A selection of Lord Patel’s votes

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• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 2 votes for, 3 votes against, 10 absences, between 2008–2011.
• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010.
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010.
• Voted a mixture of for and against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 2 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011.
• Generally voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 1 vote for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, in 2011.

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Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber 8 Sep 2022

  Role of primary and community care in improving patient outcomes and the need for reform – Lord Patel. Debate

• Primary Care: Quality and Access Improvements - Question 21 Jul 2022

  My Lords, in a recent inquiry by the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee, the Minister in the Commons was asked whether he thought that general practice was in crisis. He disagreed but did agree that there were some serious challenges to be faced. Can the Minister say what the Government think that these challenges are in the short term and how they intend to address them?...

• General Practitioners: Shortage - Question 12 Jul 2022

  My Lords, in 2017, a House of Lords report recommended that the current small business model of primary care is not fit for purpose. The same has been said by the Royal College of General Practitioners, which produced a report; the British Medical Association; two think tanks, the Nuffield Trust and the King’s Fund; and, more recently, Policy Exchange, which produced a report on the model...

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Entered the House of Lords in 1999

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Other offices held in the past

• Chair, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (27 Jun 2017 to 19 Jan 2022)
• Chair, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (27 Jun 2017 to 19 Jan 2022)
• Chair, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (27 Jun 2017 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Chair, Long-Term Sustainability of the NHS Committee (25 May 2016 to 5 Apr 2017)
• Chair, Long-Term Sustainability of the NHS Committee (25 May 2016 to 5 Apr 2017)
• Member, Social Mobility Committee (11 Jun 2015 to 16 Mar 2016)
• Member, Affordable Childcare Committee (12 Jun 2014 to 11 Feb 2015)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee (16 May 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I (Higher education in STEM subjects) (13 Sep 2011 to 17 Jul 2012)
• Member, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (22 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (22 Jun 2010 to 27 Jun 2017)
• Member, Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I (22 Jun 2010 to 13 Sep 2011)
• Member, Select Committee on Science and Technology Sub-Committee 2 (21 Nov 2006 to 12 Nov 2009)
• Member, Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I (6 Jun 2005 to 8 Nov 2006)
• Member, Committee on the Assisted Dying for the terminally ill Bill (30 Nov 2004 to 7 Apr 2005)
• Member, Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I (12 Dec 2000 to 20 Nov 2003)
• Member, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (6 Dec 1999 to 26 Nov 2008)
• Member, Select Committee on Science and Technology Sub-Committee 2 (6 Dec 1999 to 7 May 2005)