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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
- Written Answers — House of Lords: Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills: Consultants (11 Nov 2009)
“I will write to the noble Baroness and a copy of the letter will be placed in the Library of the House.”
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: Third Reading (10 Nov 2009)
“My apologies to the noble Lord. I reject the criticism of the chambers of commerce. I would argue that it has been the beneficiary of significant government funding in relation to skills and training. The noble Lord, Lord Baker, made another wide-ranging contribution, which I am not sure focused always on the amendments. Certainly, I sometimes fear that ever since his Education Act, no other...”
- Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill: Third Reading (10 Nov 2009)
“Certainly we could not meet all the commitments that FE colleges were invited to submit, but the funding has not stopped and some programmes are still going ahead. Therefore, I reject the view that they have been slashed. To my knowledge there are no cuts, although the programme is not advancing as it has in the past. I shall see whether I can give a more accurate answer on that. As I said, I...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 34 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.
- 20 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") 176 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)