A selection of Lord Framlingham's votes

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• Has never voted on a wholly elected House of Lords
• Generally voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, in 2011
• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 1 vote for, 5 votes against, 42 absences, between 2008–2011
• Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords
• Has never voted on encouraging occupational pensions
• Has never voted on increasing the rate of VAT

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Recent appearances

• Government Vision on Prevention - Statement 6 Nov 2018

  Given how unhelpful much of the advertising is nowadays, how brave are the Government prepared to be in curtailing it?

• Universal Credit - Statement 5 Nov 2018

  My Lords, can the Minister confirm that, due to the investment in work allowances, an extra 2.4 million families will keep an extra £630 per year of what they earn, by removing the taper rate from an extra £1,000 of earnings?

• Brexit: Negotiations - Question 6 Sep 2018

  To ask Her Majesty’s Government what individual representations they have received from other European Union member states about the present state of negotiations for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.

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Profile

Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 18 January 2011

Previously MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich until 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election

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

Party was Deputy Speaker until 11 Apr 2005; Conservative until 16 May 2005; Deputy Speaker until 12 Apr 2010

Also represented Central Suffolk and North Ipswich; Suffolk Central

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Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Other offices held in the past

• Deputy Speaker (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means) (1 May 1997 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (30 Jan 1990 to 21 Mar 1997)
• Member, Agriculture Committee (9 Jun 1983 to 27 Jul 1984)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 144 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Framlingham’s speeches
• Has received answers to 64 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a high number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 86.85% 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 144 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
• This MP’s speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 14–15 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 21 people are tracking this peer — email me updates on Lord Framlingham’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 47 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)