A selection of Viscount Younger of Leckie's votes

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• Consistently voted for an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 7 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011
• Voted for raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 1 vote for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• Consistently voted for fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 3 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2011
• Consistently voted for university tuition fees Show votes 2 votes for, 0 votes against, in 2010
• Generally voted against more EU integration Show votes 1 vote for, 5 votes against, in 2011

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• Written Answers — Department for Education: Universities: Admissions 20 Feb 2019

  Higher Education institutions are independent, autonomous bodies. As such, they are responsible for their own admissions decisions. Data on the number of applicants with offers for deferred entry who were no longer offered their intended course is not held centrally. Consequently, no assessment has been made of the cost implications to prospective students in this scenario. We are...

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Disabled Students' Allowances: Dyslexia 19 Feb 2019

  It is the department, not the SpLD Assessment Standards Committee, that decides which diagnostic assessments should be recognised as suitable evidence to determine eligibility for Disabled Students’ Allowances. The department is currently considering which accreditation requirements should be met for diagnostic assessments carried out on young people below the age of 16. Information...

• Written Answers — Department for Education: Erasmus+ Programme 19 Feb 2019

  We are in close contact and working with the UK National Agency to ensure that in the event that the UK leaves the EU with no agreement in place, the government’s guarantee on Erasmus will cover the payment of awards to UK applicants for all successful Erasmus+ bids submitted before the end of 2020. The UK government has repeatedly made clear that it values international exchange and...

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Conservative Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 23 June 2010

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Currently held offices

• Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) (since 14 May 2015)

Other offices held in the past

• Lords Spokesperson (Department for Education) (Higher Education) (18 Jul 2016 to 14 Jun 2017)
• Member, Draft Protection of Charities Bill (Joint Committee) (10 Nov 2014 to 3 Feb 2015)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (9 Jan 2013 to 17 Jul 2014)
• Lords Spokesperson (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) (6 Sep 2012 to 9 Jan 2013)
• Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) (25 Jun 2012 to 9 Jan 2013)
• Member, Public Service and Demographic Change Committee (29 May 2012 to 5 Jul 2012)

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• Has spoken in 64 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords. See all Viscount Younger of Leckie’s speeches
• Has received answers to 0 written questions in the last year — Ministers do not ask written questions.
• Has voted in 93.55% 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") 503 times in debates — well above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)