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Lord Peston
Labour Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1987
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Peston voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Has never voted on laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. 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 for a stricter asylum system. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- NHS: Risk Register — Question (15 May 2012)
“My Lords, it is trivially obvious that all decision-making-”
- NHS: Risk Register — Question (15 May 2012)
“My Lords, I repeat what I said last time: it really is about time that the Liberal Democrats recognised that they are part of the government side. Everyone is getting quite fed up with this demand to be treated separately. Is it not trivially obvious that all decision-making involves risks and therefore the Government's refusal to publish this register would cause a reasonable person outside...”
- Youth Unemployment — Question (14 May 2012)
“My Lords, is the Minister aware that unless and until we get a Government who place the restoration of full employment as a central aim of government economic policy, the young people of this country have no hope substantially of returning to work? We need a policy of full employment and not the kind of Elastoplast policies that the Minister is talking about.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 40 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 25.61% of votes in this House with this affiliation — below 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") 268 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)