A selection of Lord Alton of Liverpool's votes

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• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010
• Generally voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, in 2011
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2010
• Consistently voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011
• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 1 vote for, 3 votes against, 11 absences, between 2008–2011

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Care Homes: Coronavirus 3 Jun 2020

  To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that care home operators have complained that COVID-19 testing in care homes has been a “complete system failure”; what steps they are taking in response to such reports; what assessment they have made of reports that Public Health England, the Care Quality Commission and the Department of Health and Social Care...

• Hong Kong - Private Notice Question 2 Jun 2020

  My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, and in so doing declare my interests both as a patron of Hong Kong Watch and as vice-chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hong Kong.

• Hong Kong - Private Notice Question 2 Jun 2020

  My Lords, last week, in giving evidence to a Westminster hearing, a young doctor reminded us that under the new law he could be arrested and disappeared for doing so. Two days before the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, how will the Government ensure that their welcome lifeboat policy will provide for Hong Kong’s defenders of democracy, such as that young doctor, or...

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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1997

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Currently held offices

• Member, International Relations and Defence Committee (since 1 Jul 2019)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Privileges Committee (18 Nov 1993 to 17 Oct 1996)
• Member, Committee of Selection (17 Jun 1987 to 26 Oct 1987)
• Member, Environment Committee (9 Jun 1983 to 8 Apr 1986)

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• Has spoken in 47 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Alton of Liverpool’s speeches
• Has received answers to 293 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 44.64% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 614 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)