A selection of Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury’s votes

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• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010.
• Consistently voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.
• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 8 votes for, 5 votes against, 2 absences, between 2008–2011.
• Consistently voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011.
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010.

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Office: Refugees: Afghanistan 14 Apr 2023

  To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to announce a third pathway under the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme; and what that pathway will include both (1) journalists still resident in Afghanistan, and (2) exiled Afghan journalists in Pakistan and Iran, at risk of persecution for their professional activities.

• Written Answers — Home Office: Refugees: Afghanistan 14 Apr 2023

  To ask His Majesty's Government how many endangered Afghan journalists have been resettled in UK to date under (1) the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme, or (2) the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy, since the withdrawal of British military forces from that country.

• Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Afghanistan: Journalism 12 Apr 2023

  To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the numbers of Afghan journalists currently at risk of persecution in (1) Afghanistan, (2) Pakistan, and (3) Iran, for their professional activities.

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Liberal Democrat Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 21 July 2004

Positions held at time of appointment: Member, Advisory Board, Centre for Reform and Member, Advisory Board for Britain and Europe. (from Number 10 press release)

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Currently held offices

• Member, Lord Speaker's Advisory Panel on Works of Art (since 5 Feb 2021)
• Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport) (since 7 Sep 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Communications and Digital Committee (8 Jun 2015 to 1 Jul 2019)
• Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Media and the Creative Industries) (1 Jun 2015 to 7 Sep 2015)
• Member, EU Sub Committee C - External Affairs (17 May 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee) (18 Jul 2011 to 12 Mar 2012)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee C - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy (22 Jun 2010 to 16 May 2012)
• Spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport (8 Jan 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Communications and Digital Committee (23 Apr 2007 to 8 Apr 2010)
• Spokesperson in the Lords, Culture, Media & Sport (19 Dec 2006 to 8 Jan 2009)
• Spokesperson in the Lords, Shadow Minister (17 Aug 2006 to 19 Dec 2006)
• Member, BBC Charter Review Committee (24 May 2005 to 8 Nov 2006)
• Spokesperson in the Lords, Culture, Media & Sport (22 Feb 2005 to 17 Aug 2006)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee F - Home Affairs (29 Nov 2004 to 30 Nov 2007)