A selection of Lord Truscott’s votes

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• 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.
• Voted for more EU integration Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 14 absences, between 2008–2011.
• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 7 absences, in 2011.
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, in 2011. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Transport: High Speed 2 Line: Construction 28 Sep 2023

  To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to (1) stop, or (2) scale back, HS2; and what estimate they have made of the savings to the taxpayer in either case.

• Written Answers — Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Rented Housing: Flats 31 Jul 2023

  To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 20 July (HL9153), whether legislation in the Renters (Reform) Bill will override leases in apartment blocks which ban short lets.

• Written Answers — Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Private Rented Housing: Pets 28 Jul 2023

  To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 20 July (HL9154), whether inserted sections 16B and 16C of clause 7 of the Renters (Reform) Bill will override leases in blocks of flats which explicitly prohibit pets which may cause a nuisance.

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Non-affiliated Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 23 June 2004

Positions held at time of appointment: Labour Member of the European Parliament for Hertfordshire. (from Number 10 press release)

Party was Labour until 13 May 2009

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Other offices held in the past

• Government Whip (28 Jun 2007 to 17 Oct 2007)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Energy), Department of Trade and Industry ( 9 Jan 2007 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry (15 Nov 2006 to 16 Nov 2006)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Trade and Industry) (Energy) (10 Nov 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee C - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy (24 May 2005 to 12 Nov 2009)