A selection of Baroness Whitaker’s votes

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• Consistently voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, in 2011.
• 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 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.
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 11 votes for, 1 vote against, 3 absences, between 2008–2011.

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Pupil Premium: Travellers 13 Mar 2023

  To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Education Policy Institute report COVID-19 and Disadvantage Gaps in England 2021, published in December 2022, which found that Gypsy and Traveller pupils were the only ethnic groups whose attainment fell further behind in 2021, whether they will extend the Pupil Premium to cover all Gypsy and Traveller pupils.

• Green Investment - Question 7 Mar 2023

  My Lords, yesterday, Platform and Friends of the Earth Scotland published a report which showed how oil and gas workers could lead a just energy transition, with a training scheme that was standardised between offshore oil and gas and the new offshore industries, including wind, tidal and wave, to allow workers to take their skills to the new sectors. Will the Government act on those...

• Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill - Second Reading 21 Feb 2023

  My Lords, I have two points to make about this disturbing Bill. The first is as a lifetime member of the First Division Association. We did not often go on strike, not being at the sharp end of working conditions, and the Government were generally well-disposed to the negotiations of our excellent general secretary, my noble friend Lady Symons. However, members of a civil service union will...

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1999

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Highgate Cemetery Bill [HL] Committee (15 Dec 2020 to 8 Mar 2021)
• Member, Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee (20 Jun 2019 to 23 Jul 2019)
• Member, Regenerating Seaside Towns and Communities Committee (17 May 2018 to 19 Mar 2019)
• Member, Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 Committee (29 Jun 2017 to 13 Mar 2018)
• Member, National Policy for the Built Environment Committee (11 Jun 2015 to 11 Feb 2016)
• Member, Draft Bribery Bill (Joint Committee) (11 May 2009 to 16 Jul 2009)
• Member, Intergovernmental Organisations Committee (15 Nov 2007 to 7 Jul 2008)
• Member, Draft Corruption Bill (Joint Committee) (24 Mar 2003 to 31 Jul 2003)
• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (3 Jul 2001 to 20 Nov 2003)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee F (12 Dec 2000 to 7 Nov 2002)