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Lord Young of Norwood Green
Labour Peer
- Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (since 13 Oct 2009)
Government Whip (technically a Lord in Waiting, HM Household) (since 10 Jun 2009)
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- Became a Lord on 7 September 2004
- Positions held at time of appointment: Senior Deputy General Secretary, Communication Workers' Union. (from Number 10 press release)
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Young of Norwood Green voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- Disabled People: Student Loans — Question (5 Nov 2009)
“My Lords, as part of widening participation, the Government give generous financial support to disabled students, and are aware of concerns expressed about delays in providing that support this academic year. These will be investigated in the Student Loans Company's review of lessons learnt, which has external scrutiny, expertise and challenge. Government-funded arrangements are in place to...”
- Disabled People: Student Loans — Question (5 Nov 2009)
“My Lords, I think that we should keep this in perspective. More than 855,000 students have been paid by the Student Loans Company this year, more than ever before at this time of the year. We should acknowledge that a significant number of students seem to practise through lastminute.com., in that they do not apply until shortly before the start of term. A very large number have been dealt...”
- Disabled People: Student Loans — Question (5 Nov 2009)
“My Lords, in relation to the phone calls, frankly—or so I have been told—there were not enough phone lines to deal with the situation. There were an unprecedented number of starts this year but, nevertheless, that clearly needs to be remedied. As the noble Baroness knows, there is also an online system, so people are perfectly capable of processing their applications online, and...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 35 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
- Has voted in 60% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 6 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
- 21 people are tracking whenever this peer speaks — email me whenever Lord Young of Norwood Green speaks.
- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 173 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)