A selection of Baroness Sherlock's votes

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• 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
• Generally voted for more EU integration Show votes 5 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2011
• Consistently voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 7 votes against, in 2011
• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 3 votes against, in 2011

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Recent appearances

• Pension Schemes Bill [HL] - Report: Amendment 71 30 Jun 2020

  My Lords, we all believe that trustees of DB schemes should have a clearly defined funding and investment strategy for insuring pensions in the long term. However, if that is pursued in a way driven by the need to protect members in closed maturing DB schemes, then schemes with strong covenants open to new entrants risk being swept up in an approach that is wrong for them. As closed DB...

• Pension Schemes Bill [HL] - Report: Amendment 53 30 Jun 2020

  My Lords, this has been another interesting debate. Before I address the question of the dashboard, I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Young, who has been deploying his considerable stores of intellect and wit as he has politely but determinedly pursued Ministers on the matter of verifying and identity verification. I look forward to hearing the Minister’s response to him yet again. I am...

• Pension Schemes Bill [HL] - Report: Amendment 52 30 Jun 2020

  My Lords, I will deal first with the data issues. There are known to be problems with data quality in many pension schemes that need to be addressed. The regulator has rightly been pushing trustees to improve the accuracy of their data and to evidence that they are doing so. But as we move to a world of pension dashboards, with a consumer’s savings all being displayed in one place and the...

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 5 July 2010

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Currently held offices

• Opposition Senior Whip (Lords) (since 27 May 2015)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) (since 8 Oct 2013)

Other offices held in the past

• Opposition Whip (Lords) (18 Mar 2013 to 27 May 2015)

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• Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — above average amongst Lords. See all Baroness Sherlock’s speeches
• Has received answers to 13 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
• Has voted in 80.36% of votes in this House with this affiliation up to the 2015 general election — well above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 217 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)