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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:
- Has never voted on laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against introducing ID cards. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
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- Sometimes rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Procedure of the House — Motion to Take Note (24 Apr 2013)
“My Lords, I intervene as one of the more naive Members of your Lordships' House. When I first heard of the proposal to set up a Back-Bench debates committee, particularly given its provenance, notably with the noble Lord, Lord Goodlad, I assumed that it would go through your Lordships' House on the nod. I am astonished today to find that the Leader of the House, who, I do not have to remind...”
- Procedure of the House — Motion to Take Note (24 Apr 2013)
“It is my dear wish, which I think is that of all noble Lords, that there should not be a party-political element to our debate. That is the point that I was trying to make. What was troubling me is that I did not hear the noble Lord say what he has now said: that that should not be the case. The debate needs to be judged on its merits. Part of its merits is definitely the provenance of the...”
- Procedure of the House — Motion to Resolve (24 Apr 2013)
“I have also misinterpreted what is on the Order Paper. I thought we were going to decide the question. Why are we wasting our time, particularly at this time of year, with a take note Motion? Some of us actually want something to happen. Is the noble Lord going to tell us that nothing will happen as a result of us sitting here and talking? That is not unusual in our House, but sometimes we...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 50 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") 322 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)