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Lord Monks
Labour Peer
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- Became a Lord on 11 October 2010
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Monks voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted for more EU integration. votes
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- Never rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Euro Area Crisis: EUC Report — Motion to Take Note (21 May 2012)
“My Lords, one of the small pleasures of working in Brussels for eight years as general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation was to be examined periodically by the House of Lords European Union Committee and to talk with others in the waiting room about just how serious and expert those sessions were, and how well respected the committee and this House is among those people on...”
- Queen's Speech — Debate (5th Day) (16 May 2012)
“My Lords, Members of the House may have noticed that two members of the Cabinet have had rather difficult speaking engagements today. The Home Secretary has been to the Police Federation, always a frosty audience when there is a dispute on, and the Foreign Secretary has been at the CBI dinner. For him that would normally be a pretty straightforward engagement, but I wonder how the CBI reacted...”
- Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (Tribunal Composition) Order 2012: Motion to Approve (28 Mar 2012)
“The difficulty with making changes through statutory instruments is that they convey the impression that the changes being made are minor and of a technical nature. However, these changes are not technical and they are certainly not minor. As the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, said, 3 million people will be taken out of the scope of unfair dismissal legislation and protection. That is a major...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 15 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 44.83% 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") 12 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)