A selection of Baroness Walmsley's votes

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• Consistently voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011
• Consistently voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011
• Consistently voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• 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 8 votes for, 4 votes against, 3 absences, between 2008–2011

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Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber 3 Jul 2017

  In the light of the Grenfell Tower fire, plans to review guidance Fire safety in new and existing school buildings. – Baroness Walmsley. Oral questions

• Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support)(Amendment) Regulations 2017 - Motion to Regret 27 Apr 2017

  My Lords, this is a terrible time for the Government to undertake a highly risky revision of the funding of student nurses. We are already short of nurses, as the noble Lord, Lord Clark, told us, and of course midwives, and the imminent Brexit has already made that worse with, as we have heard, a 90% drop in the number of applications from EEA nurses. In addition, we are losing nurses due to...

• Health: Electronic Patient Records - Question 27 Apr 2017

  My Lords, given the continued revelations of data security breaches, along with the absence of a response to last year’s report from Dame Fiona Caldicott, how do the Government intend to avoid a repeat of the fiasco several years ago over care.data? Does the Minister agree that it is vital that patients are given confidence in the security of their data so that they do not withdraw from...

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Profile

Liberal Democrat Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 23 May 2000

Positions held at time of appointment: Public Relations Consultant (from Number 10 press release)

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Currently held offices

• Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Health) (since 1 Jun 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Affordable Childcare Committee (12 Jun 2014 to 11 Feb 2015)
• Member, House Committee (Lords) (25 Feb 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Lords) (25 Feb 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Adoption Legislation Committee (29 May 2012 to 26 Feb 2013)
• Spokesperson for Children, Schools and Families (8 Jan 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Spokesperson in the Lords (Education and Children), Children, Schools and Families (5 Jul 2007 to 8 Jan 2009)
• Spokesperson in the Lords (Education & Children), Innovation, Universities and Skills (4 Jul 2007 to 5 Jul 2007)
• Spokesperson in the Lords (Education & Children), Education & Skills (21 Mar 2006 to 4 Jul 2007)
• Spokesperson in the Lords (Children), Education & Skills (1 Jun 2005 to 21 Mar 2006)
• Spokesperson in the Lords, Education & Skills (22 Feb 2005 to 1 Jun 2005)
• Shadow Minister, Home Affairs (26 Jan 2004 to 22 Feb 2005)
• Member, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (12 Dec 2000 to 18 Nov 2004)
• Member, Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I (12 Dec 2000 to 7 May 2005)

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• Has spoken in 68 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Baroness Walmsley’s speeches
• Has received answers to 11 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 76.57% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 9 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
• 11 people are tracking this peer — email me updates on Baroness Walmsley’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 921 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)