A selection of Lord Boyce's votes

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• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 14 absences, between 2008–2011
• Has never voted on university tuition fees
• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons

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Recent appearances

• Shipping: Safety - Question 27 Mar 2017

  My Lords, I declare an interest as a past chairman of the RNLI. The International Maritime Rescue Federation has been looking at the vexed subject of how one retrieves hundreds if not thousands of people from a ship which has been evacuated on to the sea. Has it made any sensible progress and is it still working well with the IMO?

• NATO: Eastern Flank - Question 30 Jan 2017

  My Lords, does the Minister agree that part of the NATO eastern flank includes maritime and the eastern Mediterranean? Will he say whether we are contributing our Royal Navy to NATO in that area, and if not whether we would have the capacity to do so if we were so asked?

• Strategic Defence and Security Review - Question 21 Nov 2016

  My Lords, Russia is growing in intent and capability. We are not only not matching either but we are shrinking in both. We do not have enough numbers in the RN and the RAF to man properly the equipment we have today. Brexit will surely demand that we be prepared to operate more autonomously. Surely the Government must realise that SDSR 2015 is not fit for purpose.

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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 30 June 2003

Positions held at time of appointment: Chief of the Defence Staff. (from Number 10 press release)

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, EU Sub-Committee C - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy (29 Nov 2004 to 26 Nov 2008)

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• Has spoken in 6 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Lord Boyce’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 5.74% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — above average amongst Lords.
• 16 people are tracking this peer — email me updates on Lord Boyce’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 40 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)