A selection of Baroness Primarolo's votes

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• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons
• Has never voted on reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax")
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
• Voted a mixture of for and against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 1 vote for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, in 2010
• Generally voted for encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, between 2004–2011
• Voted against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, 6 absences, between 2008–2014

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Recent appearances

• Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens v Home Office - Question 19 Oct 2020

  My Lords, will the Minister tell the House whether the Home Office carried out a children’s best interest assessment of the Government’s policy on fees in light of the original judgment? If it did not, can she explain to the House why it was not conducted?

• Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill - Report (2nd Day) (Continued): Amendment 16 5 Oct 2020

  My Lords, I will add a couple of comments to this very important debate. First, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Lister. She has pursued this vital subject with great tenacity and ensured with great clarity that the main arguments are put again on the Floor of the House. I know that the Minister will be listening carefully to all the points that have been made. As my noble friend said,...

• Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill - Report (2nd Day) (Continued): Amendment 15 5 Oct 2020

  My Lords, much has been said in the debate and I want to add a couple of quick points. First, as the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, made clear in introducing this amendment, it provides a way forward for the Government to plan what we are to do in responding to the humanitarian crisis we face with regard to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. Secondly, the noble Lord, Lord Kerr, made it absolutely...

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 8 December 2015

Previously MP for Bristol South until 30 March 2015 — General election

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

Also represented Bristol South

• Personal website
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• BBC News profile
• Early Day Motions signed by this MP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Health
• Prescriptions: Fees and Charges

Currently held offices

• Member, EU Security and Justice Sub-Committee (since 23 Apr 2020)
• Member, European Union Committee (since 1 Jul 2019)
• Member, Bribery Act 2010 Committee (since 17 May 2018)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Finance Bill Sub-Committee (4 Nov 2019 to 2 Dec 2019)
• Member, EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee (2 Jul 2019 to 23 Apr 2020)
• Member, Financial Exclusion Committee (25 May 2016 to 25 Mar 2017)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (8 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Deputy Speaker (Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means) (8 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Children, Young People and Families) (13 May 2010 to 8 Jun 2010)
• Minister of State (Department for Children, Schools and Families) (Children, Young People and Families) (9 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Minister of State (Department of Health) (Public Health) (29 Jun 2007 to 8 Jun 2009)
• Member, Tax Law Rewrite Bills (Joint Committee) (2 Dec 2002 to 20 Dec 2004)
• Paymaster General (HM Treasury) (4 Jan 1999 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (30 Oct 1997 to 12 Jan 1999)
• The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (6 May 1997 to 3 Jan 1999)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury) (1 Jun 1994 to 1 Jun 1997)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Health) (1 Jun 1992 to 1 Jun 1994)
• Member, Members' Interests Committee (11 May 1990 to 16 Mar 1992)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (1 out of 4)
• Finance (No.2) Bill Committee (19 out of 21)
• Finance Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Finance Bill Committee (14 out of 21)
• Finance Bill Committee (14 out of 16)
• Employee Share Schemes Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Tax Credits Bill Committee (5 out of 6)
• Finance Bill Committee (10 out of 16)
• Tax Credits Committee (1 out of 2)
• Finance Bill Committee (5 out of 7)