A selection of Lord Leach of Fairford's votes

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• Generally voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 4 votes for, 0 votes against, 3 absences, 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
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 0 votes for, 9 votes against, 6 absences, between 2008–2011
• Voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, in 2011

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Recent appearances

• Financial Regulation: EUC Report: Motion to Take Note 10 Nov 2009

  My Lords, I should declare two possible interests. I am a director of a bank that has not taken assistance from any Government and a director of an untroubled insurance business. Despite all its disasters, the financial services industry is still a formidable asset to this country. Your Lordships' Economic Affairs Committee's measured recommendations on reform of the tripartite system have...

• Climate Change Act 2008 (2020 Target, Credit Limit and Definitions) Order 2009: Motion to Approve 13 May 2009

  My Lords, perhaps I may quickly answer those pertinent points. The big ice melting was about 12,000 years ago at the end of the last glaciation, which greatly increased sea levels. The more recent increases of about seven inches since the little ice age are thought by the experts to be due to thermal expansion, at which I think the noble Lord hinted. As the seas get a little warmer, they...

• Climate Change Act 2008 (2020 Target, Credit Limit and Definitions) Order 2009: Motion to Approve 13 May 2009

  Yes, my Lords, with the recovery from the little ice age that I referred to earlier, that is at about 0.6 degrees per century since about 1370.

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 22 June 2006

Positions held at time of appointment: Director, Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. (from Number 10 press release)

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, EU Sub-Committee E - Justice and Institutions (21 Nov 2006 to 30 Nov 2007)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 0 debates in the last year — below average amongst Lords. See all Lord Leach of Fairford’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 13.48% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 14 times in debates — below average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)