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Lord Quirk
Crossbench Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1994
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Quirk voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. 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 the hunting ban. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
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Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Questions for Written Answer (25 Apr 2013)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government why Questions for Written Answer HL6126, HL6127 and HL6128, tabled on 11 March and due for answer by 25 March, are still unanswered.”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Schools: National Curriculum (25 Apr 2013)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that all comments on the new national curriculum, out for consultation until 16 April, are thoroughly taken into account for all disciplines, and especially for the key subjects, mathematics and English. To ask Her Majesty's Government to what extent they have studied the curricula for mother-tongue teaching in the German...”
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Teachers: Training (25 Apr 2013)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Nash on 23 April (WA 401-2), why the answers to Questions for Written Answer HL6300 and HL6301 requesting separate information were identical.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 4 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 45 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 8.52% of votes in this House with this affiliation — well below 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") 43 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)