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• Voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, in 2010
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year

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Recent appearances

• House of Lords: Reform — Question for Short Debate 11 Oct 2010

  My Lords, the late Lord Hailsham used to say that if the House of Lords were abolished, we would have an elected dictatorship. Sometimes I wonder whether this House in its present state would be strong enough to stand up to a House of Commons of the extreme left or the extreme right with a large majority. An elected senate would be a stronger House. It would also be more democratic, with its...

• General Election: Voting Deadline — Question 7 Jul 2010

  Is the Minister aware that a number of authorities cut down on the officials working in the polling stations for reasons of economy, thus preventing many electors from voting because the queues got longer and longer and moved more and more slowly? Will the Government ensure that this sort of petty economy is not used to deprive people of their vote?

• Elections: Fraudulent Registration — Question 14 Jun 2010

  My Lords, given the long queues to which the Minister referred, particularly in the evening, which prevented so many people getting to a polling station in time to vote, will the Government consider making polling day a bank holiday so that voting can be spread throughout the day? This would be of help to people who have to work in the daytime and cannot get to the polling station until the...

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Former Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1953

Left the House of Lords on 24 December 2010 — Died

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• Has spoken in 3 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Lord Strabolgi’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 43.24% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 19 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)