A selection of Lord Grabiner's votes

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• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
• Voted a mixture of for and against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, in 2011
• Has never voted on university tuition fees
• Has never voted on more EU integration
• Generally voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, 4 absences, in 2011

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Recent appearances

• Privileges and Conduct Committee - Motion to Agree 3 Apr 2017

  I respectfully agree with the noble and learned Lord, Lord Brown, and perhaps refer to the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth. “Might” is less likely than “would”, but it is a realistic possibility, and it is not, with respect, speculative at all; it just means that it could happen in a realistic sense. In those circumstances, if a member of the public might...

• Investigatory Powers Bill - Committee (2nd Day) 13 Jul 2016

  There probably was because no was solicitor engaged. So privilege was not attracted at all.

• Investigatory Powers Bill - Committee (1st Day) (Continued) 11 Jul 2016

  The language is pretty clear. Subsection (1) of Clause 42 suggests that consent of both is required, while subsection (2) refers to the consent of the recipient alone.

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1999

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee) (18 Jul 2011 to 5 Sep 2011)
• Member, Draft Bribery Bill (Joint Committee) (11 May 2009 to 16 Jul 2009)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee E - Justice and Institutions (26 Nov 2003 to 8 Nov 2006)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee E (13 Nov 2002 to 20 Nov 2003)
• Member, Committee On Religious Offences (15 May 2002 to 10 Apr 2003)

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• Has spoken in 4 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Lord Grabiner’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 12.19% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 0 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 44 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)