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Lord Phillips of Sudbury
Liberal Democrat Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1998
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Phillips of Sudbury voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Quite often rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Committee (1st Day) (17 Jun 2013)
“Perhaps my noble friend might refer back to what the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, asked him, which was whether he objects to Amendment 46, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Armstrong of Ilminster, which would give the term “matrimony” to a marriage between a man and a woman but would allow marriage to same-sex couples.”
- Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Committee (1st Day) (17 Jun 2013)
“My Lords, at Second Reading I suggested that the term for a same-sex marriage might be “espousal”, but I accept the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Hylton, that it is an archaic or anachronistic word. I also said at Second Reading that I intended to sound out the House on whether there would be much support for that nomenclature, and now I have to say that there was not...”
- Business and Society — Question for Short Debate (12 Jun 2013)
“My Lords, I have a sober view of where we now stand as a nation and, in my two minutes, I intend to concentrate on the relationship between business and local communities. I do that from a comparative basis. I am lucky enough still to live in the small town that I was bred in—Sudbury in Suffolk—and the contrast between my first 20 or 25 years and now could not be more stark in...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 52 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 41.94% of votes in this House with this affiliation — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 816 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)