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• Has never voted on university tuition fees
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 14 absences, between 2008–2011
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons

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Recent appearances

• Queen’s Speech - Debate (3rd Day) (Continued) 26 Jun 2017

  My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes. I agree with much of what she said, particularly on HS2. I also commend both noble Lords who made excellent maiden speeches today. In speaking on energy today, I declare a non-pecuniary interest as vice-chair of the All-Party Group on Shale Gas Regulation and Planning and as a former UK Energy Minister. Comparing the recent...

• Shale Gas - Question for Short Debate 7 Mar 2017

  To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the economic and environmental benefits of shale gas development in the United Kingdom.

• Shale Gas - Question for Short Debate 7 Mar 2017

  My Lords, in opening this debate, I declare a non-pecuniary interest as vice-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Shale Gas Regulation and Planning and as a former UK Energy Minister. This is a controversial subject and, no doubt, your Lordships have heard and will hear many different views. Hydraulic fracturing—fracking—is a technological reality and cannot be...

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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)

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• Has spoken in 4 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Lord Truscott’s speeches
• Has received answers to 8 written questions in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 9.89% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — above average amongst Lords.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 119 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)