A selection of Lord Krebs's votes

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• Has never voted on an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons
• Consistently 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 a mixture of for and 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

• Brexit: Environment and Climate Change - Motion to Take Note 23 Mar 2017

  My Lords, I join other noble Lords in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for his excellent chairmanship of our committee. I am a member of the EU sub-committee whose report we are debating today. I pay tribute to our specialist adviser and our committee clerk. As my noble friend Lord Trees once commented, the committee clerk, in effect, writes a PhD thesis every week. She has an...

• EU Membership: UK Science - Motion to Take Note 23 Mar 2017

  My Lords, I add my congratulations to the noble Earl, Lord Selborne, and his committee on an excellent and timely report. As the noble Earl hinted, I intend to speak about the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts—ECMWF—as an example of how co-operation with other European countries and hosting European science centres bring great benefit to the UK. I seek reassurance...

• Higher Education and Research Bill - Report (4th Day) 15 Mar 2017

  My Lords, I thank the Minister for his introduction of these amendments. I shall refer very briefly to Amendments 189, 190 and 191 which are related to the Haldane principle. I am delighted that it is in the Bill. During the passage of the Bill we heard many different views on what the Haldane principle is, whether there is more than one Haldane principle and, indeed, whether it should be...

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Crossbench Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 30 April 2007

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Currently held offices

• 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 11 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Lord Krebs’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 9.66% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well below average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 2 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — above average amongst Lords.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 45 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)