A selection of Lord Griffiths of Burry Port’s votes

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• Voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, in 2011. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.
• Generally voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, 3 absences, in 2011.
• Has never voted on university tuition fees Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, in 2010.
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2010.
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 6 votes for, 0 votes against, 9 absences, between 2008–2011.

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Recent appearances

• Illegal Migration Bill - Committee (2nd Day): Amendment 13 5 Jun 2023

  My Lords, I will be very happy to agree or disagree with whatever impact assessment arises, when I see it. How can we possibly take the advice just offered and make an opinion about something that might or might not be accurate until we see what to base our judgment on? It is an extraordinary, circular argument, from someone who wants to give a fig leaf to the Minister.

• Online Safety Bill - Committee (9th Day) (Continued): Amendment 192 25 May 2023

  My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 192A. There can be nothing more comfortable within the terms of parliamentary debate than to find oneself cossetted by the noble Baroness, Lady Morgan, on one side and my noble friend Lord Stevenson on the other. I make no apology for repeating the thrust of the argument of the noble Baroness, but I will narrow the focus to matters that she hinted at which...

• Illegal Migration Bill - Committee (1st Day): Amendment 1 24 May 2023

  I feel a little intimidated to follow such an intervention. I am not a lawyer either, but I am a member, as I have said repeatedly in the past, of the delegation from this Parliament to the Council of Europe; and I can attest, from conversations I have had in its migration committee, plenary sessions and other meetings in Strasbourg and other parts of Europe, that there are a number of...

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 21 July 2004

Positions held at time of appointment: Superintendent Minister, Wesley's Chapel, London. (from Number 10 press release)

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Currently held offices

• Member, Communications and Digital Committee (since 28 Jan 2021)

Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Spokesperson (Digital, Culture, Media and Sport) (14 Sep 2017 to 14 May 2020)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Wales) (14 Sep 2017 to 14 May 2020)
• Opposition Whip (Lords) (21 Jun 2017 to 14 May 2020)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (9 Jul 2015 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (27 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)