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Lord Radice
Labour Peer
- Also represented North Durham; Chester-le-Street
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- Entered the House of Lords on 23 October 2001
- Previously MP for North Durham until 14 May 2001 — General election
- Positions held at time of appointment: Member of Parliament for Durham North, 1983-2001 and for Chester-le-Street, 1973-83. Opposition spokesman on foreign affairs, 1981, on employment, 1982-83, on education, 1983-87. (from Number 10 press release)
- Entered Parliament on 1 March 1973 — unknown
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Radice voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted against a smoking ban. votes
- Voted strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted for Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment Decision) Bill [HL]: Second Reading (23 May 2012)
“To act as the mouthpiece of the noble Lord, Lord Lamont, as I understood it in his criticism of me, he does not think that influence is important.”
- European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment Decision) Bill [HL]: Second Reading (23 May 2012)
“My Lords, I thank the Minister for his lucid explanation of the Bill. I certainly support the Bill as far as it goes and in so far as it confirms the eurozone member states' ability to set up the European stability mechanism. However, as our debate on Monday on the Select Committee report reminded us, much more will be required to solve the euro area crisis than this small Bill. Nevertheless,...”
- European Union (Approval of Treaty Amendment Decision) Bill [HL]: Second Reading (23 May 2012)
“All right, if the noble Lord insists. As I said, what happens in the eurozone has a major impact on our economy and therefore it is very much in the UK's interest for the eurozone to secure financial stability. So what has Britain-this important power with the third-largest economy-done? Last December, we opted out of the fiscal pact. We all said what we thought about that in the February...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 9 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 48.18% of votes in this House with this affiliation — 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") 40 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)