A selection of Viscount Chandos’s votes

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• Voted for more EU integration Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, 12 absences, between 2008–2011.
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2010.
• Has never voted on university tuition fees Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, in 2010.
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, in 2011. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.
• Generally voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 5 absences, in 2011.

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Recent appearances

• Higher Education: Financial Pressures - Motion to Take Note 30 Mar 2023

  My Lords, I join other noble Lords in thanking my noble friend Lord Knight of Weymouth for securing this important debate and in paying tribute to his powerful introduction to it. I strongly endorse his analysis of the intense financial challenges faced by the higher education sector and add my voice to the questions he asked the Minister. I declare my interest as vice-chair and trustee of...

• BBC: Future Funding (Communications and Digital Committee Report) - Motion to Take Note 16 Dec 2022

  My Lords, what do we want from the BBC and how do we pay for it? Your Lordships’ House should be very grateful to the committee for producing this comprehensive review of the BBC’s future funding options, and to its chair, the noble Baroness, Lady Stowell of Beeston, for her powerful introduction to this morning’s debate. I declare my interests as set out in the register—and, in...

• Arts and Creative Industries Strategy - Motion to Take Note 8 Dec 2022

  I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate and the Minister for summing up. I endorse the comments of many noble Lords who welcomed his return to the Front Bench with this portfolio. The richness and breadth of the contributions from the 20 or so speakers are a symbol of the richness and breadth of the creative industries and the arts and culture sector. I have certainly learned a...

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 2 May 2000

Positions held at time of appointment: Chairman, Lopex plc (from Number 10 press release)

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Currently held offices

• Member, Industry and Regulators Committee (since 31 Jan 2023)
• Member, Finance Bill Sub-Committee (since 8 Sep 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Economic Affairs Committee (1 Jul 2019 to 31 Jan 2023)
• Member, Intergenerational Fairness and Provision Committee (19 Jul 2018 to 26 Mar 2019)
• Member, Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 Committee (18 Oct 2017 to 13 Mar 2018)
• Member, Information Committee (Lords) (8 Jun 2015 to 31 Aug 2016)
• Member, Works of Art Committee (Lords) (4 Dec 2003 to 8 Nov 2006)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee A (6 Nov 1985 to 6 Nov 1986)