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Lord Teverson
Liberal Democrat Peer
- Became a Lord on 26 June 2006
- Positions held at time of appointment: Director of Finance South West, and former Member of the European Parliament. (from Number 10 press release)
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Teverson voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted strongly against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted strongly for more EU integration. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party.
Most recent appearances
- Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill [HL] — Second Reading (22 May 2012)
“My Lords, I declare an interest in that I chair a modest company that supplies supermarket retailers who will not be affected by the Bill. I enjoyed the speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Sherlock. She asked why we need an adjudicator. Clause 1 says, in a completely Book of Genesis style: "There is to be a Groceries Code Adjudicator". What more do we need? It then carries on with a rather...”
- Employment Law — Statement (21 May 2012)
“My Lords, I believe that there is a problem in how the current system works in that SMEs-I am involved with some-do not have their own HR staff. They go to professionals for help and the professional advice is inevitably always very conservative. Even when there is a good case that someone should be fired, which should happen only when they have been given the chance of training and have gone...”
- Queen's Speech — Debate (6th Day) (17 May 2012)
“My Lords, I have the great privilege of being the chair of the House's European sub-committee on external affairs, on which I have been helped many times by the Chairman of Committees, who is in the Speaker's place and whom I thank for his assistance over the past few years. Today I will go through some of the issues that the committee has felt strongly about and has reported on, and will ask...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 30 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 24 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 68.76% of votes in this House with this affiliation — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 3 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") 233 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)