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.
• 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.
• 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 fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, in 2011. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.

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Recent appearances

• Low-traffic Neighbourhoods - Question 21 Nov 2023

  My Lords, is the Minister aware that in Oxford LTNs have been bitterly divisive and a disaster? Teachers are resigning because they cannot get to school; shopkeepers, often of ethnic minority, are closing shops; ambulances cannot get through. Will the Minister ensure that locals are given the truth? So often, we are not told that the pollution displaced from one road simply moves to another....

• Written Answers — Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Palestinians: Humanitarian Aid 21 Nov 2023

  To ask His Majesty's Government, following reports that perpetrators of the 7 October terrorist attacks on Israel will be financially rewarded via welfare payments funded by the Palestinian Authority, what steps they are taking to ensure that aid coming from the UK does not support any such arrangements.

• Abortion Clinics: Safe Access Zones - Question 20 Nov 2023

  To ask His Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards the implementation of safe access zones around abortion clinics as legislated for in section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023.

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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 25 October 2005

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Currently held offices

• Member, Services Committee (since 28 Jan 2021)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, EU Justice Sub-Committee ( 2 Jul 2019 to 23 Apr 2020)
• Chair, Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee (11 Jun 2015 to 15 Mar 2016)
• Chair, Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee (11 Jun 2015 to 15 Mar 2016)
• Member, Communications and Digital 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)
• Member, Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee (23 Nov 2006 to 8 Apr 2010)