Information between 3rd March 2024 - 13th April 2024
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Division Votes |
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4 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 2 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 274 Noes - 172 |
4 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 2 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 258 Noes - 171 |
4 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 1 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 277 Noes - 167 |
4 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 2 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 282 Noes - 180 |
4 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 2 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 260 Noes - 169 |
6 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 1 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 246 Noes - 171 |
6 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 1 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 228 Noes - 184 |
6 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 1 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 278 Noes - 189 |
6 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 1 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 244 Noes - 160 |
6 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 2 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 265 Noes - 181 |
11 Mar 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 1 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 204 Noes - 192 |
11 Mar 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 1 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 209 Noes - 193 |
11 Mar 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 1 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 199 Noes - 199 |
11 Mar 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 1 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 217 Noes - 192 |
11 Mar 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 2 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 202 Noes - 187 |
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 1 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 249 Noes - 219 |
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 2 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 263 Noes - 233 |
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 2 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 276 Noes - 226 |
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 1 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 248 Noes - 209 |
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 2 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 285 Noes - 230 |
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 2 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 271 Noes - 228 |
20 Mar 2024 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 1 Ulster Unionist Party No votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 251 Noes - 214 |
Speeches |
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Lord Empey speeches from: Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL]
Lord Empey contributed 1 speech (670 words) 2nd reading Friday 22nd March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology |
Lord Empey speeches from: 809 Naval Air Squadron
Lord Empey contributed 1 speech (63 words) Monday 11th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Defence |
Written Answers |
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Import Controls: Northern Ireland
Asked by: Lord Empey (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask His Majesty's Government how much money has been allocated for the construction of border inspection posts in Northern Ireland. Answered by Lord Douglas-Miller - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The construction of the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Inspection Facilities in Northern Ireland is supported by an agreed business case which provides a funding envelope of up to a maximum of £192.3 million. This figure is just an envelope and is not guaranteed as the department always aspires to come in under budget. |
Import Controls: Northern Ireland
Asked by: Lord Empey (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect the construction of border inspection posts in Northern Ireland to be completed. Answered by Lord Douglas-Miller - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The SPS Inspection Facilities at Northern Ireland points of entry will be completed by 1 July 2025, per our commitments under the Windsor Framework. |
Republic of Ireland: Defence
Asked by: Lord Empey (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer) Tuesday 12th March 2024 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of the Republic of Ireland about the defence of the Western Atlantic. Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) The UK and Ireland face a range of common threats to our security. We are committed to a close partnership and discuss a wide range of defence and security issues, including maritime security, underpinned by our Defence Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding, signed in 2015. The Foreign Secretary hosted Micheál Martin, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence and for Foreign Affairs, in London in December. |
Public Expenditure and Taxation: Northern Ireland
Asked by: Lord Empey (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer) Friday 15th March 2024 Question to the Northern Ireland Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what local revenue raising conditions were attached to the recent financial package awarded to the Northern Ireland Executive. Answered by Lord Caine - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) The UK Government remains determined to support the Executive to maximise the opportunities presented by the financial package.
To help stabilise the Executive’s financial position, the UK Government has agreed to pause its debt repayments from 2022-23 and 2023-24 of up to £559 million and will no longer require these funds to be repaid, subject to the Executive publishing a plan, which outlines how it will deliver sustainable public finances and services, and demonstrating implementation of that plan by May 2025.
This sustainability plan must include the delivery of a balanced budget for 2024-25 by raising a minimum of £113 million through locally generated income. It will be for the Executive to determine if it will consider a different course of action to deliver the public services that Northern Ireland needs as part of its plan for financial sustainability. |
Windsor Framework: Finance
Asked by: Lord Empey (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer) Wednesday 27th March 2024 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask His Majesty's Government whether recurring financial provision will be made to implement the Windsor Framework; and, if so, what quantum they are expecting. Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury) As set out in the Statement of Funding Policy, the UK Government will fund the direct costs associated with reaching the required level of compliance to implement the UK Government’s obligations under the Windsor Framework. Funding will continue to be provided to the Northern Ireland Executive for this purpose through the Estimates process. |
Windsor Framework
Asked by: Lord Empey (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer) Wednesday 27th March 2024 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask His Majesty's Government how many civil servants they currently employ to implement all aspects of the Windsor Framework, broken down by Department. Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) There is a proportionate level of resource allocated to ensure that the Windsor Framework is implemented. Many of those whose work concerns the Framework also work on a range of other issues including wider Northern Ireland-related matters, as well as wider UK-EU issues. It is therefore not possible to give a specific number of civil servants employed to implement the Windsor Framework.
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UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
Asked by: Lord Empey (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer) Wednesday 27th March 2024 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask His Majesty's Government how much expenditure they have incurred since 2020 assisting businesses engaging with rules and regulations pertaining to the movement of goods between (1) Northern Ireland and Great Britain, and (2) Great Britain and Northern Ireland, following agreement with the EU on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, and subsequently the Windsor Framework. Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
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Windsor Framework: Private Sector
Asked by: Lord Empey (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer) Wednesday 27th March 2024 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what are (1) the value, and (2) the term length, of each contract awarded to private sector companies to assist with the implementation of the Windsor Framework. Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
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Windsor Framework
Asked by: Lord Empey (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer) Wednesday 27th March 2024 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what financial provision they have made for the 2024–25 financial year to assist businesses dealing with the requirements of the Windsor Framework for the movement of goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)
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Parliamentary Debates |
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Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill [HL]
43 speeches (19,242 words) 2nd reading Friday 22nd March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Mentions: 1: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) I liked the phrase used by the noble Lord, Lord Empey, “lost momentum”, because it certainly feels like - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) workforce crisis in health, particularly in critical health diagnostics, as highlighted by the noble Lord, Lord - Link to Speech 3: Viscount Camrose (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Let me reassure the noble Lord, Lord Empey, that the AI risk function will maintain a holistic view of - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
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Tuesday 9th April 2024
Engagement document - Inquiry into Veterinary Medicines and The Windsor Framework: Roundtable meeting with Northern Ireland based stakeholders, 1 February 2024, Belfast - Note of discussion Windsor Framework Sub-Committee Found: Lord Empey: In the absence of any alternative agreed solution , what will the impact on the supply of |
Thursday 14th March 2024
Declarations of interest - Declarations of Interests - 14 March 2024 Windsor Framework Sub-Committee Found: INTERESTS (14 March 2024) Lord Dodds of Duncairn • No relevant interests to declare Lord |
Wednesday 13th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Cabinet Office, Veterinary Medicines Directorate, DEFRA, and Cabinet Office Veterinary medicines and the Windsor Framework - Windsor Framework Sub-Committee Found: Q31 Lord Empey: Good afternoon, Minister and your colleagues. |
Deposited Papers |
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Tuesday 19th March 2024
Ministry of Defence Source Page: Letter dated 18/03/2024 from the Earl of Minto to Lord Empey regarding future modifications to the Royal Navy's aircraft carriers to allow for catapult-launched aircraft, as raised during a question on 809 Naval Air Squadron. 1p. Document: Empey.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 18/03/2024 from the Earl of Minto to Lord Empey regarding future modifications to the Royal |
Calendar |
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Wednesday 20th March 2024 2 p.m. Windsor Framework Sub-Committee - Private Meeting View calendar |
Wednesday 24th April 2024 3 p.m. Windsor Framework Sub-Committee - Private Meeting View calendar |
Wednesday 1st May 2024 3 p.m. Windsor Framework Sub-Committee - Private Meeting View calendar |