A selection of Baroness Hamwee’s votes

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• Generally voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 5 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, in 2011.
• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 8 votes for, 5 votes against, 2 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 fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011.
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010.

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Home Office: Asylum: Children 16 Mar 2023

  To ask His Majesty's Government whether all unaccompanied children seeking asylum on arrival in the UK and accommodated in Home Office-funded hotels are now being referred to Kent County Council Children’s Services ”at the earliest possible point” in accordance with Home Office guidance; and how quickly such referrals are being made.

• Asylum Seekers: Accommodation in Hotels - Question 21 Feb 2023

  My Lords, we have hotels accommodating young asylum seekers, although we want to bring that to an end. Are the Government satisfied that their contracts with the providers deal properly with their safeguarding responsibilities? Will the Minister publish the results of the Home Office’s monitoring and supervision—as I hope that it is doing—of the providers’ performance, including...

• Domestic Abuse: Defence for Victims who Commit an Offence - Question 21 Feb 2023

  My Lords, as the Minister is unable to answer the question about the timetable for the appointment of the Victims’ Commissioner, could he at any rate take back the importance of a Victims’ Commissioner being in post, especially at a time when we are considering so much which should be considered from the point of view of victims?

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Liberal Democrat Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1991

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Currently held offices

• Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (since 14 Apr 2021)
• Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (since 14 Apr 2021)
• Member, EU Security and Justice Sub-Committee (since 23 Apr 2020)
• Member, European Union Committee (since 1 Jul 2019)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, EU Justice Sub-Committee (2 Jul 2019 to 23 Apr 2020)
• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (19 Jul 2017 to 1 Jul 2019)
• Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Immigration) (17 Jun 2017 to 14 Apr 2021)
• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (16 Jul 2015 to 27 Apr 2017)
• Member, Extradition Law Committee (12 Jun 2014 to 25 Feb 2015)
• Member, Inheritance and Trustees’ Powers Bill [HL] Committee (28 Oct 2013 to 16 Dec 2013)
• Member, Inquiries Act 2005 Committee (16 May 2013 to 26 Feb 2014)
• Member, Adoption Legislation Committee (29 May 2012 to 26 Feb 2013)
• Member, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (16 May 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Leader's Group on Working Practices Committee (27 Jul 2010 to 26 Apr 2011)
• Member, Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee (9 Jun 2010 to 15 May 2012)
• Member, Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee (9 Jun 2010 to 15 May 2012)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee (25 Nov 2009 to 14 May 2014)
• Spokesperson for Communities and Local Government (8 Jan 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Member, Economic Affairs Committee (15 Dec 2008 to 8 Apr 2010)
• Spokesperson in the Lords (Regional and Local Government), Department for Communities and Local Government (27 Jul 2007 to 8 Jan 2009)
• Spokesperson in the Lords, Department for Communities and Local Government (6 Jul 2007 to 27 Jul 2007)
• Spokesperson in the Lords (Regional & Local Government), Department for Communities and Local Government (2 Aug 2006 to 6 Jul 2007)
• Spokesperson in the Lords (Regional & Local Government), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (1 Jun 2005 to 2 Aug 2006)
• Spokesperson in the Lords, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Local Government & the Regions (22 Feb 2005 to 1 Jun 2005)
• Shadow Minister, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Local Government & the Regions (26 Jan 2004 to 22 Feb 2005)
• Member, Select Committee on the Ceremony of Introduction (17 Dec 1997 to 30 Apr 1998)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee (9 Jun 1997 to 11 May 2001)
• Member, Relations between Central and Local Government, Committee on (27 Nov 1995 to 2 Jul 1996)
• Member, House of Lords Offices Committee (22 Nov 1994 to 7 May 1997)
• Member, Refreshment Sub Committee (11 Nov 1991 to 3 Nov 1994)