A selection of the Earl of Erroll’s votes

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• Voted against more EU integration Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, 12 absences, between 2008–2011.
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, in 2011. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.
• 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 an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 2 votes for, 1 vote against, 4 absences, in 2011.

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Recent appearances

• Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill - Committee: Amendment 1 12 Sep 2023

  My Lords, funnily enough, that is a very good note on which to start. I will come to the specific amendment in half a second. But one of the things people do not realise is that the whole thing about trophy hunting—by the way, I do not go in for it at all, but I know something about herd management from deer in Scotland; not that I manage myself, but I know people who do—is that you do...

• Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill - Second Reading 16 Jun 2023

  My Lords, this is a well-intentioned but mistaken Bill, which tweaks the heartstrings of many people who do not live among nor manage animals in the wild. They seem to think that a wild animal will live a long, peaceful and contented life if left alone. I am afraid that that does not happen in the real world. Wildlife must also be kept in balance for the sake of the habitat, or the habitat...

• Financial Services and Markets Bill - Report (3rd Day): Amendment 96 13 Jun 2023

  My Lords, I should like to add to this because I have had enough trouble with the PEPs issue for a long time. First, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, for explaining an important point about why I can get no information from Northern Trust on administering an investment trust in which my wife owned shares in Ireland. We had to get probity in Ireland, but the trust will still not release...

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Entered the House of Lords in 1978

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Information Committee (Lords) (14 Nov 2007 to 1 May 2012)
• Member, Select Committee on Science and Technology Sub-Committee 2 (21 Nov 2006 to 30 Oct 2007)
• Member, Information Committee (Lords) (25 Nov 2002 to 7 May 2005)
• Member, Library and Computers Sub Committee (17 Dec 1998 to 11 May 2001)