A selection of Baroness Butler-Sloss's votes

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• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons
• Generally voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, 4 absences, in 2011
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• Voted for more EU integration Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 13 absences, between 2008–2011

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Recent appearances

• Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill [HL] - Commons Amendments 21 May 2018

  My Lords, I am a vice-chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Gibraltar, which, apart from one brief mention by the Minister, has not been so far commented on. Listening to the noble Lord, Lord Anderson, I wondered, as between the United Kingdom and many of the overseas territories, where the mote and the beam lay. I will not pursue that any further, but I think that it may be where...

• European Union (Withdrawal) Bill - Third Reading 16 May 2018

  I do not know which way to vote, so what the Minister is saying to the House is enormously important to me. Are we actually going to be able to have enforcement by the European Court of Justice until the moment of the completion of the implementation?

• Civil Liability Bill [HL] - Committee (1st Day) 10 May 2018

  My Lords, this is a good Bill but it is incomplete. As the Minister will have noticed, every single speaker has said that, to be completed, it requires a legal definition. Individuals who say that they have a whiplash will have to have a medical diagnosis, but in a Bill of this sort, which is intended to deal with fraud, there absolutely has to be a legal definition, for the reasons given by...

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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 25 July 2006

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Currently held offices

• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (since 9 Jul 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Draft Modern Slavery Bill Committee (15 Jan 2014 to 3 Apr 2014)
• Chair, Adoption Legislation Committee (29 May 2012 to 26 Feb 2013)
• Member, Ecclesiastical Committee (Joint Committee) (27 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee (14 Nov 2007 to 15 May 2012)

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• Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all Baroness Butler-Sloss’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 39.00% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 10 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") 310 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)