A selection of Lord Lilley's votes

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• Almost always voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 39 votes for, 0 votes against, 15 absences, between 2012–2016
• Almost always voted for increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 18 votes for, 4 votes against, 4 absences, between 2010–2015
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 15 votes for, 56 votes against, 20 absences, between 2008–2017
• Generally voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 1 vote for, 2 votes against, 3 absences, between 2010–2016
• Generally voted for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 8 votes for, 4 votes against, 1 absence, between 2008–2016
• Generally voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 0 votes for, 10 votes against, 5 absences, between 2011–2016

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Recent appearances

• Planned Deportation Flight to Jamaica - Statement 10 Feb 2020

  My Lords, my noble friend and the Government are right to take a robust line with foreign criminals, but it must be at least doubtful how foreign people are if they have been here for an awfully long time and they probably thought that they were British citizens. Why is there such a contrast between the Government’s robustness on this issue and their failure immediately to deport people...

• Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Question 5 Feb 2020

  My Lords, as we move from heating by gas to heating by electricity, will my noble friend bear something in mind? As you move north, it gets colder, heating bills are higher and incomes are lower, so those bills make up a higher proportion of people’s incomes. Heating by electricity costs four times as much per thermal unit as heating by gas. Does he think that people in the red wall voted...

• Global Britain - Statement 3 Feb 2020

  My Lords, will my noble friend reassure those noble Lords who seem to think that a customs union arrangement would be superior to the free trade agreement that we seek because it would avoid, among other things, the need for customs declarations, that this is not a view shared by most other countries, including the main partners of the European Union? Switzerland does not seek a customs...

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 18 June 2018

Previously MP for Hitchin and Harpenden until 3 May 2017 — Dissolved for election

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 1983 — General election

Also represented Hitchin and Harpenden; St Albans

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Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Lord Lilley campaigned to leave the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Department
• International Development
• Treasury
• Energy and Climate Change
• Health
• Asylum Seekers
• Aid Statistics
• Carbon Emissions
• Members: Correspondence
• Work Permits

Currently held offices

• Member, EU Internal Market Sub-Committee (since 2 Jul 2019)
• Member, SLSC Sub-Committee A (since 4 Sep 2018)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Committee on Exiting the European Union (31 Oct 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Environmental Audit Committee (20 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Energy and Climate Change Committee (5 Nov 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Draft Financial Services Bill (Joint Committee) (18 Jul 2011 to 13 Dec 2011)
• Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party (2 Jun 1998 to 15 Jun 1999)
• Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer (11 Jun 1997 to 2 Jun 1998)
• Secretary of State for Social Security (10 Apr 1992 to 1 May 1997)
• Secretary of State for Trade (14 Jul 1990 to 9 Apr 1992)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (27 Jul 1989 to 15 Oct 1990)
• The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (24 Jul 1989 to 13 Jul 1990)
• The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (13 Jun 1987 to 23 Jul 1989)
• Member, Treasury & Civil Service Committee (9 Dec 1983 to 27 Jan 1984)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Welfare Reform Bill Committee (8 out of 9)
• Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill Committee (2 out of 3)
• Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Private Security Industry Bill Committee (5 out of 7)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 234 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Lilley’s speeches
• Has received answers to 45 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2015, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 74.23% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 18–19 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") 24 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)