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• 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
• 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
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2010

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Recent appearances

• Office for Environmental Protection - Question 22 May 2019

  My Lords, as the Minister will be aware, the two main concerns raised by the Environmental Audit Committee and the EFRA Select Committee in the other place—as well as the EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee, of which I am a member, in your Lordships’ House—have been about the independence of the OEP and its enforcement powers. I hope the Minister will be able to confirm to the House...

• Brexit: Plant and Animal Biosecurity - Motion to Take Note 15 May 2019

  My Lords, I declare my interests as recorded in the register and thank the chairman of our committee, the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for his excellent leadership as well as his superb introduction to the content of the report. I am not a betting man, but if I were, I would be happy to place a bet that, within the next 10 years, we will have a major biosecurity crisis in this country. Why? We...

• Air Pollution - Question 8 Apr 2019

  My Lords, where I live in the centre of Oxford there is a considerable number of houseboats moored along Oxford Canal, which burn diesel or solid fuel as a form of heating. Could the Minister tell us what steps the Government are taking to restrict this form of air pollution in urban environments?

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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)
• Member, EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee (since 12 Jun 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• 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)

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• Has spoken in 16 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all Lord Krebs’s speeches
• Has received answers to 1 written question in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 9.87% 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") 65 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)