A selection of Lord Patel of Bradford's votes

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• 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
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for International Development: Planet Aid 27 Feb 2017

  To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the decision was made to stop the Department for International Development funding for the charity Planet Aid; what formal evaluation or audits were made of the work of Planet Aid and when were those carried out; and on what evidence the recommendation to stop Planet Aid funding was made.

• Drugs Policy: Departmental Responsibility - Question 7 Feb 2017

  My Lords, between 2001 and 2008, investment in drug treatment increased from £250 million pounds a year to £750 million a year, ring-fenced. This resulted in the number of drug users in treatment rising from 80,000 to 230,000, which had a huge impact on drug misuse, drug-related deaths and acquisitive crime. The last eight years have seen a massive financial clampdown and huge...

• Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Offenders: Health 21 Dec 2016

  To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Community Rehabilitation Companies are required to collect data on mental health, physical health or substance misuse; and if so, whether that data will be published, when, and in what format.

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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)

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• Has spoken in 14 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Patel of Bradford’s speeches
• Has received answers to 4 written questions in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 8.36% 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.
• 17 people are tracking this peer — email me updates on Lord Patel of Bradford’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 132 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)