A selection of Baroness Deech's votes

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• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 1 vote for, 2 votes against, 12 absences, between 2008–2011
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• Generally voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 5 absences, in 2011
• 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 for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, in 2011

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Recent appearances

• Upcoming Business – Lords: Main Chamber 12 Jul 2018

  Reviewing the ten year limit on the storage of frozen eggs for social reasons under the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 – Baroness Deech. Oral questions

• Oil and Gas: UK Continental Shelf - Question 18 Jun 2018

  My Lords, can the Minister explain what plans there might be to exploit the continental shelf around the Falkland Islands and whether there are any issues relating to the legal position of that shelf?

• Written Answers — Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Advertising Standards Authority 15 Jun 2018

  To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Chisholm of Owlpen on 22 March (HL Deb, col 413), what assessment they have made of the independence of the Advertising Standards Authority in the light of its categorisation as a Complaints Handler Member of the Ombudsman Association rather than an Ombudsmen Member.

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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 25 October 2005

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Other offices held in the past

• Chair, Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee (11 Jun 2015 to 15 Mar 2016)
• Member, Communications Committee (22 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill (Joint Committee) (9 May 2007 to 8 Aug 2007)
• Member, Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee (23 Nov 2006 to 8 Apr 2010)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 31 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all Baroness Deech’s speeches
• Has received answers to 44 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 25.73% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 12 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 193 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)