A selection of Lord Tomlinson's votes

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• Generally voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 5 votes against, 2 absences, in 2011
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 14 votes for, 1 vote against, between 2008–2011
• Has never voted on university tuition fees
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011

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Recent appearances

• Housebuilding: Accidents in the Home - Question 5 Nov 2019

  My Lords, what apology can the Minister make on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government for the promise that was made to build 200,000 low-cost homes for sale, a promise that was echoed in David Cameron’s manifesto? Is it not a fact that as of today, not one of those 200,000 homes has been built? Can he tell us how much of the £200 million that was set aside has been spent? I can help him by...

• Visas: European Union Students - Question 4 Nov 2019

  My Lords, does the Minister share my concern at the report in the Times today about the number of students coming to independent schools and colleges from Vietnam who seem to have disappeared after they have attended for one term? Apparently paying one term’s fees and then disappearing is cheaper than paying the traffickers.

• Government Spending - Question 29 Oct 2019

  My Lords, will the Minister agree—I somehow think he might not—that the Chancellor is as frivolous in fiscal discipline and monetary rectitude as his colleague the Prime Minister is in keeping his promises? We have only to look at 31 October —do or die, dying in a ditch, and all the other things that we have had to live with. Does the Minister agree that the Chancellor is following in...

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1998

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Insurance Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee (27 Nov 2014 to 24 Dec 2014)
• Member, EU Sub Committee F - Home Affairs, Health and Education (17 May 2012 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, European Union Committee (22 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee F - Home Affairs (22 Jun 2010 to 16 May 2012)
• Member, Audit Committee (Lords) (13 Dec 2008 to 14 Jan 2013)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee E - Justice and Institutions (13 Nov 2007 to 8 Apr 2010)
• Member, Conventions (Joint Committee) (22 May 2006 to 31 Oct 2006)
• Member, European Union Committee (29 Nov 2004 to 26 Apr 2008)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee C - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy (8 Dec 2003 to 30 Nov 2007)
• Member, House of Lords Offices Committee (26 Jun 2001 to 7 Nov 2002)
• Member, European Union Committee (3 Dec 1998 to 7 Nov 2002)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee A (24 Nov 1998 to 7 Nov 2002)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Overseas Development) (3 Jan 1977 to 4 May 1979)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (17 Mar 1976 to 4 May 1979)