A selection of Lord Krebs's votes

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• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• Voted against more EU integration Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 13 absences, between 2008–2011
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2010

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Transport: Railways: Tree Felling 5 Nov 2019

  To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 28 October (HL39), what estimate they have made of the total area, in hectares, of trackside vegetation cleared by Network Rail during the past five years.

• Written Answers — Department for Transport: Railways: Tree Felling 4 Nov 2019

  To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 28 October (HL39), what assessment they have made of the impact of clearance of trackside vegetation by Network Rail on the UK’s carbon budget.

• Written Answers — Department for Transport: Railways: Tree Felling 4 Nov 2019

  To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 28 October (HL39), whether Network Rail carries out any habitat and carbon offsetting to compensate for the removal of trackside vegetation.

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Profile

Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 30 April 2007

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Currently held offices

• Chair, Food, Poverty, Health and Environment Committee (since 13 Jun 2019)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee (12 Jun 2015 to 2 Jul 2019)
• Member, Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I (Higher education in STEM subjects) (13 Sep 2011 to 17 Jul 2012)
• Chair, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (22 Jun 2010 to 14 May 2014)
• Member, Science and Technology: Sub-Committee I (16 Dec 2008 to 13 Sep 2011)
• Member, Select Committee on Science and Technology Sub-Committee 2 (14 Nov 2007 to 12 Nov 2009)
• Member, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (13 Nov 2007 to 22 Jun 2010)

Numerology

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• Has spoken in 17 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Krebs’s speeches
• Has received answers to 4 written questions in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 11.04% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 67 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)