A selection of Lord Watson of Richmond’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.
• Consistently voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011.
• Voted for more EU integration Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, 12 absences, between 2008–2011.
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010.

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Science: EU Grants and Loans 30 Oct 2019

  To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement by the Royal Society that British science has lost approximately €500 million in EU funding as a result of uncertainty around Brexit.

• Written Answers — Department of Health: NHS: Exchange Rates 19 Sep 2017

  To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the additional costs to the NHS as a consequence of the fall in the value of the pound since the EU referendum.

• Security in the UK - Motion to Take Note (Continued) 10 Jul 2017

  My Lords, this debate invites us to take note of the current security situation in the UK. I wish to focus my remarks this evening primarily on that situation in London. However, we all know that terror can come in different forms, in different times and in different places. Innocuous white vans are driven as weapons of murder into crowds on pavements, young people out for the evening,...

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Liberal Democrat Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1999

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Other offices held in the past

• Spokesperson for Innovation, Universities and Skills (8 Jan 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Spokesperson in the Lords (Universities), Innovation, Universities and Skills (27 Jul 2007 to 8 Jan 2009)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee A - Economic and Financial Affairs, and International Trade (24 May 2005 to 12 Nov 2009)
• Spokesperson in the Lords, Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs (22 Feb 2005 to 1 Jun 2005)
• Shadow Minister, Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs (26 Jan 2004 to 22 Feb 2005)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee C (6 Dec 1999 to 20 Nov 2003)