A selection of Baroness Young of Old Scone's votes

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• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• Has never voted on more EU integration
• 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
• Has never voted on university tuition fees

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Recent appearances

• Digital Economy Bill - Report (3rd Day) 29 Mar 2017

  My Lords, I declare an interest as a past deputy chairman of the BBC. Public service broadcasting has been vital to our national broadcasting ecosystem in terms of raising quality and sustaining the mixed economy that has made our public service broadcasting admired across the world and indeed a player across the world. The amendment is important in particular for children’s programmes,...

• Higher Education and Research Bill - Report (4th Day) 15 Mar 2017

  My Lords, I support Amendment 166 in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Brown of Cambridge, and the noble Lord, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara. I apologise that I was not present for this item when it was dealt with in Committee because I was abroad, but I have read carefully the discussion that happened at that point. I, too, am a member of the Science and Technology Committee, which looked...

• Higher Education and Research Bill - Report (3rd Day) 13 Mar 2017

  My Lords, I declare an interest as chancellor of Cranfield University, a truly global university in science and technology, with almost two-thirds of its students coming from outside of the UK. In looking at the Government’s Green Paper on industrial strategy, it is clear that what we want to try to forge for a post-Brexit UK is a vibrant industrial sector that is truly multinational in...

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 4 November 1997

Party was Labour until 30 Nov 2000; Non-affiliated until 25 Feb 2015

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Currently held offices

• Member, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (since 25 May 2016)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Built Environment Committee (8 Jul 2015 to 11 Feb 2016)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee D (12 Jan 1998 to 30 Nov 2000)

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• Has spoken in 51 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Baroness Young of Old Scone’s speeches
• Has received answers to 15 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 42.23% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 3 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — above average amongst Lords.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 172 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)