A selection of Lord Redesdale’s votes

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• Generally voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 4 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, in 2011.
• Consistently voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010.
• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 3 votes for, 2 votes against, 10 absences, between 2008–2011.
• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010.

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Recent appearances

• Previous Business – Lords: Grand Committee 25 May 2023

  Steps to promote and protect woodland cover, and to control grey squirrels – Lord Redesdale. Short debate

• Ecology Bill [HL] - Third Reading: Amendment 21 Apr 2023

  My Lords, this is a simple tidying-up amendment to remove a financial provision that should have been removed in Committee. I beg to move. Amendment agreed.

• Ecology Bill [HL] - Third Reading: Motion 21 Apr 2023

  My Lords, this is a simple Bill. It started off with far more clauses, but we removed most of them to allow just one simple provision: to reverse the catastrophic decline we are seeing in nature in the UK. The UK is one of the most naturally depleted countries in the world, which is quite surprising considering how little is being done to look at how we are going to reverse that. I was very...

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Profile

Liberal Democrat Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 18 April 2000

Positions held at time of appointment: Former Liberal Democrat spokesman, House of Lords (from Number 10 press release)

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Currently held offices

• Chair, Horticultural Sector Committee (since 31 Jan 2023)
• Chair, Horticultural Sector Committee (since 31 Jan 2023)

Other offices held in the past

• Spokesperson for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Spokesperson for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (8 Jan 2009 to 29 Jan 2009)
• Spokesperson in the Lords (Agriculture), Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (21 Jul 2008 to 8 Jan 2009)
• Spokesperson in the Lords (Energy), Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (27 Jul 2007 to 8 Jan 2009)
• Spokesperson in the Lords (Agriculture & Energy), Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (10 Jan 2007 to 21 Jul 2008)
• Member, Select Committee on Science and Technology Sub-Committee 2 (17 Nov 2005 to 8 Nov 2006)
• Spokesperson in the Lords (Energy), Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (1 Jun 2005 to 10 Jan 2007)
• Spokesperson in the Lords (Energy), Trade & Industry (1 Jun 2005 to 10 Jan 2007)
• Spokesperson in the Lords, Defence (22 Feb 2005 to 1 Jun 2005)
• Shadow Minister, Defence (26 Jan 2004 to 22 Feb 2005)
• Member, Refreshment Committee (Lords) (4 Dec 2003 to 30 Oct 2007)
• Member, Works of Art Committee (Lords) (25 Nov 2002 to 7 May 2005)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee D (12 Jan 1998 to 11 Nov 1999)
• Member, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (23 Nov 1993 to 8 Apr 1997)
• Member, Select Committee on Science and Technology Sub-Committee 2 (23 Nov 1993 to 17 Oct 1996)