A selection of Lord Mancroft’s votes

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• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010.
• Generally voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 4 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, in 2011.
• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010.
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 1 vote for, 8 votes against, 6 absences, between 2008–2011.
• Consistently voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.

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Recent appearances

• Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill - Committee: Amendment 5 12 Sep 2023

  My Lords, I support this amendment. We have been told that the motivations behind this Bill are the manifesto commitment and public opinion. I am not particularly enthusiastic about either of those things, but there is no doubt that this amendment does return the Bill to the manifesto commitment that was given. If that is what the Government are hanging their hat on, as they appear...

• Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill - Committee: Amendment 5 12 Sep 2023

  Well, it was lovely to have that domestic entertainment, but the point I was trying to make is that we should not be basing serious legislation on rather dubious public opinion polls. In-depth research is useful, but the ballot box is the real thing that we do. I do not think we should be doing this on public opinion polls, but we have an opportunity to take the Bill back to the original...

• Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill - Committee: Amendment 5 12 Sep 2023

  If we are all making confessions, I was not in the House of Commons and I never had a letter, but I had a bomb delivered to me in this House from the very nice animal rights people. I also had some threatening letters describing precisely what they were going to do my six year-old daughter, when they followed her to school here in London. Luckily, special branch was very helpful about that....

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1987

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Currently held offices

• Member, Constitution Committee (since 31 Jan 2023)
• Member, Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act (since 24 Nov 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Gambling Industry Committee ( 3 Oct 2019 to 16 Jun 2020)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee ( 1 Jul 2019 to 31 Jan 2023)
• Member, Licensing Act 2003 Committee (25 May 2016 to 4 Apr 2017)
• Member, Administration and Works Committee (Lords) (25 Nov 2009 to 14 May 2014)
• Member, Administration and Works Committee (Lords) (25 Nov 2009 to 14 May 2014)
• Member, Draft Gambling Bill (Joint Committee) ( 9 Sep 2003 to 22 Jul 2004)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) (11 Dec 2002 to 14 Nov 2007)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee ( 1 Dec 1999 to 7 Nov 2002)
• Member, Works of Art Committee (Lords) (23 Nov 1999 to 7 Nov 2002)
• Member, Select Committee on Broadcasting ( 1 Jun 1992 to 8 Nov 1995)