A selection of Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom's votes

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• Almost always voted for increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 19 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, between 2008–2013
• Almost always voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 12 votes for, 0 votes against, 5 absences, between 2012–2014
• Almost always voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 1 vote for, 3 votes against, in 2010
• Generally voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 3 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, between 2004–2011
• Consistently voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• Generally voted against removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, 3 absences, between 1999–2012

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Recent appearances

• Digital Economy Bill - Committee (3rd Day) (Continued) 6 Feb 2017

  My Lords, I am grateful to my noble and learned friend for his comments. From what he says I suspect that the Government are not quite there yet. However, I hope that my amendments will help to encourage them along a path of some form of regulation in this area. I suspect that the arguments my noble and learned friend used were similar to those that were first used when financial audit was...

• Digital Economy Bill - Committee (3rd Day) (Continued) 6 Feb 2017

  My Lords, I draw noble Lords’ attention to my interests in the register, particularly to the fact that I am chairman of the Information Assurance Advisory Council, chair of the advisory board of Thales UK and a member of the advisory board of IRM, among other cyber-interested companies. This Bill is about the digital economy, but it contains very little mention of security. Yet...

• Digital Economy Bill - Committee (2nd Day) (Continued) 2 Feb 2017

  My Lords, conscious as I am of the time, I shall simply say that I hope that the Minister will be able to respond positively to this for the very good reasons given by both noble Lords who have just spoken. It is a matter of natural fairness; it reflects the convergence issues which have been spoken about in this Committee already; it reflects the technological tsunami that my noble friend...

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 20 October 2015

Previously MP for North East Hampshire until 30 March 2015 — General election

Entered the House of Commons on 11 June 1987 — General election

Also represented North East Hampshire; Wanstead and Woodford

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Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
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Topics of interest

• Defence
• Trade and Industry
• Transport
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Treasury
• Export Credits Guarantee Department
• UK Trade and Investment
• Chinook Crash
• Members: Correspondence
• Aircraft Crashes

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee (17 Jan 2011 to 8 Mar 2011)
• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (13 Jan 2010 to 16 Jun 2014)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (11 Jul 2005 to 28 Apr 2014)
• Chair, Defence Committee (11 Jul 2005 to 28 Apr 2014)
• Shadow Minister (Trade and Industry) (1 Feb 2005 to 31 Oct 2005)
• Shadow Secretary of State (Trade and Industry) (8 Nov 2003 to 10 May 2005)
• Member, House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee) (19 Jun 2002 to 16 Jul 2003)
• Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (30 Jul 2001 to 26 Jan 2006)
• Shadow Chief Whip (Commons) (11 Jun 1997 to 7 Jun 2001)
• Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Procurement) (6 Jul 1995 to 1 May 1997)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Social Security) (20 Jul 1994 to 6 Jul 1995)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (15 Apr 1992 to 20 Jul 1994)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• National Health Service (Amended Duties and Powers) Bill Committee (7 out of 13)
• Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Patents Bill Committee (2 out of 2)

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• Has spoken in 28 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a very high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2014, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 89.02% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 77 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 7 times in debates — well below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)