A selection of Lord Lipsey's votes

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• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, 8 absences, between 2008–2011
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2010
• Almost always voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 6 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011
• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, in 2011

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Recent appearances

• Brexit: Movement of People in the Cultural Sector (European Union Committee Report) - Motion to Take Note 15 May 2019

  My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Black, I come at this topic from a music background. As he kindly mentioned, I was chair of the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance; I co-chair the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Classical Music here in Parliament; and I serve under the noble Lord, Lord Burns, on the Mid Wales Music Trust, which supports music there. I have done some in-depth...

• Census (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Bill [HL] - Second Reading 13 May 2019

  My Lords, I am a facts geek. I chair the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Statistics with Kelvin Hopkins in the Commons and am vice-chair of Full Fact, the fact-checking charity, so naturally I welcome the Bill because it is going to provide more facts. I also welcome something that is slightly more unusual to welcome: that there is such a short speakers’ list. I think that, if we had been...

• Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Motion to Take Note 2 May 2019

  My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Rooker, certainly knows how to get things done. No sooner did this subject for debate appear on the Order Paper than the streets of London were clogged with Extinction Rebellion demonstrators, yesterday the Commons voted to declare a climate emergency and today we have a 660-page report from the Committee on Climate Change. I think that that is tremendous....

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords in 1999

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Currently held offices

• Member, Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee (since 13 Jun 2019)

Other offices held in the past

• Chair, Political Polling and Digital Media Committee (29 Jun 2017 to 20 Mar 2018)
• Member, Long-Term Sustainability of the NHS Committee (25 May 2016 to 5 Apr 2017)
• Member, Information Committee (Lords) (10 Jan 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Finance Bill Sub-Committee (4 Dec 2012 to 5 Mar 2013)
• Member, Economic Affairs Committee (25 Nov 2009 to 14 May 2014)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 9 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Lord Lipsey’s speeches
• Has received answers to 5 written questions in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 66.59% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 328 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)