A selection of Lord Sterling of Plaistow’s votes

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• Voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 6 absences, in 2011.
• Voted against more EU integration Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 13 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.
• 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.

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• Special Educational Needs: Employment Support - Question 24 Apr 2023

  We have been discussing for many years the ways in which we can improve employment for youngsters on the spectrum. My grandson is on it, and I therefore spend a lot of my life trying to find some answers. As I have said before, every headmaster at every school throughout the country should have been trained in SEND and in identifying the problems of autism, as indeed should everybody in...

• Oil Spill: Poole Harbour - Commons Urgent Question 29 Mar 2023

  How big is the area covered? Some 20 years ago, down under there was a major spill and they set fire to it. That played a very important part, because it did not cause any problems whatever after it was set fire to.

• William Hill: Breaches of Player Protection - Private Notice Question 29 Mar 2023

  My Lords, one of the major concerns is about the effect this is having on children. Headmasters and heads of major schools I have spoken to of late have said that the impact this is having on children between the ages of 10 and 15 or 16, and on how their parents and others are gambling, is going to have a very adverse effect in the future, particularly because of the point made on advertising.

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Entered the House of Lords in 1991

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Sexual Violence in Conflict Committee (11 Jun 2015 to 22 Mar 2016)
• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (6 Dec 2010 to 14 May 2014)
• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (1 Feb 2010 to 6 May 2010)