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Viscount Astor
Conservative Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1966
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Viscount Astor voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted a mixture of for and against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against more EU integration. votes
- Voted against equal gay rights. votes
- Has never voted on allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against greater autonomy for schools. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- House of Lords Reform — Motion to Take Note (29 Jun 2010)
“My Lords, one of the strengths of this House is that political parties in opposition love the place. It is the only Chamber where they can defeat the Government. Of course, once they get into power the love affair wanes as, often, the Government's carefully planned Bills, which have inched their way through another place, are revised in this House. Then Ministers in another place get...”
- Academies Bill [HL] — Committee (3rd Day) (Continued) (28 Jun 2010)
“My Lords, I will not make any long arguments. My noble friend Lord Phillips has referred to museums and to Kew, but I think that, although the secondary legislation to appoint a charitable regulator other than the Charity Commission is in draft, it has not yet been triggered. I think that the matter is still in limbo.”
- Academies Bill [HL] — Committee (3rd Day) (Continued) (28 Jun 2010)
“I stand corrected. That secondary legislation was drafted by the previous Government and I must confess that I had some hope that the coalition Government would see that there had been an error and not implement it. An extremely strong argument has to be made in order to appoint any charitable regulator other than the Charity Commission. In default of that argument, the Charity Commission...”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 4 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 25% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 283 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)