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Lord Livsey of Talgarth
Former Liberal Democrat Peer
- Also represented Brecon and Radnorshire; Brecon and Radnor
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- Entered the House of Lords on 16 October 2001
- Previously MP for Brecon and Radnorshire until 14 May 2001 — General election
- Left Parliament on 15 September 2010 — Died
- Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Brecon and Radnorshire, 1997-2001 and for Brecon and Radnor, 1985-1992. Liberal Party spokesman on agriculture, 1985-87; Alliance spokesman on the countryside and on agriculture in Wales, and on Wales, 1987; Leader Welsh Liberal Democrats and party spokesman on Wales, 1988-92 and 1997-2001. (from Number 10 press release)
- Entered Parliament on 4 July 1985 — unknown
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Livsey of Talgarth voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Has never voted on a smoking ban. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Agriculture: CAP Direct Payments — Question (27 Jul 2010)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have reached conclusions on the findings of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs-funded Dutch Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI) study of the likely impact on United Kingdom farmers if common agricultural policy direct payments were removed by 2013.”
- Agriculture: CAP Direct Payments — Question (27 Jul 2010)
“My Lords, I thank my noble friend for that reply, but does he not agree that the LEI report indicates that 35 per cent of farms in the UK would become financially unviable if Pillar 1 payments were withdrawn, while 83 per cent of all EU farms would remain viable? Will he seek to reverse the previous Defra policy of abolishing single farm payments, as that would save many UK livestock farms...”
- Agriculture: Dairy Industry — Question (26 Jul 2010)
“My Lords, when the supermarket ombudsman is in his place, will the Minister take action to make it illegal for retail milk to be sold for less than the cost of production? It is the reason why 14,000 dairy farmers have left the industry since 1997 and why we have only 11,000 left. The ombudsman should use his powers to address that problem immediately.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 61.82% of votes in this House with this affiliation — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
- 2 people are tracking this peer.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 279 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)