A selection of Lord Jay of Ewelme’s votes

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• Voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 1 absence, in 2010.
• Voted a mixture of for and against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 2 votes for, 1 vote against, 4 absences, in 2011.
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, 7 absences, between 2008–2011.
• Voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, in 2011.
• Has never voted on raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Details 0 votes for, 0 votes against, 1 absence, in 2010.

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Recent appearances

• Northern Ireland Protocol - Statement 28 Feb 2023

  My Lords, this is an ambitious and far-reaching agreement with a great deal of material that will need to be digested and carefully analysed; the Northern Ireland protocol committee, which I have the honour of chairing, will start on that shortly. Can the Minister assure us that, now that an agreement has been reached, the Foreign Secretary will give evidence to our committee and therefore...

• Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (European Affairs Committee Sub-Committee Report) - Motion to Take Note 20 Jan 2023

  My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for his reply to the debate. I am also very grateful to all Members who have spoken from all sides of the House in what has been a very wide-ranging debate. In fact, the debate has ranged rather wider than the subject of the report. If I may, I will return for a moment to the report to say that I think the debate has also shown that, while...

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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 12 October 2006

Positions held at time of appointment: Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service. (from Number 10 press release)

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Currently held offices

• Member, European Affairs Committee (since 14 Apr 2021)
• Chair, Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland Sub-Committee (since 14 Apr 2021)
• Chair, Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland Sub-Committee (since 14 Apr 2021)
• Member, Joint Committee on the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act (since 24 Nov 2020)

Other offices held in the past

• Chair, EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee (27 Jun 2017 to 23 Apr 2020)
• Chair, EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee (27 Jun 2017 to 23 Apr 2020)
• Member, EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee (12 Jun 2015 to 27 Jun 2017)
• Member, European Union Committee (8 Jun 2015 to 4 Jun 2020)
• Member, EU Sub Committee F - Home Affairs, Health and Education (12 Jun 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Draft Enhanced Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill (Joint Committee) (3 Jul 2012 to 21 Nov 2012)
• Member, Draft Enhanced Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill (Joint Committee) (3 Jul 2012 to 21 Nov 2012)
• Member, EU Sub Committee C - External Affairs (17 May 2012 to 21 May 2013)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee C - Foreign Affairs, Defence and Development Policy (9 Dec 2008 to 16 May 2012)
• Member, Intergovernmental Organisations Committee (15 Nov 2007 to 7 Jul 2008)
• Member, Draft Climate Change Bill (Joint Committee) (23 Apr 2007 to 3 Aug 2007)
• Member, EU Sub-Committee E - Justice and Institutions (21 Nov 2006 to 26 Nov 2008)