A selection of Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford’s votes

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• Generally voted for replacing Trident with a new nuclear weapons system Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, 2 absences, between 2015–2016.
• Generally voted for a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU Show votes 5 votes for, 3 votes against, 2 absences, between 2011–2016.
• Almost always voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits Show votes 48 votes for, 0 votes against, 7 absences, between 2012–2016.
• Generally voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs Show votes 1 vote for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, between 2010–2016.
• Generally voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the "bedroom tax") Show votes 11 votes for, 0 votes against, 6 absences, between 2012–2014.
• Consistently voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability Show votes 0 votes for, 15 votes against, between 2011–2016.

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Recent appearances

• T-levels - Question 25 Jul 2023

  My Lords, I understand that finding suitable placements, even after Covid, is a particular barrier to increasing the number of T-levels available from providers. Some employers are poorly informed about the content and structure of T-levels. Can the Minister tell me what steps the department is taking to improve this situation?

• MMR Vaccine - Question 20 Jul 2023

  My Lords, we learned from Covid that high-uptake vaccine programmes can be effectively delivered only with a firm foundation of high-quality data and surveillance. The UK measles and rubella elimination strategy set out by UKHSA commits to a target of rigorous case investigation and the testing of over 80% of suspected cases with an oral fluid test. Can the Minister update the House on our...

• Network Rail: Ely Area Capacity Enhancement Programme - Question 5 Jul 2023

  My Lords, picking up on the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, about the value of the Oxford-Cambridge arc for economic growth, the first step in improving connectivity in the arc between Oxford and Cambridge is of course the East West Rail Oxford-Bedford link. There was a commitment in the policy paper in February to consult on that. Can the Minister update the House?

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 1 February 2019

Previously MP for Oxford West and Abingdon until 3 May 2017 — Dissolved for election

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

Also represented Oxford West and Abingdon

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Social Media

• @nicolablackwood

Expenses

• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Home Department
• International Development
• Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• Education
• Business
• Innovation and Skills
• Departmental Contracts
• Immigrants: Detainees
• Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre
• Universal Credit
• Immigration Controls

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Science and Technology Committee (Lords) (21 Apr 2020 to 31 Jan 2023)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care (14 Jan 2019 to 13 Feb 2020)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (17 Jul 2016 to 3 May 2017)
• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Sep 2015 to 19 Jul 2016)
• Chair, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 19 Jul 2016)
• Chair, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 19 Jul 2016)
• Member, Home Affairs Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 30 Mar 2015)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill Committee (9 out of 16)
• Mobile Homes Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Protection of Freedoms Bill Committee (15 out of 20)