A selection of Lord Walney’s votes

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• Almost always voted against reducing central government funding of local government Show votes 0 votes for, 6 votes against, 2 absences, between 2010–2019.
• Consistently voted against encouraging occupational pensions Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, in 2011.
• Generally voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2015–2016.
• Consistently voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 11 votes against, between 2011–2016.
• Voted against a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 8 absences, between 2011–2016.
• Almost always voted against reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 0 votes for, 13 votes against, 5 absences, between 2012–2018.

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Recent appearances

• Education (Environment and Sustainable Citizenship) Bill [HL] - Second Reading 16 Jul 2021

  My Lords, I add my congratulations and strong support to the noble Lord, Lord Knight. He was a brilliant Schools Minister, and he nailed the case in the introduction to his Bill. I naturally share the scepticism that he expressed, and on which the noble Lord, Lord Hannan, expanded, about the dangers of loading the curriculum with ever more worthy subjects—each worthy in their own right....

• Global Education Summit - Question 14 Jul 2021

  As the noble Lord, Lord Collins, referenced, the impact of the pandemic on learning creates a greater need for countries to increase their investment in education just at the moment when their economies have shrunk. Will the UK ask the summit to set a goal for nations to increase the proportion of GDP that they spend on education year on year?

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Pupils: Coronavirus 13 Jul 2021

  To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of days of in-person education lost by school pupils in England and Wales as a result of isolating after coming into to contact with a fellow pupil who has tested positive for COVID-19.

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Entered the House of Lords on 4 September 2020

Previously MP for Barrow and Furness until 6 November 2019 — Dissolved for election

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

Party was Labour until 30 Mar 2015; Labour/Co-operative until 29 Apr 2018; Independent until 6 Nov 2019

Also represented Barrow and Furness

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• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Lord Walney campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Transport
• Health
• Work and Pensions
• Communities and Local Government
• Defence
• Freedom of Information
• Public Appointments
• Pay
• Senior Civil Servants
• Training

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Home Affairs Committee (5 Feb 2018 to 8 May 2019)
• Shadow Minister (Education) (8 May 2015 to 18 Sep 2015)
• Member, Defence Committee (25 Nov 2013 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Transport) (8 Oct 2010 to 11 Jan 2013)
• Member, Defence Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 2 Nov 2010)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Psychoactive Substances Bill Committee (1 out of 3)
• Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Defence Reform Bill Committee (11 out of 14)
• Civil Aviation Bill Committee (13 out of 14)