A selection of Lord Laird's votes

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• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons
• Has never voted on university tuition fees
• Has never voted on more EU integration

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Poultry: Animal Welfare 21 Sep 2017

  To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) which EU states have not complied with the conventional cage ban for hens, (2) what steps they have taken in relation to any non-compliance, and (3) whether the UK still allows eggs to be imported from non-compliant countries.

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Poultry: Animal Welfare 21 Sep 2017

  To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) which EU states have not complied with the sow stall ban under EU Directive 2008/120/EC, (2) what steps they have taken in relation to any non-compliance, and (3) whether the UK allows pork to be imported from non-compliant countries.

• Written Answers — Northern Ireland Office: Languages: Northern Ireland 15 Sep 2017

  To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the Belfast Agreement ensures equality between the Irish and Ulster Scots languages.

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Non-affiliated Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 16 July 1999

Party was UUP until 21 Jul 1999; Crossbench until 30 Sep 2009; UUP until 2 Jun 2013

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• Has spoken in 4 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Lord Laird’s speeches
• Has received answers to 284 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 4.32% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well 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") 96 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)