A selection of Lord Birt's votes

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• 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
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
• Has never voted on university tuition fees
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department of Health and Social Care: Coronavirus 11 Feb 2020

  To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford on 30 January (HL734), why those arriving in the UK on commercial flights from Wuhan after the Government had received reports of coronavirus received no medical intervention when those evacuated on the flight from Wuhan organised by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are to be quarantined...

• Written Answers — Treasury: Capital Investment 11 Feb 2020

  To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that International Monetary Fund data shows that the UK is placed 27th out of 28 EU countries for investment as a proportion of GDP between 2000 and 2019.

• Written Answers — Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Digital Technology: Sales 10 Feb 2020

  Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require technology companies selling consumer devices to state at the point of sale how long they will continue to provide software updates which will allow such devices to continue to function.

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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 7 March 2000

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• Has spoken in 12 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Birt’s speeches
• Has received answers to 33 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 9.33% 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") 82 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)