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Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market
Conservative Peer
- Also represented South Norfolk
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- Entered the House of Lords on 23 July 2001
- Previously MP for South Norfolk until 14 May 2001 — General election
- Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for South Norfolk, 1974-2001. Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 1985-87; Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1987-89; Secretary of State for Education and Science, 1989-90; Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons, 1990-92; Secretary of State for Transport, 1992-94. (from Number 10 press release)
- Entered Parliament on 28 February 1974 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market voted on key issues since 2001:
- Has never voted on introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Pre-Budget Report 2009 — Motion to Take Note (16 Dec 2009)
“My Lords, it has been a common practice with this Government's Budgets and PBRs-especially those of the former Chancellor, the present Prime Minister-for the pundits, experts and commentators to look through all the small print for the hits, hurts and horrors that were concealed in the statement itself. After 24 hours, the statement then starts to fall apart. However, I have never known a...”
- House of Lords: Financial Support for Members — Motion to Approve (14 Dec 2009)
“My Lords, I hope that the House will forgive me for making a brief intervention. I do not share all the outright criticisms that some colleagues have made of the SSRB report. I began my submission to the SSRB by saying: "The present system of financial assistance to members of the House of Lords is in my view seriously out of date". I gave a number of the reasons, and concluded: "It is no...”
- House of Lords: Financial Support for Members — Motion to Approve (14 Dec 2009)
“I do not think that that is the relevant point. It is the relevant fee per day that is paid; that is what annex 7 is about. I am comparing the £200 that the SSRB recommends with the other fees, which are substantially higher in many cases than the £200 per day. It deserves to be said very clearly to the public that a fee of that level has a very large element of public service and...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 12 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 43% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above 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") 77 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)