A selection of Baroness Butler-Sloss's votes

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• 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
• Generally voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, 4 absences, in 2011
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010

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Recent appearances

• Brexit: Options - Question 18 Feb 2019

  My Lords, why are the Government not asking for an extension?

• Domestic Abuse Bill - Statement 31 Jan 2019

  My Lords, I am the chairman of a forced marriage commission. Do the Government recognise that in forced marriages there is often domestic abuse, that the many victims of forced marriage who suffer domestic abuse need special care, and that the current refuges for them are not necessarily all that satisfactory?

• Brexit: Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration - Motion to Take Note 9 Jan 2019

  My Lords, I am sad to have to disagree with the noble Lord, Lord Grocott, with whom I very often agree. I had intended not to speak, but we are now less than three months from the deadline, so I feel that I have to add something. I am so shocked and alarmed by the feeling of drift and national crisis shared by many people outside Parliament and the failure to make decisions which are more...

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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 30 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 38.78% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 314 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)