A selection of Lord Taylor of Holbeach’s votes

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• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010.
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 1 vote for, 12 votes against, 2 absences, between 2008–2011.
• Consistently voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011.
• 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.

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Recent appearances

• Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 - Motion to Approve: Amendment to the Motion 29 Mar 2023

  My Lords, I will follow on from the speech by the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. I emphasise that I support the Windsor Framework; I think that it is a real and good step forward. I also share some of the anxieties that she expressed about its commercial implications. Noble Lords will know that I have an interest: we are horticulturalists who supply quite a number of the retail outlets in...

• Direct Payments to Farmers (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2023 - Motion to Approve: Amendment to the Motion 28 Mar 2023

  I ought perhaps to draw the attention of the House to my interests as in the register. I am also president of the Institute of Agricultural Management and I have the good fortune to be involved in a horticultural and farming business. I consider it good fortune because that business has grown. As my noble friend Lord Caithness would say, we are in some of the most fertile parts of England,...

• Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill - Report: Amendment 1 25 Jan 2023

  I think my noble friend is quite right: we will depend on increasing productivity and will be able to do that only by breeding. The whole point of the Bill is selective breeding; actually, it is precision breeding. The noble Lord may well have this nightmare that we are releasing something ghastly into the world; I do not believe that is true at all. It is done because of objectives in the...

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 5 June 2006

Positions held at time of appointment: Director of Taylor's Bulbs of Spalding. (from Number 10 press release)

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Currently held offices

• Member, Liaison Committee (Lords) (since 19 Jan 2022)

Other offices held in the past

• Deputy Speaker (Lords) (5 Mar 2018 to 3 Oct 2019)
• Member, Services Committee (1 Sep 2016 to 3 Oct 2019)
• Member, Sub-Committee on Leave of Absence (10 Jun 2015 to 3 Oct 2019)
• Member, Administration and Works Committee (Lords) (14 Oct 2014 to 31 Aug 2016)
• Member, Administration and Works Committee (Lords) (14 Oct 2014 to 31 Aug 2016)
• Member, Committee for Privileges and Conduct (Lords) (14 Oct 2014 to 5 Nov 2019)
• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee (14 Oct 2014 to 3 Oct 2019)
• Member, Committee of Selection (Lords) (14 Oct 2014 to 3 Oct 2019)
• Deputy Chairman of Committees (14 Oct 2014 to 3 Oct 2019)
• Member, Accommodation Steering Group Committee (6 Aug 2014 to 3 Oct 2019)
• Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords) (6 Aug 2014 to 26 Jul 2019)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (6 Sep 2012 to 6 Aug 2014)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (16 Sep 2011 to 6 Sep 2012)
• - Shadow Minister (Also Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions), Shadow Minister (27 Jul 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• Shadow Minister, Work & Pensions (19 Jan 2009 to 24 Jul 2009)
• Shadow Minister, Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (9 Jul 2007 to 27 Jul 2009)
• Shadow Minister (Environment, Food & Rural Affairs), Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (11 Jan 2007 to 6 Jul 2007)
• Deputy Chief Whip, Whips (11 Jan 2007 to 6 Jul 2007)
• Shadow Minister, Wales (11 Jan 2007 to 6 Jul 2007)