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

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Recent appearances

• National Security Situation - Motion to Take Note 19 Apr 2018

  My Lords, it is a real pleasure to participate in this most expert and well-informed debate. Our world presents innumerable threats. In parts of the globe, we face a powder keg of demagoguery, extreme ideology and regional rivalry, and added to this venomous mix are religious factionalism, ethnic confrontation and terrorism. Old and new technologies fan these flames: nuclear proliferates;...

• Written Answers — Department for Exiting the European Union: British Nationals Abroad: EU Countries 19 Apr 2018

  To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan comprehensively to set out the rights of UK citizens living in the EU after the UK leaves the EU; and if so, when.

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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 32 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 7.51% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 4 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") 72 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)