A selection of Baroness Coussins's votes

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• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010
• Voted for more EU integration Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, 11 absences, between 2008–2011
• Voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, in 2011
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2010
• 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

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Languages: Qualifications 19 Jun 2019

  To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to address regional inequalities in the take-up of modern foreign languages at GCSE and A-level.

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Languages: GCSE 18 Jun 2019

  To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the reduction in the number of pupils taking a modern language GCSE as a result of their school compressing Key Stage 3 into two years and making languages optional after the age of 13.

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Foreign Students: Finance 18 Jun 2019

  To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to fund undergraduates taking a third year abroad, currently funded under the Erasmus Plus programme, after 2020.

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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 24 April 2007

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Currently held offices

• Member, International Relations Committee (since 25 May 2016)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, EU External Affairs Sub-Committee (12 Jun 2015 to 12 May 2016)
• Member, EU Sub Committee C - External Affairs (21 May 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Member, Information Committee (Lords) (14 Nov 2007 to 1 May 2012)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 7 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Baroness Coussins’s speeches
• Has received answers to 18 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 27.48% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 96 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)