A selection of Lord Marland’s votes

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

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Recent appearances

• Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill - Second Reading 9 Jan 2023

  My Lords, I greatly welcome my noble friend the Minister to his place—or the return to his place, as it has appropriately been said. He will bring great vigour and energy to this job as he done in his business life beforehand. The thing that has impressed me most about him is that he is always open to suggestions and ideas, and I hope he will take my suggestion and idea on board when I have...

• Commonwealth - Motion to Take Note 30 Jun 2022

  My Lords, I am extremely grateful to my noble friend Lord Howell for his kind and generous remarks, as I am to my noble friend Lord Goodlad. I agree with every single word my noble friend Lord Howell said, with one exception: Kigali was not about Heads of Government; it was about a business forum, which I was privileged to chair, a youth forum and a women’s forum. They were very vibrant...

• Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] - Report (Continued): Amendment 2 6 Dec 2021

  My Lords, I thank those who have spoken so eloquently, including those who have supported my amendments. The Government really are in a mess on this subject. They cannot defend the reason for the committee. They do not know who is actually running these decisions—whether it is Ministers or the Government. Most people, once torpedoed beneath the bows by the very eloquent and eminent noble...

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 12 June 2006

Positions held at time of appointment: former Director, Jardine Lloyd Thompson plc. (from Number 10 press release)

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Currently held offices

• Member, International Agreements Committee (since 31 Jan 2023)

Other offices held in the past

• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (6 Sep 2012 to 9 Jan 2013)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (24 May 2010 to 6 Sep 2012)