A selection of Lord Plant of Highfield’s votes

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• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2010.
• Voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, in 2011. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.
• Almost always voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 5 votes against, 2 absences, in 2011.
• Almost always voted for more EU integration Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, 8 absences, between 2008–2011.
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010.

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Recent appearances

• Atrial Fibrillation — Question for Short Debate 4 Nov 2015

  My Lords, most of what needed to be said has been said. I echo everything that noble Lords have said about the initiative by the noble Lord, Lord Black, and I am very pleased that he called for this debate. Like other noble Lords, I have had AF for a very long time—20 years or more—and I have been taking warfarin every day, along with a low-dose aspirin, for 20 years. This medication was...

• Legal Systems: Rule of Law — Motion to Take Note 10 Jul 2014

  My Lords, I should like to add my thanks to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Woolf, for initiating this debate. Perhaps I may draw attention to my interests as set out in the register. I want to devote all my remarks to the idea of the rule of law, because what exactly that might mean is not without controversy. There is a fairly straightforward idea of the rule of law, which I think is...

• Previous Business – Lords: Grand Committee 23 Apr 2013

  Report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Enhanced Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill – Lord Plant of Highfield. Debate; 3:30 pm

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1992

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Bribery Act 2010 Committee (17 May 2018 to 4 Mar 2019)
• Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) (19 Jul 2017 to 12 May 2022)
• Member, Committee of Selection (Lords) (22 Jun 2017 to 2 Feb 2022)
• Member, Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee (13 Sep 2016 to 9 Nov 2016)
• Member, Consolidation, &c., Bills (Joint Committee) (25 May 2016 to 27 Apr 2017)
• Member, High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Select Committee (Lords) ( 5 May 2016 to 25 May 2016)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) ( 9 Jul 2015 to 9 Mar 2023)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) ( 7 Jul 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Able Marine Energy Park Development Consent Order 2014 Committee ( 9 Jun 2014 to 30 Oct 2014)
• Member, Inheritance and Trustees’ Powers Bill [HL] Committee (28 Oct 2013 to 16 Dec 2013)
• Member, Draft Enhanced Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill (Joint Committee) ( 3 Jul 2012 to 21 Nov 2012)
• Member, Draft Enhanced Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill (Joint Committee) ( 3 Jul 2012 to 21 Nov 2012)
• Member, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (16 May 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee (22 Jul 2010 to 15 May 2012)
• Member, Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee (22 Jul 2010 to 15 May 2012)
• Member, Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill (Joint Committee) ( 1 May 2008 to 22 Jul 2008)
• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) ( 2 Dec 2003 to 14 Nov 2007)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee E (12 Jan 1998 to 20 Nov 2003)
• Member, Relations between Central and Local Government, Committee on (27 Nov 1995 to 2 Jul 1996)