A selection of Lord Touhig's votes

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• Voted against increasing the rate of VAT Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2008
• Generally voted for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords Show votes 5 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, between 1999–2007
• Almost always voted for more EU integration Show votes 42 votes for, 2 votes against, 4 absences, between 2006–2011
• Generally voted for university tuition fees Show votes 11 votes for, 2 votes against, between 1997–2010
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010
• Consistently voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, in 2011

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Recent appearances

• Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [HL] - Committee (2nd Day) (Continued) 15 Oct 2018

  My Lords, the questions from the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, deserve an answer. I am sure that if the Minister cannot provide one tonight we will get one because she raised some very important points. The example that the noble Baroness, Lady Watkins of Tavistock, just gave gives us a practical idea of how these amendments might apply if they were part of the Bill. Amendments 32 and 34...

• Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [HL] - Committee (2nd Day)(Continued) 15 Oct 2018

  My Lords, I do not recall, in some 25 years in both Houses of Parliament, rising to speak in a debate feeling more despair about a piece of legislation than I feel about this Bill as it stands. Amendments 17, 19 and 36 are so necessary and so blindingly obviously needed that I cannot understand why the provisions they cover were not included in the Bill in the first place. Amendment 17 would...

• Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [HL] - Committee (1st Day) (Continued) 5 Sep 2018

  This is a very small but very important amendment. Having spent 27 years in newspapers and publishing, I constantly came across issues and stories where people were having all sorts of difficulties, public services failed and systems failed because of lack of information. Certainly from my time as a councillor, as an MP and as a Minister, I passionately believe that we must be open and...

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Profile

Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 30 June 2010

Previously MP for Islwyn until 12 April 2010 — did not stand for re-election

Entered the House of Commons on 16 February 1995 — unknown

Party was Labour/Co-operative until 11 Apr 2005

Also represented Islwyn

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009

Topics of interest

• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Home Department
• Work and Pensions
• Treasury
• Trade and Industry
• Capita
• Departmental Contracts
• Coal Industry Compensation
• Industrial Diseases: Compensation
• Malaysia: Military Decorations

Other offices held in the past

• Opposition Whip (Lords) (18 Sep 2015 to 1 Sep 2016)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Defence) (18 Sep 2015 to 17 Oct 2017)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Lords) (4 Jul 2013 to 12 May 2016)
• Member, Public Service and Demographic Change Committee (29 May 2012 to 8 Nov 2012)
• Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (28 Oct 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (27 Oct 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Liaison Committee (4 Mar 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (3 Mar 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Chairman, Members' Allowances Committee (11 Feb 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Members' Allowances Committee (10 Feb 2009 to 11 Feb 2009)
• Chair, Members' Allowances Committee (10 Feb 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Members' Allowances Committee (9 Feb 2009 to 10 Feb 2009)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (6 Jun 2006 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (5 Jun 2006 to 6 May 2010)
• Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee (20 Dec 2005 to 27 Nov 2008)
• Member, Armed Forces Bill Committee (19 Dec 2005 to 9 May 2006)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Veterans), Ministry of Defence (17 Jun 2005 to 6 Jun 2006)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence (11 May 2005 to 17 Jun 2005)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Veterans) (10 May 2005 to 5 May 2006)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales), Department for Constitutional Affairs (13 Jun 2003 to 11 May 2005)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Constitutional Affairs) (also in Wales Office) (12 Jun 2003 to 10 May 2005)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Welsh Office (11 Jun 2001 to 13 Jun 2003)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (11 Jun 2001 to 10 May 2005)
• Assistant Whip (17 Nov 1999 to 11 Jun 2001)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (17 Nov 1999 to 7 Jun 2001)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (15 Jan 1996 to 21 Mar 1997)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Child Maintenance and Other Payments Bill Committee (7 out of 11)
• Education Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Higher Education Bill Committee (7 out of 15)
• Public Audit (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Children Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
• Local Government Bill Committee (5 out of 14)
• Health (Wales) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill Committee (2 out of 23)
• Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill Committee (2 out of 12)
• Planning and Compulsory Purchase (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of 8)
• Education Bill Committee (15 out of 20)
• NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill Committee (7 out of 12)
• Children's Commissioner for Wales Bill Committee (5 out of 5)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 110 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Touhig’s speeches
• Has received answers to 115 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 71.94% 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 235 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.
• 19 people are tracking this peer — email me updates on Lord Touhig’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 161 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)