A selection of Lord Patel of Bradford's votes

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

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Offenders: Suicide 8 Nov 2018

  To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of suicide rates among offenders on licence and in prisons; what assessment they have made of whether the number of offenders in the prison system contributes to those suicide rates; and whether they have plans to reduce the number of offenders in the prison system.

• Social Workers Regulations 2018 - Motion to Approve 3 Jul 2018

  Clearly, I have avoided speaking on these regulations because I have a clear and obvious conflict of interest, so I do not wish to comment on the debate that has just happened. But, just before the Minister sits down, I take this opportunity to reinforce what he said about the contribution that noble Lords in this House have made to the establishment of Social Work England. I have found them...

• Written Answers — Home Office: Drug Interventions Programme 12 Apr 2018

  To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the funding previously assigned to the Drug Interventions Programme to tackle drug-related offending by helping drug-using offenders to access treatment will be retained; and whether that funding will continue to be focused on the specific needs of that group of people.

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Profile

Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 10 July 2006

Party was Crossbench until 18 Feb 2008

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Mental Capacity Act 2005 Committee (16 May 2013 to 25 Feb 2014)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government) (8 Oct 2010 to 5 Sep 2011)
• Government Whip (6 Oct 2008 to 10 Jun 2009)
• Government Whip (5 Oct 2008 to 10 Jun 2009)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 6 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Lord Patel of Bradford’s speeches
• Has received answers to 18 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 10.60% 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 20 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 134 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)