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Lord Richard
Labour Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1990
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Richard voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted very strongly for introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Draft House of Lords Reform Bill: Motion to Take Note (2nd Day) (1 May 2012)
“My Lords, we have had an interesting debate. I listened very carefully to what the Minister said. He spoke for 26 minutes, hardly mentioned the Bill or the report, and gave us a lecture on how we should behave and an analysis of what was wrong with the House of Lords and with Parliament as a whole. I was thoroughly disappointed by his speech; it was not up to the issue, to the debate or to...”
- Draft House of Lords Reform Bill: Motion to Take Note (2nd Day) (1 May 2012)
“Did I hear the noble Lord right? Did he say that the Attorney-General has made his position clear on the Parliament Act point raised by the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Goldsmith? If so, it has passed me by. The Attorney-General was very specific in a letter to me and said that he would not do that for the Select Committee. Where has he done that so specifically?”
- Draft House of Lords Reform Bill: Motion to Take Note (2nd Day) (1 May 2012)
“My Lords, the noble Lord says that we have consistently supported a 100 per cent elected House. I have to tell him that I part-authored a book many years ago in which I called for a two-thirds elected House and a one-third nominated House. I have never resiled from the principle that the majority should be elected but that a minority should be appointed. I do not want to go on about this, but...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 31 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 60.83% of votes in this House with this affiliation — above 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") 137 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)