A selection of Baroness Coussins's votes

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• 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
• 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
• 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

• Saudi Arabia: Arms Export Licences - Statement 26 Sep 2019

  My Lords, I too warmly welcome today’s Statement. As the noble Earl will know, the report on Yemen by the International Relations Committee of this House, of which I was then a member, concluded that Her Majesty’s Government were on the wrong side of international humanitarian law in selling arms to Saudi Arabia when there was such a clear risk that they might be used against civilians in...

• Banking: Standards and Reform - Question for Short Debate 3 Sep 2019

  My Lords, I too thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans and congratulate him on securing this debate. I declare my interest as president of the Money Advice Trust—the charity that runs National Debtline and Business Debtline, which between them help hundreds of thousands of people a year to tackle their debt problems. We last debated this subject three years ago—almost...

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Languages: Education 22 Jul 2019

  To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the 2019 Language Trends Survey, published by the British Council in July, in particular its findings that (1) disadvantaged pupils are less likely to take a language GCSE, and (2) only a quarter of state schools offer pupil exchanges abroad, compared to almost half of independent schools.

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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 24 April 2007

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, International Relations Committee (25 May 2016 to 1 Jul 2019)
• 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 9 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 28.48% 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") 97 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)