012)
“My Lords, this is a very timely debate that my noble friend Lord Wills has called for today. We were reminded of just how timely by the publication yesterday of the proposal by the Welsh Boundary Commission for the new Welsh seats-a proposal greeted with universal disbelief. There should not have been disbelief because it was an inevitable product of the Parliamentary Voting System and...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 4 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 9 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 70.21% of votes in this House with this affiliation — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — above average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 218 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)