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Lord Ramsbotham
Crossbench Peer
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- Became a Lord on 23 May 2005
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Ramsbotham voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
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Most recent appearances
- Queen's Speech — Debate (4th Day) (15 May 2012)
“My Lords, as the Minister forecast, with the time available, I shall concentrate on only one issue. It will not surprise your Lordships to learn that that issue is imprisonment. I entirely accept that the Government's No.1 priority in this whole legislative package is costs. In that regard, I am very concerned about the costs of imprisonment. If you have, as was the position last week, 87,212...”
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Third Reading (27 Mar 2012)
“My Lords, I support the intent of the amendment moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Linklater. I will admit to some subversion. When I was Chief Inspector of Prisons, the Magistrates' Association one day brought me a large blue book containing the guidance issued by the Prison Service for visits paid to prisons by magistrates. The association asked me whether I would support it. I read it and...”
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill — Third Reading (27 Mar 2012)
“My Lords, earlier in the day in this debate, many tributes were paid to Lord Newton of Braintree. I wish to be associated with all of them. Early on in the passage of this Bill, when we had the initial skirmish about access to justice, he noticed that I had tabled an amendment questioning the fact that this Bill referred to punishment rather than rehabilitation of offenders. We had a...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 48 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 20 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 42.44% of votes in this House with this affiliation — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 47 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 344 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)