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HANSARDDiego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory BillMy Lords, Amendments 37, 49 and 56 in this group stand in my name. These are no ordinary circumstances. As my noble friends have alluded to, a group of Chagossians, totalling more…18 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, earlier on in the debate, there was a discussion concerning members of the committee, on who was or was not called, or who was denied the right to be called to it. I…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillThe noble Lord knows that I am not a proposer of the change of words. I am dealing with capacity. Therefore, I am also dealing with the fact that professionals within the field…14 Nov 2025HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, we have heard a variety of opinions, and I wish to express mine on what is a vital issue: that of life and death. As a gospel minister, I have been present at the sick…12 Sept 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I want to thank the noble Baroness, Lady Grey- Thompson, for introducing this amendment. I also want to thank the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, for the very powerful personal…16 Jul 2025HANSARDMarking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025My Lords, I rise to express my strong opposition to the Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025, which I believe constitute a profound assault upon Northern Ireland, representing…30 Jun 2025HANSARDPublic Order Act 1986: Section 5My Lords, if such a review were to take place, would the Minister and the Government reaffirm that exercising the freedom to stand silently praying in a public place is not an act…10 Jun 2025HANSARDIrish Republican Alleged IncitementMy Lords, as a former Member of the other place for 25 years, I was not only a target for IRA murder gangs but actual attempts were made on my life and those of my family. I ask…30 Apr 2025HANSARDFunerals: Death Certificate DelaysMy Lords, in Northern Ireland, the practice is that funerals are held three days after death. Does the Minister think that anything can be learned from that?03 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I speak in support of the amendment in the names of my noble friends Lady Hoey and Lord Morrow, having similarly been in receipt of representations from young people in…01 Apr 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThere are 300 areas of law that apply to people in Northern Ireland over which no elected representative, either here or in the Northern Ireland Assembly, has any control. That…01 Apr 2025HANSARDNorthern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (Remedial) Order 2024My Lords, the real backcloth to this debate is that 58% of all murders were perpetrated by republicans and 29.2%, we are told, were carried out by loyalists. We are told that 10%…26 Feb 2025HANSARDClonoe InquestMy Lords, I represented this area for 14 years in the other place. On 16 February 1992, four IRA terrorists in a lorry with a mounted heavy machine gun and three other AKM rifles…12 Feb 2025HANSARDTerrorism: GlorificationMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Foster for securing this debate asking His Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to deal with the glorification of terrorism. Page…30 Jan 2025HANSARDOfficial Controls (Amendment) Regulations 2024Like my colleagues, I support the regret amendment put down by the noble Baroness, Lady Hoey. I preface my remarks by thanking the Minister for the gracious manner in which she…29 Jan 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax, National Insurance and VATMy Lords, I refer to my interests in the Members’ register. The decision by the Government to remove agricultural property relief for inheritance tax is going to adversely impact…27 Jan 2025HANSARDIndependent Commission for Reconciliation and Information RecoveryMy Lords, I belong to one of the families of those victims. Does the Minister accept that resolute action must be taken to deal with the legacy of the past? Without it, former…16 Jan 2025HANSARDMovement of Goods (Northern Ireland to Great Britain) (Animals, Feed and Food, Plant Health etc.) (Transitory Provision and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024My Lords, I rise to support my noble friend Lord Dodds in his regret amendment: that this House regrets that the draft regulations implement the Northern Ireland protocol and…10 Dec 2024HANSARDProceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Search, Seizure and Detention of Property: Code of Practice) (Northern Ireland) Order 2024My Lords, I, too, will welcome the Minister’s reply. I regard him, as I have done for many years, as a friend; I am delighted, therefore, that he is here answering our questions.…02 Dec 2024HANSARDWindsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024I thank the noble Lord for his intervention and I wholeheartedly agree with him. It is now on the record, and I think it would have been good to read that part into the record as…27 Nov 2024