Information between 6th November 2023 - 2nd August 2026
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24 Mar 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Paul voted No - against a party majority and against the House One of 3 Non-affiliated No votes vs 8 Non-affiliated Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 273 Noes - 172 |
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8 Jan 2025 - National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill - View Vote Context Lord Paul voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House One of 7 Non-affiliated No votes vs 11 Non-affiliated Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 226 Noes - 228 |
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3 Mar 2025, 8:50 p.m. - House of Lords "for Lord Paul. But that is the way the selecting of the elites does tend to go for the sake people like " Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Apr 2025, 9:36 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Lord Paul who put the sober, that doesn't stop young people starting to smoke. The whole point " Lord Kamall (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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7 May 2025, 5:48 p.m. - House of Lords "Lord Lord Paul said. We believe this bill proceeds from a full-strength, " Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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8 Jan 2026, 10:27 a.m. - House of Commons "with the Commissioner for transport, Andy Lord Paul Davies. " Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP, The Secretary of State for Transport (Swindon South, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Deaths of Members
2 speeches (48 words) Monday 1st September 2025 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord McFall of Alcluith (Lord Speaker - Life peer) the House of the deaths of the noble Lords, Lord Desai, on 29 July, Lord Sawyer, on 3 August, and Lord Paul - Link to Speech |
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UK Internal Market
37 speeches (8,715 words) Tuesday 22nd July 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Mentions: 1: Robin Swann (UUP - South Antrim) I am sure that we will hear about Lord Paul Murphy’s report. - Link to Speech |
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Black History Month
90 speeches (30,114 words) Thursday 24th October 2024 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Abena Oppong-Asare (Lab - Erith and Thamesmead) Alongside Bernie Grant and my fellow Ghanaian —and great friend—Lord Paul Boateng, they lit the path - Link to Speech |
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Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill
10 speeches (592 words) 3rd reading Friday 24th May 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Con - Life peer) will redress an omission from my Second Reading speech in not paying tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Paul - Link to Speech |
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Wednesday 20th May 2026
Formal Minutes - Formal minutes 2024 - 2026 Home Affairs Committee Found: Cristiano Neves Alves [HAR1805] Paul Jeffries [HAR1809] Nick Lazar [HAR1890] Vigne Kozacek [HAR1913] Lord Paul |
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Wednesday 20th May 2026
Report - 8th Report - Mandatory to manageable: the government’s plans for digital ID Home Affairs Committee Found: HAR2948 277 Stevens, Mr Chris HAR0313 278 Stewart, Mrs Elisabeth HAR1190 279 Strasburger, Lord Paul |
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Tuesday 20th January 2026
Written Evidence - UK Shareholders' Association PRO0143 - Priorities of the Business and Trade Committee for 2026 Priorities of the Business and Trade Committee for 2026 - Business and Trade Committee Found: An important supporter of UKSA was the late Lord Paul Myners, who urged us to maintain total independence |
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Thursday 13th November 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Health and Social Care relating to PPE procurement in the early pandemic, 05 November 2025 Public Accounts Committee Found: This was prompted by a parliamentary question ( HL9713, tabled on 21 July 2025) made by Lord Paul Strasburger |
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Thursday 16th October 2025
Written Evidence - Lord Paul Strasburger HAR1923 - Harnessing the potential of new digital forms of identification Harnessing the potential of new digital forms of identification - Home Affairs Committee Found: HAR1923 - Harnessing the potential of new digital forms of identification Lord Paul Strasburger Written |
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Monday 29th September 2025
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2024-26 Environmental Audit Committee Found: Lord Paul had asked me to nominate an institution in my constituency to receive this donation. |
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Monday 8th September 2025
Oral Evidence - Electoral Commission, and Electoral Commission National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) Found: You are quite right: people in politics have been rewarded with peerages, but, thinking about Lord Paul |
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Monday 8th September 2025
Oral Evidence - Peter Geoghegan, CryptoUK, and Spotlight on Corruption National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) Found: You are quite right: people in politics have been rewarded with peerages, but, thinking about Lord Paul |
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Tuesday 30th January 2024
Written Evidence - UK Shareholders Association FE0083 - Financial Education Financial Education - Education Committee Found: An important supporter of UKSA was the late Lord Paul Myners, who urged us to maintain total independence |
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Northern Ireland Office: Staff
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings) Wednesday 22nd July 2026 Question to the Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, other than special advisers if his Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024. Answered by Chris Bryant - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Since July 2024, my Department has made several appointments of individuals from outside the civil service to public bodies and advisory roles. Appointments made by the Northern Ireland Office generally fall within three categories: Public Appointments regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments, Unregulated Public Appointments and Direct Ministerial Appointments. Regulated appointments follow the strict processes set out in the Governance Code on Public Appointments, while Direct Ministerial Appointments are made to provide short-term advisory functions, bringing specialist external expertise directly to Ministers. In line with our transparency obligations, all such appointments are factually recorded and announced publicly on the Northern Ireland Office GOV.UK page: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/northern-ireland-office
Appointments made since July 2024 are as follows:
Regulated Public Appointments: Equality Commission for Northern Ireland Nazia Latif was appointed as Commissioner on 1 September 2024.
