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Lords Chamber
Broadcasting: Recent Developments - Thu 08 Jan 2026
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Hall of Birkenhead (XB - Life peer) These services, whether they are in small local areas or serving the nations of Scotland, Wales or Northern - Speech Link
2: Lord Dodds of Duncairn (DUP - Life peer) In Northern Ireland, for instance, 42% of homes rely on terrestrial television, nine percentage points - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Jury Trials - Wed 07 Jan 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Just to give an example for when he is looking at options, in Northern Ireland we had cause to use Diplock - Speech Link
2: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith and Chiswick) and generally become more constricted over the ages, in criminal and civil cases—those involving defamation - Speech Link
3: Esther McVey (Con - Tatton) Prime Minister appointed him.My constituents in Tatton, from school pupils to the leader of the northern - Speech Link
4: Jim Allister (TUV - North Antrim) I shall also answer it from the perspective of someone who practised in Northern Ireland, where we had - Speech Link
5: Jim Allister (TUV - North Antrim) Indeed, and I would remind the House that, because of concerns about the Diplock courts in Northern Ireland - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 09 Dec 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: None Ireland, except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.67B - Speech Link
2: None 2015Section 69 (possession of paedophile manual), as it has effect under the law of Northern Ireland - Speech Link
3: None requiring the consent of the Secretary of State under section 8 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.” - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Public Office (Accountability) Bill (Fifth sitting) - Thu 04 Dec 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) The Northern Ireland Executive, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government have all confirmed their - Speech Link
2: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) A case could not be heard by a court in Scotland or Northern Ireland. - Speech Link
3: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) Ireland is required before proceedings for the breach of duty of candour offence may be brought forward - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Criminal Court Reform - Tue 02 Dec 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Robin Swann (UUP - South Antrim) Justice is devolved to Northern Ireland, with the exception of the regulation of non-jury trials. - Speech Link
2: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) Northern Ireland is of course in a special and unique position on this issue, and I am happy to get the - Speech Link
3: Jim Allister (TUV - North Antrim) Having spent my professional life practising in the criminal courts in Northern Ireland, where we have - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
China Espionage: Government Security Response - Tue 18 Nov 2025
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Dan Jarvis (Lab - Barnsley North) crew member of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Tidesurge who is missing off the coast of the Republic of Ireland - Speech Link
2: Richard Foord (LD - Honiton and Sidmouth) That followed a separate defamation lawsuit against Sheffield Hallam University, as was reported by the - Speech Link
3: Jim Allister (TUV - North Antrim) In the case of Northern Ireland, international trade, quite rightly, is a reserved matter, yet last Wednesday - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I have also had conversations that were under surveillance by the Chinese Government while in Northern - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Trial by Jury: Proposed Restrictions - Wed 09 Jul 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Carla Lockhart (DUP - Upper Bann) divergence across jurisdictions and raise questions about equal access to justice for citizens in Northern - Speech Link
2: Rupert Lowe (Ind - Great Yarmouth) As the Minister probably knows, jury trial is already under threat in defamation cases. - Speech Link
3: Jim Allister (TUV - North Antrim) For over 50 years in Northern Ireland, we have had judge-only trials in terrorist cases, probably for - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Holocaust Memorial Bill
Report stage part two - Wed 11 Jun 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Reid of Cardowan (Lab - Life peer) Ireland Secretary and Armed Forces Minister—but let me say one thing about the noble Lord, Lord Carlile - Speech Link
2: Lord Carlile of Berriew (XB - Life peer) Ireland, who is known for his pugnacious and accurate brain, so I take that seriously. - Speech Link
3: Lord Verdirame (Non-affiliated - Life peer) According to the latest Global 100 survey conducted by the Anti-Defamation League, 46% of the world’s - Speech Link
4: Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer) Even if the R&R programme seeks consent for a good deal of the northern end of the gardens, there - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Detained British Nationals Abroad - Thu 05 Dec 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: John Whittingdale (Con - Maldon) This year she was sentenced, in absentia, to two years in prison on a bogus defamation charge, having - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) citizenship and our protection under the citizenship of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We owe it to them and to ourselves as a nation—this great United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Rule of Law - Tue 26 Nov 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Thomas of Gresford (LD - Life peer) But it was the bold attempt of Brandon Lewis, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, in September 2020 - Speech Link
2: Baroness O'Loan (XB - Life peer) Passing a law saying that Rwanda is a safe country did not make it one.We also saw the Northern Ireland - Speech Link
3: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) The last Government’s willingness to flout our international commitments relating to Northern Ireland - Speech Link