A selection of Lord Myners's votes

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• Voted a mixture of for and against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, 6 absences, in 2011
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2010
• Has never voted on more EU integration
• 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

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Recent appearances

• Written Answers — Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Evening Standard: Charitable Donations 25 Apr 2017

  To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much matched funding HM Treasury has transferred to Evening Standard charity appeals since May 2010.

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Arcadia Group: Pensions 20 Apr 2017

  To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are investigating circumstances surrounding the pension deficit of Arcadia; and what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the Pensions Regulator in overseeing the scheme and its governance.

• Written Answers — Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Insolvency Service 18 Apr 2017

  To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the criteria and principles for deciding whether to publish a report by the Insolvency Service; and who makes that decision.

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Non-affiliated Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 21 October 2008

Party was Labour until 14 Jan 2014

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Other offices held in the past

• Member, Personal Service Companies Committee (12 Nov 2013 to 31 Mar 2014)
• Member, Works of Art Committee (Lords) (16 May 2012 to 15 May 2013)
• Member, Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee) (18 Jul 2011 to 12 Mar 2012)
• Parliamentary Secretary, HM Treasury (7 Oct 2008 to 11 May 2010)

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• Has spoken in 8 debates in the last year — average amongst Lords. See all Lord Myners’s speeches
• Has received answers to 108 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 3.06% 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 14 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — well above average amongst Lords.
• 13 people are tracking this peer — email me updates on Lord Myners’s activity
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 454 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)