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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 very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Queen's Speech — Debate (3rd Day) (27 May 2010)
“My Lords, I shall say a few words on electoral reform in general and AV in particular. I speak as a member of the Jenkins committee on electoral reform right back in 1998. It is interesting that, when the Commons wanted advice about how to change the electoral system, they chose a committee with four out of the five members being Members of this House. Unfortunately, two of them are no longer...”
- Queen's Speech — Debate (3rd Day) (27 May 2010)
“My Lords, as the noble Lord, Lord McIntosh, will know, there has been a huge debate among psephologists ever since. The question is whether that was an artefact of the fact that the Conservative Party did not stand in Northern Ireland or whether it was the real mandate of the people.”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Finance: Individual Savings Accounts (8 Apr 2010)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proportionality of the requirement that customers who have not accessed their individual savings account for a year visit a branch to have a declaration read to them before using that account; and to what extent it is compatible with their policy to encourage online transactions.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 11 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 6 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 70% of votes in this Parliament 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") 139 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)