Geraldine McGahey was reappointed as Chief Commissioner from 1 March 2025.
Maureen Brunt, Siobhan Cullen, Ellen Finlay, Monica Fitzpatrick, John McAllister and Preeti Yellamaty were reappointed as Commissioners and Harry Robinson was appointed as Commissioner, with each to commence from 1 June 2025.
Stephen Matthews and Lisa Caldwell were reappointed as Commissioners from 1 March 2026.
A short term extension to the appointment of Neil Anderson as Deputy Chief Commissioner was announced with effect from 1 March 2026.
Kevin Doherty was appointed as a Commissioner with effect from 5 March 2026.
Colin Kennedy was appointed as a Deputy Chief Commissioner with effect from 1 September 2026.
Kristel Miller was appointed as a Commissioner with effect from 1 September 2026.
Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Mairead Holder was appointed as Commissioner on 1 September 2024.
Northern Ireland Office Non-Executive Board Member Fiona Ross was reappointed as a Non-Executive Director to the Northern Ireland Office on 1 March 2026.
A short term extension to the appointment of Les Philpott as Lead Non-Executive Director to the NIO was announced with effect from 30 September 2026.
Unregulated Public Appointments: Civil Service Commissioners for Northern Ireland David MacAnulty and Donald Leeson were appointed as Civil Service Commissioners for Northern Ireland with effect from 1 October 2025.
NI Veterans Commissioner's Office Commissioner Reappointment David Johnstone was reappointed to a second term with effect from 1 September 2026.
Independent Reporting Commission John McBurney, Mitchell Reis and Monica McWilliams had their appointments as Commissioners extended with effect from 1 October 2026.
Direct Ministerial Appointments: Robert Hamill Inquiry Sir John Evans was appointed as Chair on 7 October 2024.
Intertrade UK Baroness Arlene Foster was appointed as Chair, and Dr Esmond Birnie, Kirsty McManus, Suzanne Wylie, Roger Pollen and Angela McGowan were appointed as Members on 28 February 2025.
Board of the International Fund for Ireland Jointly appointed with the Irish Government, Shona McCarthy was appointed as Chair, alongside board members Janet McConkey, Katy Hayward, Angila Chada, and Bill Pauley on 1 March 2025. Anne Conaghan and Anne Carr were also reappointed to the Board on 1 March 2025.
Independent Expert Advisory Panel - Official History of UK Government Policy during the Troubles Lord Paul Bew, Professor Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid, Professor Henry Patterson, Professor Richard Bourke, Professor Helen Parr and Professor Ian McBride were appointed the independent expert advisory panel to make recommendations on key details of this project in April 2025.
Patrick Finucane Inquiry Sir Gary Hickinbottom was appointed as Chair and Baroness Nuala O’Loan and Francesca Del Mese were appointed as Assessors on 13 June 2025.
Independent Expert on Paramilitary Group Transition to Disbandment Fleur Ravensbergen was appointed on 23 September 2025, in a joint appointment with the Irish Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration.
All appointments listed above have been published on the Northern Ireland Office GOV.UK page. Further details on all public and direct ministerial appointments are regularly published.
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Independent Review of the Windsor Framework
Asked by: Robin Swann (Ulster Unionist Party - South Antrim) Monday 30th June 2025 Question to the Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he plans to publish the report from the independent review of the post-Brexit trading arrangements, conducted by Lord Paul Murphy. Answered by Hilary Benn It remains for Lord Murphy to provide the final report of the Independent Review of the Windsor Framework. The Government will then proceed with arranging the publication of that report, laying it in Parliament and transmitting it to the Northern Ireland Assembly, in line with the Terms of Reference for the Review.
