A selection of Lord Eatwell's votes

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• Voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, in 2010
• Generally voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 4 votes against, 3 absences, in 2011
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
• Voted for more EU integration Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, 12 absences, between 2008–2011
• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011

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Recent appearances

• Financial Services (Implementation of Legislation) Bill [HL] - Committee (1st Day) 8 Jan 2019

  My Lords, as the chairman of a regulatory organisation, I find the discussion about the word “adjustment” very disturbing. I shall give the Minister an example. If a door is open and then you close it, you adjust the door, but it is still in essence the same piece of wood moving within a frame. Taking that over to financial regulation, if a particular regulatory structure permits a given...

• Industrial Strategy - Motion to Take Note (Continued) 8 Jan 2018

  My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Prior, particularly as I had set out to be critical of the White Paper. Having listened to him, I realise I must temper some of my criticisms. Although the policy set out in the White Paper is a step in the right direction, the measures proposed are a pale imitation of the sort of programme of institutional reform that could...

• Written Answers — Home Office: Immigration: Adoption 14 Nov 2017

  To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they treat children who claim to be adopted differently from those who are not adopted in determining immigration cases; and if so, how many instances of such different treatment there have been in the last five years.

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Non-affiliated Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 14 July 1992

Party was Labour until 27 Mar 2014

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Bill [HL] Committee (5 Sep 2011 to 1 Dec 2011)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury) (8 Oct 2010 to 27 Nov 2013)
• Member, Economic Affairs Committee (15 Dec 2008 to 8 Apr 2010)
• Member, Financial Services and Markets (Joint Committee) (2 Mar 1999 to 11 Nov 1999)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee D (23 Nov 1993 to 8 Nov 1995)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 2 debates in the last year — below average amongst Lords. See all Lord Eatwell’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 6.76% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 261 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)