• Labour Peer
• Became a Lord on 12 January 2004
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How Lord Triesman voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted strongly for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately for the hunting ban. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Taxation: Foreign Footballers (2 Apr 2008)

“My Lords, I declare an interest as the chairman of the Football Association. I assure the House that the competition to stage the finals is very tough and that people make bids in that light. Will my noble friend the Minister give the House an explicit assurance that the Treasury and all government departments will at least match the terms on which European Governments enable their sports...”

Apprenticeships (14 Jan 2008)

“My Lords, the most recent provisional figures for 2006-07, collected for management information purposes, show completion rates of 65.1 per cent for apprenticeships and 64.2 per cent for advanced apprenticeships. The figures are provisional until publication of the LSC's outcomes statistical first release in April 2008, which will confirm the final results for 2006-07.”

Apprenticeships (14 Jan 2008)

“My Lords, I am well aware that many employers feel that it would be better if there was direct funding, for precisely the reasons that the noble Baroness describes. However, a great many small employers have said that they would rather group their activity because they do not find it administratively efficient to do it directly themselves. That has been the overwhelming evidence from the...”

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• Has spoken in 6 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Has voted in 67% of votes in parliament — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 15 comments on this Lord's speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
• 27 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Triesman speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 656 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)