A selection of Baroness Prosser’s votes

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• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 10 votes for, 1 vote against, 4 absences, between 2008–2011.
• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, in 2011. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2010.
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010.
• Consistently voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, in 2011.

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Recent appearances

• Public Duty Costs Allowance - Question 21 Nov 2022

  My Lords, noble Lords should bear in mind that questions and answers should be about the principles being posed. Finger-pointing at individuals, from whichever side of the Chamber, is deeply unhelpful and does nothing to enhance the status of this House.

• Women and Girls: Economic Well-being, Welfare, Safety and Opportunities - Motion to Take Note 14 Jul 2022

  I did not say that if we levelled up for everyone, it would still be unequal. I said that the Minister who responded to the debate seemed to think that levelling up for women, men and everyone was the answer. My point was that we start off unequally so we end up unequal at the end. My point is that we should level up for women and make it equal.

• Women and Girls: Economic Well-being, Welfare, Safety and Opportunities - Motion to Take Note 14 Jul 2022

  My Lords, I too thank my noble friend Lady Gale for introducing this debate, which is important not just for women but for men and for all of us in the country at large. In May, we discussed aspects of the Queen’s Speech in this Chamber and I chose to speak on the subject of levelling up as it was taking place between men and women. At the end of the debate, when the Minister was making his...

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 7 July 2004

Positions held at time of appointment: Chair, Women's National Commission and formerly Deputy General Secretary, Transport and General Workers' Union. (from Number 10 press release)

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (19 Jul 2017 to 1 Jul 2019)
• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (16 Jul 2015 to 27 Apr 2017)
• Member, Soft Power Committee (16 May 2013 to 11 Mar 2014)
• Member, EU Sub Committee A - Economic and Financial Affairs (17 May 2012 to 21 May 2013)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee G - Social Policies and Consumer Protection (24 Nov 2009 to 16 May 2012)
• Member, Information Committee (Lords) ( 7 Jun 2005 to 12 Nov 2009)