A selection of Baroness Quin’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.
• 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, 2 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011. Absences for this policy may be affected COVID-19 restrictions.
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 12 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, between 2008–2011.

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• Railway Stations: Ticket Office Closures - Question 20 Sep 2023

  To ask His Majesty’s Government what recent discussions they have had with the Railway Group and train operators about proposed station ticket office closures.

• Railway Stations: Ticket Office Closures - Question 20 Sep 2023

  My Lords, the Minister in the other place keeps saying that this proposal is all about getting staff out of ticket offices and on to platforms to help people. However, in my local station, Alnmouth, the staff already help people both in the ticket office and on the platform. This proposal therefore represents a deterioration in quality, not an improvement. I have a simple question for the...

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 13 June 2006

Positions held at time of appointment: Former Member of Parliament for Gateshead East and Washington West; former Minister of State: Home Office, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food. (from Number 10 press release)

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Procedure and Privileges Committee ( 4 Feb 2021 to 12 May 2022)
• Member, Communications and Digital Committee (25 May 2016 to 28 Jan 2021)
• Chair, EU Sub Committee E - Justice, Institutions and Consumer Protection (11 Nov 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, EU Sub Committee E - Justice, Institutions and Consumer Protection (12 Jun 2014 to 11 Nov 2014)
• Member, European Union Committee (18 Dec 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, EU Sub Committee C - External Affairs (21 May 2013 to 12 Jun 2014)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 17 Oct 2011)
• Member, Constitution Committee (19 Feb 2007 to 8 Apr 2010)
• Member, House of Lords Reform (Joint Committee) (19 Jun 2002 to 5 May 2005)
• Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (30 Jul 2001 to 11 Jul 2005)
• Member, Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (30 Jul 2001 to 11 Jul 2005)
• Minister of State (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) (29 Jul 1999 to 7 Jun 2001)
• Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (28 Jul 1998 to 29 Jul 1999)
• Minister of State (Home Office) ( 6 May 1997 to 28 Jul 1998)
• Member, Treasury & Civil Service Sub-Committee ( 1 Feb 1989 to 20 Mar 1989)
• Member, Treasury & Civil Service Committee (17 Jun 1987 to 20 Mar 1989)
• Member, Treasury & Civil Service Sub-Committee (17 Jun 1987 to 8 Nov 1995)