A selection of Lord Taverne's votes

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• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• Almost always voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, in 2011
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 6 votes for, 1 vote against, 8 absences, between 2008–2011
• Consistently voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011

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Recent appearances

• EU Withdrawal - Motion to Take Note 13 Feb 2019

  My Lords, it is often forgotten that in May 1940, when we faced our deepest crisis, it was Labour, led by Clement Attlee, that saved Britain. It put country firmly before party, and, with the help of Tories who also put country first, ensured that Churchill became Prime Minister instead of Halifax, and so prevented a humiliating peace with Hitler. Today Labour is once again in a position to...

• Brexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration - Motion to Take Note (2nd Day) 10 Jan 2019

  My Lords, it has been my view, repeated perhaps too often in speech after speech in this House, that once the Government declared that they would not stay in the customs union and the single market, we were heading for no deal. Whatever ingenious schemes might be devised by top Brexit department civil servants, the Irish border question would remain insoluble—and it still is. The May deal...

• Privileges and Conduct - Motion to Agree 15 Nov 2018

  My Lords—

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Liberal Democrat Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1996

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Select Committee on Science and Technology Sub-Committee 2 (14 Nov 2007 to 12 Nov 2009)
• Member, Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I (6 Jun 2005 to 30 Oct 2007)
• Spokesperson in the Lords, Treasury (22 Feb 2005 to 1 Jun 2005)
• Member, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (1 Dec 2004 to 26 Nov 2008)
• Member, Committee on the Assisted Dying for the terminally ill Bill (30 Nov 2004 to 7 Apr 2005)
• Shadow Minister, Treasury (26 Jan 2004 to 22 Feb 2005)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee A - Economic and Financial Affairs, and International Trade (26 Nov 2003 to 7 May 2005)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee A (13 Nov 2002 to 20 Nov 2003)
• Member, Committee On Animals In Scientific Procedures (28 Jun 2001 to 16 Jul 2002)
• Member, Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England (6 Dec 2000 to 11 May 2001)
• Member, Financial Services and Markets (Joint Committee) (2 Mar 1999 to 11 Nov 1999)

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• Has spoken in 13 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Taverne’s speeches
• Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 47.05% 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") 167 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)