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 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
• Has never voted on fewer MPs in the House of Commons
• Voted against more EU integration Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 13 absences, between 2008–2011

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Recent appearances

• Fisheries Bill [HL] - Committee (3rd Day) (Continued): Amendment 93 9 Mar 2020

  My Lords, I rise to speak briefly in support of the amendment because it provides me with an opportunity to give part two of my lecture on maximum sustainable yields, although I detect that the undergraduate audience is less than enthusiastic about hearing it. However, I want to ask the Minister the following question. The classic textbook on maximum sustainable yield was written by William...

• Fisheries Bill [HL] - Committee (3rd Day): Amendment 77A 9 Mar 2020

  I am sorry to interrupt the Minister, and I thank him for sitting down. The notion of an amendment proposing REM is not specifying a particular technology. As I mentioned in my introduction to Amendment 124, there are rapidly emerging technologies; I gave the example of Shellcatch, which works on your smartphone. I did not see this as prescribing a particular method, but rather saying that...

• Fisheries Bill [HL] - Committee (3rd Day): Amendment 77A 9 Mar 2020

  My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, who has expressed so eloquently many of the points I want to make. I shall try to avoid repeating them; nevertheless, I want to extend the argument. I agree with the noble Lord that if the Government are to make only one change to the Fisheries Bill, this should be it. The purpose Amendment 124, in my name and those of...

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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)

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)

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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 4 written questions in the last year — above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 11.07% 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") 72 times in debates — average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)