A selection of the Earl of Glasgow’s votes

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• Voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, in 2011. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.
• Voted for university tuition fees Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2010.
• 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.
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 4 votes for, 3 votes against, 8 absences, between 2008–2011.
• Voted a mixture of for and against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 3 votes for, 2 votes against, 2 absences, in 2011.

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Recent appearances

• Climate Change: COP 26 - Motion to Take Note 18 Nov 2021

  My Lords, my home is about 30 miles from the centre of Glasgow, and for two weeks I have been host to something like 50 delegates from all over the world, attending or taking part in the COP 26 negotiations. I do not think I am alone in having to admit that, until recently, I had been supremely unconcerned about the imminent perils of global warming. Of course, I knew it was an issue of...

• Assisted Dying Bill [HL] - Second Reading: Amendment to the Motion 22 Oct 2021

  My Lords, I have long been one of the group campaigning to see assisted suicide made legal in this country. In spite of the recent orchestrated campaign and the many emails we have all received against the Bill, I am certain that the desire of the country to see this realised is getting even stronger. One thing that has always worked against us are the words “assisted dying”. We should be...

• Tourism - Motion to Take Note 24 Jun 2021

  My Lords, Scottish tourism, like that in the rest of Britain, has been badly affected by the Covid pandemic and government restrictions have made life very difficult—in some cases impossible—for some tourist businesses to survive. Some have been hit worse than others. The travel trade, in particular, is in desperate need of government help, for domestic as well as foreign travel. The...

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Liberal Democrat Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 25 January 2005

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Lord Speaker's Advisory Panel on Works of Art (25 Jan 2017 to 23 Oct 2019)
• Member, Works of Art Committee (Lords) (8 Jun 2015 to 31 Aug 2016)
• Member, Works of Art Committee (Lords) (7 Jun 2005 to 12 Nov 2009)
• Spokesperson in the Lords, Transport (1 Jun 2005 to 27 Jul 2007)