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Lord Rowlands
Labour Peer
- Also represented Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney; Merthyr Tydfil; Cardiff North
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- Entered the House of Lords on 20 July 2004
- Previously MP for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney until 14 May 2001 — General election
- Positions held at time of appointment: Labour Member of Parliamentfor Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney. (from Number 10 press release)
- Entered Parliament on 31 March 1966 — General election
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Rowlands voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Has never voted on a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly for university tuition fees. votes
- Voted strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
- Has never voted on Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on replacing Trident. votes
- Voted for a smoking ban. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Banking (25 Oct 2011)
“To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the value of their equity holding in British banks in 2010; and what is its current value.”
- EU Committee: Court of Justice of the European Union — Question for Short Debate (17 Oct 2011)
“Does the noble and learned Lord accept the fact that, as a result of the change in jurisdiction, there is going to be a very considerable increase in fast-tracking procedures within the Court of Justice and that this will have very considerable consequences for the rest of its workload?”
- EU Committee: Court of Justice of the European Union — Question for Short Debate (17 Oct 2011)
“My Lords, I too am grateful to our chairman and to the staff of our committee for helping us to prepare this report. Like a rather large number of Members of this House, I am something of a veteran of European treaties and the institutional changes that have flowed from them: Maastricht, Amsterdam, Nice and Lisbon-I have been through them all. I have sat through and taken part in some of the...”
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- Has spoken in 2 debates in the last year — below average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 66.63% of votes in this House with this affiliation — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 2 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — above average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 41 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)