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Lord Patten
Conservative Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1997
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Patten voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly against equal gay rights. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Internet: Broadband (24 May 2012)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the availability of the engineers needed to meet the targets for provision of high speed broadband in rural areas.”
- Queen's Speech — Debate (5th Day) (16 May 2012)
“My Lords, certainly in my part of the south-western dairying country, what the right reverend Prelate has just said will go down very well-"Bishop calls for speedy badger cull". They will like that very much in my part of Somerset. In declaring my current business and financial interests, I wish to concentrate on four paragraphs only in the gracious Speech: paragraph 2 on the deficit;...”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Bahrain (1 May 2012)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 23 April (WA 298), what evidence they have as to whether or not Dr Al Singace is receiving the medical treatment that he needs whilst in custody in Bahrain.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 10 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 100 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 28.31% of votes in this House with this affiliation — below 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") 123 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)