A selection of Lord Vinson's votes

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• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• Voted against more EU integration Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 13 absences, between 2008–2011
• Voted for university tuition fees Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2010
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Treasury: Money Laundering 23 Jul 2019

  To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 8 July (HL16623), whether the requirement for business to “take a proportionate approach” and create “their own policies based on their assessment of risk” means that customer due diligence checks by businesses and banks for existing customers who have not given any cause for concern are optional.

• Written Answers — Treasury: Money Laundering 8 Jul 2019

  To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Young of Cookham on 18 June (HL16068), what guidance they provide, if any, to banks and other businesses about ensuring that routine anti-money laundering checks do not cause stress to customers, particularly when those banks or businesses have not been made aware of any change to the circumstances of and have no concerns...

• Written Answers — Treasury: Bank Services: Proof of Identity 18 Jun 2019

  To ask Her Majesty's Government whether all existing banking customers must provide proof of identification to banks to check for possible money laundering; if so, under which regulations this policy was brought in; whether an impact assessment was carried out on the costs to customers, particularly those in rural areas, of any such requirements; and what estimate they have made of the total...

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1985

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Draft Climate Change Bill (Joint Committee) (23 Apr 2007 to 3 Aug 2007)
• Member, Economic Affairs Committee (28 Jun 2001 to 18 Nov 2004)
• Member, Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England (7 Dec 1998 to 11 Nov 1999)
• Member, Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I (15 Nov 1990 to 22 Oct 1991)

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• Has spoken in 5 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Lord Vinson’s speeches
• Has received answers to 8 written questions in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 17.12% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 81 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)