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Lord Walpole
Crossbench Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1989
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Walpole voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted for allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted very strongly for more EU integration. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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Most recent appearances
- European Rail Market: EUC Report: Motion to Take Note (14 Jun 2012)
“Oh dear. All I can say is: how do I follow that? That is the expert. I will try. My family were Members of Parliament for Kings Lynn on and off since about 1350 until the end of the 19th century. I wondered what they felt about the possibility of a Channel tunnel, and indeed I know perfectly well what they thought: they preferred to use the Hanseatic League and did not want somewhere for the...”
- European Rail Market: EUC Report: Motion to Take Note (14 Jun 2012)
“Over certain distances, there is no doubt that the train should be better than the air. It should be cheaper, should be better for the environment, should be better for time and should be more comfortable, though whether or not that is true, I do not know. The report in front of your Lordships contains, in box 2, the treaty of Canterbury. Whatever anyone has said so far, after 25 years that...”
- European Rail Market: EUC Report: Motion to Take Note (14 Jun 2012)
“Yes. You can get everything right. I like railways and I like the tunnel, but if you go from Norwich to Liverpool Street, you go to a place called Stratford. You cannot change at Stratford on to anything else; you have to get a train either to Ebbsfleet or to St Pancras. That is extraordinary. I should think that I have used the tunnel about four to five times a year-in other words, eight to...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 1 debate in the last year — below average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 51.97% of votes in this House with this affiliation — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 16 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)