A selection of Lord Birt's votes

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• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons
• Has never voted on university tuition fees
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
• Voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 6 absences, in 2011
• Voted for more EU integration Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, 13 absences, between 2008–2011

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Recent appearances

• Brexit - Motion to Take Note 2 Oct 2019

  My Lords, we are mired, the road to our present misfortune littered with miscalculation and error. A referendum called to resolve a party division has torn that party apart. Remain was the anticipated answer, but after a clear-sighted, if misleading, campaign on the one hand and a somewhat clumsy and unconvincing one on the other, a country unsettled by the 2008 financial crisis, flat...

• International Climate Action - Statement 26 Sep 2019

  I applaud the Minister’s high productivity today—he must have been up all night—as well as his manner. Would that there were more like him. I strongly approve, as everyone who has spoken plainly does, of the Government embracing the net zero target. However, as the Minister has made clear in his answers already, finding the pathway to achieving that target is an enormous task. As he...

• Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Brexit 26 Sep 2019

  To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the date of completion of the Cabinet Office Review, code-named Operation Yellowhammer, that was published in the Sunday Times on 18 August.

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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 7 March 2000

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• Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Birt’s speeches
• Has received answers to 35 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 9.31% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 79 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)