A selection of Baroness Butler-Sloss's votes

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• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• Consistently 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 a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 13 absences, between 2008–2011
• 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

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Recent appearances

• Criminal Finances Bill - Report (and remaining stages) 25 Apr 2017

  I am extremely interested to hear—I fear that I did not hear it in Committee—about the proposal in Amendments 21 and 22. But how does the noble Lord see this office of professional body anti-money laundering supervision working, for instance in the case of the man whose money has been frozen? It is an interesting idea but I just wonder, as a former lawyer, how it would work in...

• Criminal Finances Bill - Report (and remaining stages) 25 Apr 2017

  My Lords, I support very much what the noble Lord, Lord Luce, has just said and respectfully associate myself with it. I strongly support Amendment 8. If I may put it this way, I think the Government, and particularly the Minister, have been extremely shrewd in taking the sting out of the points made by the noble Baroness, Lady Stern, who has very wisely brought these issues to this House....

• Schools: Gardening - Question 24 Apr 2017

  My Lords, the Ashden charity, of which my daughter-in-law is the chairman, gives awards for sustainable energy across the world, including in England. It gave an award to a primary school which dug up a small amount of the playground and planted vegetables. Does the Minister think that this ought to be encouraged?

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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 33 debates in the last year — well 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 38.13% 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") 297 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)