Information between 11th July 2025 - 21st July 2025
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Tuesday 22nd July 2025 Lord Empey (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer) Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Assessment of the ‘pull factors’ attracting migrants to enter the UK illegally View calendar - Add to calendar |
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15 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 2 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party No votes Tally: Ayes - 215 Noes - 240 |
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15 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 2 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party No votes Tally: Ayes - 282 Noes - 158 |
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15 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights 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 - 214 Noes - 153 |
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15 Jul 2025 - Renters’ Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 3 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party No votes Tally: Ayes - 237 Noes - 223 |
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14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 2 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party No votes Tally: Ayes - 161 Noes - 191 |
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14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 1 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party No votes Tally: Ayes - 232 Noes - 137 |
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14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 2 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party No votes Tally: Ayes - 267 Noes - 153 |
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14 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 2 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party No votes Tally: Ayes - 264 Noes - 158 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 3 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party No votes Tally: Ayes - 184 Noes - 123 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 3 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party No votes Tally: Ayes - 202 Noes - 138 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 3 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party No votes Tally: Ayes - 180 Noes - 123 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 3 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party No votes Tally: Ayes - 148 Noes - 155 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 1 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party No votes Tally: Ayes - 124 Noes - 131 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 3 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party No votes Tally: Ayes - 248 Noes - 150 |
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16 Jul 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Empey voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 2 Ulster Unionist Party Aye votes vs 0 Ulster Unionist Party No votes Tally: Ayes - 304 Noes - 160 |
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Lord Empey speeches from: Strategic Defence Review 2025
Lord Empey contributed 1 speech (465 words) Friday 18th July 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Defence |
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Lord Empey speeches from: UK-France Migration: Co-operation
Lord Empey contributed 1 speech (363 words) Thursday 17th July 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
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Asylum: Housing
Asked by: Lord Empey (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer) Thursday 17th July 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what is the current daily cost of providing accommodation for asylum seekers other than in hotels; and how this compares with the daily cost in 2024. Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office) The 2024/25 annual report, published on 17 July 2025, states on p75 that £2.1bn was spent on hotels in 2024-25, at an average of £5.77m per day, compared to 3.0bn spent on hotels in 2023-24, at an average of £8.3m per day. |
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17 Jul 2025, 2:28 p.m. - House of Lords "noble Lord Empey is quite right that the 1951 Convention is out of date " Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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UK-France Migration: Co-operation
16 speeches (6,038 words) Thursday 17th July 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Empey, is quite right that the 1951 convention is out of date, and it is apposite - Link to Speech |
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Wednesday 10th September 2025 10:30 a.m. Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee - Private Meeting Subject: Strengthening Northern Ireland’s Voice in the context of the Windsor Framework View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 17th September 2025 10:30 a.m. Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee - Private Meeting Subject: Strengthening Northern Ireland’s Voice in the context of the Windsor Framework View calendar - Add to calendar |
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Wednesday 16th July 2025
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Leong to Lord Carlile of Berriew re: Product Regulation and Metrology Bill, 13 May 2025 Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee |
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Wednesday 16th July 2025
Correspondence - Letter from Lord Carlile of Berriew to Lord Leong re: Product Regulation and Metrology Bill, 16 July 2025 Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee |
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Wednesday 16th July 2025
Written Evidence - Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) SNI0020 - Strengthening Northern Ireland’s Voice in the context of the Windsor Framework Strengthening Northern Ireland’s Voice in the context of the Windsor Framework - Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee |
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Wednesday 23rd July 2025
Correspondence - Letter from Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP (Secretary of State for Northern Ireland) and Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP (Minister for the Cabinet Office) re: follow-up on 25 June evidence session, dated 21 July 2025 Northern Ireland Scrutiny Committee |