A selection of Lord Norton of Louth's votes

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• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 1 vote for, 12 votes against, 2 absences, between 2008–2011
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• Consistently 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 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011
• Generally voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 5 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, in 2011

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Recent appearances

• Higher Education and Research Bill - Report (1st day) (Continued) 6 Mar 2017

  My Lords, I support Amendment 57. At earlier stages of the Bill I have welcomed the provisions of Clause 13, which provide that the Office for Students can generate student protection plans. That is to be welcomed but, as the noble Lord indicated, the problem is that we do not know what form that protection will take and more needs to be set out on the face of the Bill. I moved an amendment...

• House of Lords Reform Bill [HL] - Second Reading 3 Feb 2017

  The noble Lord is quite right that if citizens are offered a dichotomous choice, that is what they come up with. That is fairly consistent. When they are given a range of options, not least between input and output legitimacy, you tend to get very different views. It all depends. My point was that it depends on how you phrase the question.

• House of Lords Reform Bill [HL] - Second Reading 3 Feb 2017

  My Lords, my noble friend Lord Cormack had planned to speak in today’s debate, but regrets that he is not able to be here as he is indisposed. As this is a Second Reading debate, I intend to focus on the principle of the Bill. Before I do, I want to comment on the extent of the views of the public on the issue of reform. There is a general assumption that people are keen to change your...

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1998

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Currently held offices

• Member, Constitution Committee (since 8 Jun 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Information Committee (Lords) (12 Jun 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill Committee (14 May 2013 to 16 Dec 2013)
• Member, Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (formerly Merits Committee) (16 May 2012 to 14 May 2014)
• Member, Draft House of Lords Reform Bill (Joint Committee) (6 Jul 2011 to 26 Mar 2012)
• Member, Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee (9 Jun 2010 to 15 May 2012)
• Member, Constitution Committee (14 Nov 2007 to 1 May 2012)
• Member, Committee on Regulators (23 Nov 2006 to 30 Oct 2007)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee E - Justice and Institutions (24 May 2005 to 12 Nov 2009)
• Member, Constitution Committee (28 Jun 2001 to 7 May 2005)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee E (24 Nov 1998 to 11 May 2001)

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• Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Norton of Louth’s speeches
• Has received answers to 3 written questions in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 61.42% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 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") 358 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)