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Lord Skidelsky
Crossbench Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1991
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Skidelsky voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against the hunting ban. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Has never voted on introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Has never voted on more EU integration. votes
- Voted for equal gay rights. votes
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Most recent appearances
- Queen's Speech — Debate (5th Day) (16 May 2012)
“How long does the Minister think that it will be before sustainable recovery happens?”
- Queen's Speech — Debate (5th Day) (16 May 2012)
“My Lords, Sigmund Freud identified a defence mechanism that he called denial, in which a person faced with a fact that is too uncomfortable to accept insists that it is not true, despite overwhelming evidence. A good example of denial is the Chancellor's belief that austerity is a growth policy, despite the fact that the British economy is shrinking. Somewhat better than a state of denial is...”
- European Communities (Amendment) Act 1993 — Motion to Approve (25 Apr 2012)
“I take it that the question for debate this evening is not whether Britain is on track to meet the Maastricht budget criteria, but why, nearly four years after the economic collapse of 2008, our country finds itself officially back in recession. Since July 2010, the policy for recovery has been set by the coalition Government. The main plank of that policy has been an accelerated programme of...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 6 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 8.10% of votes in this House with this affiliation — well below 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") 64 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)