A selection of Lord Watson of Invergowrie's votes

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• 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
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 6 votes for, 0 votes against, 9 absences, between 2008–2011
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2010
• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, in 2011

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Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber 24 Jul 2018

  Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Cooperation and Information Sharing) Regulations 2018 - Motion to regret – Lord Watson of Invergowrie. Orders and regulations

• Relationships and Sex Education - Statement 19 Jul 2018

  My Lords, with the permission of the House, I would like to return to a point that I asked the Minister about when I spoke earlier, which is the issue of faith schools. The noble Lord, Lord Storey, raised a similar point. If there is any difficulty in making this guidance effective, that is most likely where it would occur. The point I specifically asked was, what happens where the school...

• Relationships and Sex Education - Statement 19 Jul 2018

  My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement and for arranging a briefing with his colleague the Schools Minister, Mr Gibb, yesterday for myself and other noble Lords. The guidance has a 15-week consultation period, which I presume starts today. Six of those 15 weeks will be taken up by the school holidays, when parents, children and teachers tend be doing other things, so it is...

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1997

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Currently held offices

• Shadow Spokesperson (Education) (since 18 Sep 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Draft Protection of Charities Bill (Joint Committee) (10 Nov 2014 to 3 Feb 2015)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee F (12 Jan 1998 to 11 Nov 1999)
• Member, Public Accounts Committee (20 Jan 1995 to 21 Mar 1997)
• Member, Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (15 Dec 1989 to 2 Mar 1995)

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• Has spoken in 40 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Watson of Invergowrie’s speeches
• Has received answers to 67 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 36.34% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 1 annotation on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 203 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)