A selection of Baroness Falkner of Margravine’s votes

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• Consistently voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011.
• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010.
• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 6 votes for, 5 votes against, 4 absences, between 2008–2011.
• Consistently voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010.

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Recent appearances

• Junior Doctors’ Strikes - Commons Urgent Question 17 Apr 2023

  My Lords, we still call it the National Health Service, but the Minister will be aware of the alarming figures for people who have no choice but to move to private provision of care. The numbers registering even for GP services privately must give cause for alarm, because we have got to be in this together to retain the national character of the National Health Service. I appreciate the...

• Council of Europe: Death Penalty - Question 20 Mar 2023

  My Lords, the Minister mentioned his responses as of last Thursday, when we discussed the killing of Hussein Abo al-Kheir. We know that Saudi Arabia resumed the death penalty in November 2022 and that it murdered 11 people in March alone through those means. We also know that it has restituted its law whereby you can be executed for drug smuggling and narcotics offences—which, in some...

• Turkey and Syria Earthquakes - Statement 6 Mar 2023

  My Lords, the Minister touched, as did both Front-Bench speakers, on the catastrophe of attempting to get aid to north-west Syria. It has been nothing less than shambolic, particularly the role played by the United Nations itself. On the one hand, the humanitarian chief, Mr Martin Griffiths, said that we have failed the people of north-west Syria in attempts not to assert themselves over...

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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 15 June 2004

Positions held at time of appointment: Chief Executive, Students Partnership Worldwide. (from Number 10 press release)

Party was Liberal Democrat until 24 Jul 2019; Non-affiliated until 2 Sep 2020

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee (1 Jul 2019 to 29 Oct 2019)
• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (3 Dec 2015 to 27 Apr 2017)
• Chair, EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee (12 Jun 2015 to 2 Jul 2019)
• Chair, EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee (12 Jun 2015 to 2 Jul 2019)
• Member, European Union Committee (8 Jun 2015 to 15 Jul 2019)
• Member, National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) (12 Jun 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Constitution Committee (22 Jun 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Intergovernmental Organisations Committee (15 Nov 2007 to 7 Jul 2008)
• Spokesperson in the Lords, Home Affairs (25 Oct 2007 to 8 Jan 2009)
• Spokesperson in the Lords, Children, Schools and Families (27 Jul 2007 to 25 Oct 2007)
• Spokesperson in the Lords (Communities & Local Government), Department for Communities and Local Government (2 Aug 2006 to 10 Jan 2007)
• Member, Draft Legal Services Bill (Joint Committee) (23 May 2006 to 25 Jul 2006)
• Spokesperson in the Lords (Communities & Local Government), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (1 Jun 2005 to 2 Aug 2006)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee C - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy (24 May 2005 to 8 Nov 2006)
• Spokesperson in the Lords, Home Affairs (22 Feb 2005 to 1 Jun 2005)
• Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (30 Nov 2004 to 6 May 2010)