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Lord Skelmersdale
Conservative Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1973
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Skelmersdale voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted moderately against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly against more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
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- Occasionally rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Human Trafficking — Question (21 Mar 2013)
“My Lords, is it not time that we called a spade a spade and described human trafficking as slavery, which is what it is and which has been illegal in this country for many years?”
- Crime: Detection Rates — Question (14 Mar 2013)
“My Lords, perhaps I may get slightly more specific. I have anecdotal evidence of a rise in Muslim hate crime in this country, which apparently is recorded only by the Metropolitan Police. Will my noble friend use his best efforts to encourage other PCCs to make such recordings, because otherwise we will not know exactly what is going on?”
- Retail: Business Rates — Question (12 Feb 2013)
“My Lords, my noble friend the Minister mentioned the competition with the high street from internet shopping. Would she accept that the most successful firms in the high street also have internet sales operations?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 12 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 60.78% of votes in this House with this affiliation — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 6 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") 461 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)