A selection of Lord Hunt of Chesterton's votes

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• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
• Generally voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, in 2010
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, 8 absences, between 2008–2011
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons
• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Government Departments: Pay 24 Apr 2017

  To ask Her Majesty’s Government what data they collect regarding salaries and fees paid by government departments and agencies to professional engineers and scientists; and what assessment they have made of the comparison between these salaries and fees and those paid by government departments and agencies to financial and legal professionals.

• Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Government Departments: Pay 24 Apr 2017

  To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the difference in salaries and fees between different professions on the number of professional engineering and science students choosing to work for government departments and agencies; and whether they intend to revise their policy in the light of that impact.

• Written Answers — Ministry of Defence: Syria: Chemical Weapons 18 Apr 2017

  To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are taking steps, in collaboration with UK allies, to use the latest technologies to provide early warnings to communities in Syria of chemical attacks; and whether those early warnings systems could be used by allied forces for aerial release of equipment such as medicines and face masks where appropriate.

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 16 May 2000

Positions held at time of appointment: Professor of Climate Modelling, Department of Space and Climate Physics and Geological Sciences and Honorary Professor of Mathematics, University College London (from Number 10 press release)

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Currently held offices

• Member, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (since 8 Jun 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, The Arctic Committee (12 Jun 2014 to 11 Feb 2015)
• Member, Draft Marine Bill (Joint Committee) (13 May 2008 to 22 Jul 2008)
• Member, Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I (3 Dec 2003 to 18 Nov 2004)
• Member, Committee On Animals In Scientific Procedures (28 Jun 2001 to 16 Jul 2002)
• Member, Select Committee on Science and Technology Sub-Committee 2 (26 Jun 2001 to 7 Nov 2002)

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• Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Hunt of Chesterton’s speeches
• Has received answers to 35 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 30.63% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 7 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — above average amongst Lords.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 151 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)