A selection of Lord Adonis'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
• Voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, in 2011
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 11 votes for, 1 vote against, 3 absences, between 2008–2011
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2010
• Generally voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, 4 absences, in 2011

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Recent appearances

• Services of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 - Motion to Approve 15 Jan 2019

  Before the Minister rises, I noted in his opening remarks that he did not refer to the consultation that had taken place. This is a big theme in the way that the House is seeking to scrutinise these statutory instruments, since there has been very rushed consultation or almost no consultation. Can he tell the House in his response what the consultation has been and what the response has...

• Services of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 - Motion to Approve 15 Jan 2019

  The impact assessment refers both to registered European lawyers, of whom it says there are 693, as of last July, which I take to be the group that the Minister referred me to a few moments ago, and to “registered foreign lawyers”, of whom there are apparently 2,406. But it is not clear to me what the impact is of these regulations on registered foreign lawyers and the 2,406 who are...

• Services of Lawyers and Lawyer’s Practice (Revocation etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 - Motion to Approve 15 Jan 2019

  Can the Minister tell us how many lawyers will be affected by these arrangements?

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Profile

Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 23 May 2005

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Other offices held in the past

• Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury) (7 Oct 2011 to 18 Sep 2015)
• Secretary of State, Department for Transport (10 Jun 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• The Secretary of State for Transport (6 Jun 2009 to 6 May 2010)
• Minister of State, Department for Transport (6 Oct 2008 to 10 Jun 2009)
• Minister of State (Department for Transport) (5 Oct 2008 to 5 Jun 2009)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Schools and Learners), Department for Children, Schools and Families (13 Jul 2007 to 6 Oct 2008)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Children, Schools and Families) (Schools and Learners) (29 Jun 2007 to 5 Oct 2008)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Children, Schools and Families (28 Jun 2007 to 13 Jul 2007)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Schools), Department for Education and Skills (17 Jun 2005 to 28 Jun 2007)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Education and Skills (11 May 2005 to 17 Jun 2005)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Skills) (Schools) (10 May 2005 to 28 Jun 2007)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 78 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Adonis’s speeches
• Has received answers to 15 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 59.47% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 897 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)