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Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2023-24 Found: Lucas Lord Mogg KCMG Lord Woolmer of Leeds The Earl of Stair Lord Palmer The Rt Hon. the Lord Paul |
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Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2022-23 Found: Lucas Lord Mogg KCMG Lord Woolmer of Leeds The Earl of Stair Lord Palmer The Rt Hon. the Lord Paul |
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Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2021-22 Found: Leeds The Earl of Stair The Lord Oxburgh KBE, FRS, HonFREng Lord Palmer The Rt Hon. the Lord Paul |
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Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2020-21 Found: Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan The Lord Oxburgh KBE, FRS, HonFREng Lord Palmer The Rt Hon. the Lord Paul |
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Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2018-19 Found: Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan The Lord Oxburgh KBE, FRS, HonFREng Lord Palmer The Rt Hon Lord Paul |
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Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2017-18 Found: Lord O'Neill of Clackmannan The Lord Oxburgh KBE, FRS, HonFREng Lord Palmer The Rt Hon Lord Paul |
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Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2016-17 Found: Ezra Lord Geddes Lord Haskel Lord Haworth Lord Hoyle of Warrington Lord Mogg Lord Palmer Lord Paul |
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Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2015-16 Found: Ezra Lord Geddes Lord Haskel Lord Haworth Lord Hoyle of Warrington Lord Mogg Lord Palmer Lord Paul |
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Energy Studies APPG Document: Annual Report 2014-15 Found: Ezra Lord Geddes Lord Haskel Lord Haworth Lord Hoyle of Warrington Lord Mogg Lord Palmer Lord Paul |
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Tuesday 16th December 2025
Department for Transport Source Page: DfT: senior officials’ business expenses and meetings, July to September 2025 Document: (webpage) Found: Road (ORR) Introductory chat to build relationship between DfT and ORR Jo Shanmugalingam 2025-09-19 Lord Paul |
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Tuesday 16th December 2025
Department for Transport Source Page: DfT: senior officials’ business expenses and meetings, July to September 2025 Document: View online (webpage) Found: |
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Wednesday 9th April 2025
Northern Ireland Office Source Page: UK Government announces landmark NI Troubles archives projects Document: UK Government announces landmark NI Troubles archives projects (webpage) Found: The panel consists of Lord Paul Bew (Emeritus Professor of Politics at Queen’s University Belfast); Professor |
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Thursday 25th April 2024
Northern Ireland Office Source Page: Troubles ‘Public History’ project established Document: Expert Advisory Panel TOR (PDF) Found: Membership: ● The panel comprises: ○ Lord Paul Bew - Emeritus professor of Politics at Queen’ s University |
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Oct. 01 2025
Committee on Standards in Public Life Source Page: CSPL: register of meetings with stakeholders Document: (Excel) Transparency Found: meetingYesKathyrn Stone CBE; John Pullinger CB; Lord (Eric) Pickles; Akbar Khan; Sir Robert Chote; Lord (Paul |
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15th April 2024
Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent West) 8. Miscellaneous Name of donor: The Aruna and Amrika Foundation At the direction of Lord Swraj Paul, the Trustees of the Aruna and Amrika Foundation donated £500,000 towards the cost of a new maternity unit at Northwick Park Hospital. Lord Paul had asked me to nominate an institution in my constituency to receive this donation. Date interest arose: 14 October 2023 (Registered 7 November 2023) Source Found: Lord Paul had asked me to nominate an institution in my constituency to receive this donation. |
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13th November 2023
Barry Gardiner (Labour - Brent West) 8. Miscellaneous On 14 October 2023, at the direction of Lord Swraj Paul, the Trustees of the Aruna and Amrika Foundation donated £500,000 towards the cost of a new maternity unit at Northwick Park Hospital. Lord Paul had asked me to nominate an institution in my constituency to receive this donation. Source Found: Lord Paul had asked me to nominate an institution in my constituency to receive this donation. |
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Thursday 11th July 2024
Source Page: Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales: final report Document: Final report (PDF) Found: Williams KC • Rt Hon David TC Davies MP, Secretary of State for Wales • Rt Hon Gordon Brown • Rt Hon Lord Paul |
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Thursday 23rd November 2023
Source Page: Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales: interim report Document: Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales: interim report (PDF) Found: • Jane Dodds, Leader, Welsh Liberal Democrats • Labour Party Constitution Commission (Rt Hon Lord Paul |
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Monday 6th March 2017
Source Page: New partnership with Heathrow puts Wales on flightpath to growth Document: New partnership with Heathrow puts Wales on flightpath to growth (webpage) Found: The Strategic Partnership will be signed in Cardiff by First Minister Carwyn Jones and Lord Paul Deighton |
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Thursday 18th July 2013
Source Page: An investigation into Key Stages 2 and 3 teacher assessment Document: An investigation into Key Stages 2 and 3 teacher assessment (PDF) Found: (ibid) This theme was picked up explicitly by Lord Paul Bew’s Review of KS2 testing, assessment and |