A selection of Earl Cathcart’s votes

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• Consistently voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011.
• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010.
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 1 vote for, 12 votes against, 1 absence, between 2008–2011.
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010.
• Consistently voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011.

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Forestry 30 Nov 2022

  To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to creating a plan for both (1) new, and (2) existing, forests, and all tree species, that enables the UK forestry industry to (a) measure, and (b) value, carbon for owners, in order to (i) enhance and develop management of existing forestry, and (ii) encourage and incentivise the planting of new trees; and what assessment...

• Written Answers — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Timber: Construction 30 Nov 2022

  To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding in the Forestry Commission report Sustainable construction timber: sourcing and specifying local timber, published in 2016, that “timber-framed construction currently accounts for 75 per cent of new housing in Scotland, while the comparable figure for the UK as a whole is 25 per cent”; and what steps they intend...

• Avian Influenza - Statement 3 Nov 2022

  My Lords, I have 16,000 birds at my farm and the problem is the compensation. It is being paid only for birds that remain alive at the time of culling. We have heard of delays in culling because of vets et cetera so there could be very few birds still alive when the vet arrives. A producer had 10,000 birds and had lost all but 200 by the time the vets arrived so there was no compensation for...

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 7 March 2007

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Committee for Privileges and Conduct (Lords) (13 Sep 2016 to 5 Nov 2019)
• Member, Administration and Works Committee (Lords) (8 Jun 2015 to 31 Aug 2016)
• Member, Administration and Works Committee (Lords) (8 Jun 2015 to 31 Aug 2016)
• - Shadow Minister (Also Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Scotland), Shadow Minister (8 Sep 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• - Shadow Minister (Also Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government and Scotland), Shadow Minister (8 Sep 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• - Shadow Minister (Also Shadow Minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Communities and Local Government), Shadow Minister (8 Sep 2009 to 11 May 2010)
• - Shadow Minister (Also Shadow Minister for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Scotland), Shadow Minister (27 Jul 2009 to 8 Sep 2009)
• - Shadow Minister (Also Shadow Minister for Communities & Local Government and Scotland), Shadow Minister (27 Jul 2009 to 8 Sep 2009)
• - Shadow Minister (Also Shadow Minister for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Communities & Local Government), Shadow Minister (27 Jul 2009 to 8 Sep 2009)
• Shadow Minister, Communities and Local Government (19 Jan 2009 to 27 Jul 2009)
• Shadow Minister, Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (19 Jan 2009 to 27 Jul 2009)
• Shadow Minister, Scotland (19 Jan 2009 to 27 Jul 2009)