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Lord Barnett
Labour Peer
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- Became a Lord in 1983
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Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Lord Barnett voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted moderately for introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
- Voted moderately against the hunting ban. votes, speeches
- Voted for equal gay rights. votes, speeches
- Voted very strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches
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- Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.
Most recent appearances
- European Space Programme — Question (21 Jul 2009)
“My Lords, I am somewhat disturbed by some of the answers to these questions. Has the Treasury, together with my noble friend, been looking at the prospects of expenditure with a view to the priorities of other departments over the next few years?”
- Finance Bill: Second Reading and Remaining Stages (20 Jul 2009)
“My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Vallance, for what he has said and how fairly he has summed up the unanimous views of the sub-committee, on which I was happy to be able to participate. I will not deal with all four of the issues with which we dealt; I will deal just with pensions. As always, we did not look at these matters from a political standpoint. We did not have a Minister before...”
- Parliamentary Standards Bill: Report (20 Jul 2009)
“My Lords, I am a non-lawyer and I, too, read my noble and learned friend's 10-page letter, which I thought I understood. If she is saying in effect that the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin, are unnecessary, a more important question is: if they were on the statute book, would they do any harm?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 51 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has received answers to 20 written questions in the last year — well above average amongst Lords.
- Has voted in 48% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — above average amongst Lords. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 0 annotations on this Lord’s speeches — average amongst Lords.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 148 times in debates — above average amongst Lords. (Why is this here?)