A selection of the Earl of Erroll’s votes

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• 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.
• Voted against more EU integration Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, 12 absences, between 2008–2011.
• 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

• Carriers’ Liability (Amendment) Regulations 2023 - Motion to Regret 13 Mar 2023

  My Lords, would it be all right for me to say a few words because the last point on duress interests me? I happened to catch a bit of a programme the other night on the Border Force. They had found some people in the back of a curtain-sided lorry. What is interesting is how they got in there. You would not have been able to detect that if the driver or no one else had been present when they...

• Online Safety Bill - Second Reading 1 Feb 2023

  My Lords, several Peers have mentioned the Digital Economy Act 2017 and the sadness of the constitutional impropriety when the Executive refused to implement the will of Parliament. That really concerned me because, if it had been implemented, so many children would have been protected, for several years by now. We learned some useful things during its passage that could very much be applied...

• Newport Wafer Fab - Commons Urgent Question 22 Nov 2022

  Does the Minister agree that it is not just a matter of intellectual property or the number of research and development staff, but that we must manufacture stuff and not be totally reliant on foreign supplies? Reinforcing what the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, just said, it is a bit like being unable to grow crops and feed your people. If we cannot manufacture, we will collapse because we cannot...

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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)