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Lord Trimble mentioned

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21 May 2025, 3:31 p.m. - House of Lords "accompanied by the work of people like the noble Lord Trimble, and " Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript

Parliamentary Debates
Business of the House 104 speeches (12,024 words) Thursday 10th July 2025 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) Gentleman in paying our respects and giving our thanks to Lord Trimble for his courage, determination - Link to Speech
Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery 17 speeches (1,583 words) Wednesday 21st May 2025 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Reid of Cardowan (Lab - Life peer) peace is not always easy and that what Ministers did, accompanied by the work of people such as Lord Trimble - Link to Speech
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill 99 speeches (25,608 words) Committee stage part one Tuesday 1st April 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: None more generally, miss the wise counsel of one of the greatest of Northern Ireland politicians, Lord Trimble - Link to Speech
European Union (Withdrawal Arrangements) Bill 255 speeches (38,734 words) 2nd reading Friday 6th December 2024 - Commons Chamber Northern Ireland Office Mentions: 1: Robin Swann (UUP - South Antrim) those protections in the Belfast agreement, which were built in by my party and especially by Lord Trimble - Link to Speech 2: Jim Allister (TUV - North Antrim) The late Lord Trimble was absolutely right about that. - Link to Speech 3: Robin Swann (UUP - South Antrim) trust is removed, which brings me back to my intervention about the Belfast agreement and how Lord Trimble - Link to Speech
Civil Service: Politicisation 60 speeches (22,913 words) Thursday 28th November 2024 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Godson (Con - Life peer) many hours interviewing the noble Lord, Lord Butler of Brockwell, for my biography of the late Lord Trimble - Link to Speech
King’s Speech 65 speeches (26,371 words) Tuesday 23rd July 2024 - Lords Chamber Attorney General Mentions: 1: Lord Rogan (UUP - Life peer) It was the political objective of my late friend Lord Trimble to take Ulster unionism to the heart of - Link to Speech
St Patrick’s Day: Irish Diaspora in the UK 48 speeches (16,992 words) Thursday 14th March 2024 - Westminster Hall Northern Ireland Office Mentions: 1: Karen Bradley (Con - Staffordshire Moorlands) The two architects—the late Lord Trimble and John Hume—should be admired for their ability to put aside - Link to Speech
Northern Ireland 42 speeches (28,471 words) Tuesday 27th February 2024 - Lords Chamber Northern Ireland Office Mentions: 1: Lord Dodds of Duncairn (DUP - Life peer) the most prominent architects of the Belfast agreement, the noble Lord, Lord Empey, and the late Lord Trimble - Link to Speech 2: Lord Godson (Con - Life peer) line with that core principle and commitment in the Belfast agreement.In 1998, my late friend Lord Trimble - Link to Speech
Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill 26 speeches (13,184 words) 2nd reading Wednesday 24th January 2024 - Lords Chamber Northern Ireland Office Mentions: 1: Lord Empey (UUP - Life peer) well understand it, because I know the threats that were made 25 years ago against our colleague Lord Trimble - Link to Speech
Windsor Framework (Retail Movement Scheme: Public Health, Marketing and Organic Product Standards and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2023 45 speeches (15,940 words) Monday 4th December 2023 - Lords Chamber Mentions: 1: Lord Bew (XB - Life peer) unity—but, 25 years later, heigh-ho, we are back with a version of the same argument.My friend Lord Trimble - Link to Speech
King’s Speech 112 speeches (57,201 words) Wednesday 8th November 2023 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice Mentions: 1: Lord Bew (XB - Life peer) Every time he sat in this Chamber, Lord Trimble would look down at the Throne and see the crown, and - Link to Speech
Northern Ireland (Interim Arrangements) Bill 23 speeches (9,327 words) 2nd reading Thursday 18th May 2023 - Lords Chamber Northern Ireland Office Mentions: 1: Lord Bew (CB - Life peer) As Lord Trimble did twice, with my total support, if it turns out that undertakings have been given—for - Link to Speech
Flags (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 12 speeches (2,667 words) Wednesday 26th April 2023 - Grand Committee Northern Ireland Office Mentions: 1: Lord Rogan (UUP - Life peer) As my late noble friend Lord Trimble said in his lecture when accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 17th October 2023 Oral Evidence - Centre for the Union The effect of paramilitaries on society in Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Found: The ultimate judicial authority in the United Kingdom held that the Act of Union—of which Lord Trimble
Friday 7th July 2023 Written Evidence - IWF0007 - Windsor Framework Windsor Framework - Windsor Framework Sub-Committee Found: goods can’t be on same trailer so this adds to haulage costs and damage to the environment 2.Lord Trimble
Wednesday 28th June 2023 Oral Evidence - Rt Hon Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson MP, Leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) The effectiveness of the institutions of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee Found: The late Lord Trimble made that absolutely clear in his view.
Tuesday 16th May 2023 Oral Evidence - Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Windsor Framework - Windsor Framework Sub-Committee Found: My late noble friend Lord Trimble took a risk in 1999 to 2000, and the commitments that were entered

Parliamentary Research
Developments in Northern Ireland, 2022-23 - CBP-9913 Dec. 06 2023 Found: soon as possible”. 15 Tuesday, 2 August 2022 (not a formal sitting) MLAs met to pay tribute to Lord Trimble

APPG Publications
Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights APPG Wednesday 11th June 2025 Document: Annual Report 2019-2020 Found: Lord Cormack, Lord Trimble and Baroness O’Loan introduced an amendment which would merely require the

Department Publications - News and Communications
Tuesday 18th April 2023 Northern Ireland Office Source Page: Secretary of State's speech at Agreement 25 Conference Document: Secretary of State's speech at Agreement 25 Conference (webpage) Found: I will be forever struck by the foresight and leadership of Lord Trimble in pushing forward with the

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Lord Trimble mentioned in Welsh results

Welsh Senedd Research

Wales and the reform of the House of Lords - Research paper Wednesday 11th June 2014 National Assembly for Wales Research paper Wales and the reform of the House of Lords May 2012 Research Service The National Assembly for Wales is the democratically elected body that represents the interests of Wales and its people, makes laws f... Found: Hon Lord Trimble Conservative Lord Tyler Liberal Democrat Baroness Scott of Needham Market Liberal